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Awesome Opportunity Crabs in a bucket environment

Telepresence Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Cisco for less than 1 year
May 8, 2019
Austin, Texas
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative Outlook
Pros

Cisco has an awesome reputation. It is definitely a resume builder, and you learn some valuable skills.

Cons

Crabs in a bucket culture. Due to the fact there are limited FTE positions, everyone is mostly contractors. So when an FTE position comes along, it is a volatile place.

Some leadership or team leads may be good at the technical aspects but are not good at being a team lead or leading a team. That caused a lot of turmoil within the group.

Advice to Management

When picking team leads, please ensure that a person has the technical knowledge as well as the...

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