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    4.2
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    Cisco Systems CEO Chuck Robbins
    Chuck Robbins
    5,182 Ratings
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    • "It can be hard to get a good work-life balance with late meetings" (in 513 reviews)

    • "Still a big company which means there will be protocol and some bureaucracy" (in 407 reviews)

    More Pros and Cons

    1. "Great overall experience"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      Former Employee - Software Engineer in Galway

      I worked at Cisco Systems full-time for more than 3 years

      Pros

      Good colleagues Many interesting projects Good social activities

      Cons

      Weird bug-tracking system/other internal processes

      Cisco Systems2019-05-29

    2. "Good Culture"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Cisco Systems full-time for more than 5 years

      Pros

      Good pay Great collective of colleagues Nice company events Good benefits

      Cons

      Management decisions not really clear and transparent.

      Cisco Systems2020-01-06
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    3. "Great Place to work"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Business Advisor in Dublin, Dublin

      I worked at Cisco Systems full-time for less than a year

      Pros

      Great team work spirit, flexible working time.

      Cons

      Stop hiring from vendor, revised your hiring process.

      Cisco Systems2019-11-02

    4. "Very good"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Software Engineer in Galway
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Cisco Systems full-time for less than a year

      Pros

      Co-workers, company culture, work/life balance

      Cons

      Low salary, low paid time off

      Advice to Management

      Increase salaries

      Cisco Systems2019-10-31

    5. "good place to work in Ireland"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Director in Dublin, Dublin
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Cisco Systems full-time for more than 10 years

      Pros

      flexibility, great people, strong teams, good culture

      Cons

      limited progression available at the higher levels unless willing to move to US

      Cisco Systems2019-09-04

    6. "Working as Network Consulting Engineer at Cisco"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Network Consulting Engineer in Dublin, Dublin
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Cisco Systems full-time for more than 5 years

      Pros

      Worthy company Great for Cisco certification benefits Process and results driven

      Cons

      The company direction from senior executives can change frequently and become diluted

      Cisco Systems2019-05-22

    7. "Sales manager"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Cisco Systems full-time for more than 8 years

      Pros

      Flexible working environment. Good for life / work balance

      Cons

      Hard to find any. (-;

      Cisco Systems2019-05-19

    8. "Culture Culture Culture"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Galway
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Cisco Systems full-time for more than 5 years

      Pros

      Love working for Cisco they care about their employees you are not just a number like what happens in lots of multinationals. Cisco Galway has a culture of fun, craic, great work ethic and very passionate people very proud to be part of this team.

      Cons

      That our sparkling water machine would stop breaking down :-)

      Advice to Management

      Keep giving transparent and honest updates to your staff, keep them in loop this helps folk feel even more confident about their work place.

      Cisco Systems2019-03-21

    9. "Fun to work with"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Current Employee - Software Engineer II 

      I have been working at Cisco Systems full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      Flexible work timings and good learning

      Cons

      not much growth and we should be limited with in the network domain of knowledge

      Cisco Systems2019-03-15

    10. "Software Engineer"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Cisco Systems full-time

      Pros

      Great work life balance and nice people.

      Cons

      Not very innovate . Was working on legacy products.

      Advice to Management

      Encourage inhouse innovation rather than buying startups

      Cisco Systems2019-01-18
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