Cisco reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(33,681 total reviews)
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Chuck Robbins

78% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Cisco has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 33,681 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Cisco employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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34K reviews
3.0
Jan 4, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great work life balance Reasonable and flexible management Choose Cisco if a comfortable life is paramount

Cons

Low quality engineering, inefficient processes Unmotivated folks, no hunger for excellence, mediocre technical competence Less focus on real work, more on politics Average career trajectory Difficult to switch to better companies after a long time here

5.0
Jan 3, 2026

Consulting Engineer

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work life balance work from home flexible timings

Cons

Promotions stick to single techology

2.0
Jan 2, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Fully remote. Managers literally don't care where you are located or where you take calls from.

Cons

They hire as contractors through recruitment companies and there is zero consistency in salary. They say up front that they don't guarantee 40 hours, but the truth is they don't even guarantee 30 hours, despite it being a full time position. That said, they expect you to be available 8 hrs/day. You are not allowed to bill any time to Cisco. All time is billed to the project you're on, so if you have no time left on the project to bill against, you don't get paid for that time. They mandate that you take a "day for me" a few times per year unpaid and the last two weeks of the year are mandated off days unpaid.

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