Cisco Systems Employee Reviews about "work from home"

Pros

Dedicated people in the company. Great benefits. Flexibility to work from home. Focus on mental health.

Cons

Things said by the executives can be fluffy sometimes. Cost cutting actions are pretty often.

Pros

Good employees benefits, ability to work from home, compensation is reasonable and good.

Cons

No work life balance, promotion is limited unless you are part of the inner circle. Nepotism is obvious and practice openly.

Pros

- State of the art technology enabling Collaboration & working from home - Ethical culture coming from Top Management - Employees have a high sense of urgency (rare in large organizations) - Top Management is high quality and clearly communicates the Cisco vision

Cons

- Hot-desking (no individual desk) leading to no "sense of belonging" - Excessive use of collaboration, "back-to-back webex calls" starting at 07h30am - Overworked/Overstressed staff never available for informal discussions - Overcompetitive career-conscious Managers stressing out their staff

Pros

a. Felixibility and work from home option b. Open management c. Good work-life balance d. Excellent benefits e. Can use latest technology

Cons

1. Recognition not enough and timely 2. Salary increments are hard to come by 3. Increments in promotions are low 4. There are some politics with too much talking and less decision making

Pros

- Good office facilities - massage chairs, pool table, and fuzzball game - Good working hours - the standard working hours, can work from home - Good training program - Very high quality instructors for product knowledge training - Good corporate culture - not rigid, very dynamic, and good communication between top down management levels, very open culture

Cons

None so far, good program for fresh graduates

Pros

* Flexible hours and work-from-home options, great for working parents * Work culture based on respect, honesty and transparency * Friendly colleagues and managers * Support for charities in the region

Cons

* Limited opportunities for horizontal and vertical mobility * Not enough development options

Pros

Flexibility to work from home drives the value of work life balance. Various communication channels (mobile email, internal chat) and the availability of meeting spaces helps to facilitate discussions anywhere anytime

Cons

Hot desking policy and work mobility makes it more challenging to engage face to face discussions

Pros

Mobility allows flexibility of working from home. This saves a lot of time commuting to and fro work.

Cons

No career progression. Permanent staff frequently gets laid off the job. Thus there is no job stability.

Pros

Great working culture, flexible work from home policies, medical/dental/vision benefits, lots of resources and support to get things done. beautiful office with great views.... really the best place to work.

Cons

Experience can vary depending on your sales manager. It's easy to become very comfortable in the role.

Pros

Flexible working hours ,work from home. Good insurance benefits. Internal move is hard to get promoted compared with external candidates.

Cons

Keep changing and reorganize . New comers are hard to survive and be saw poor loyalty compared with long served ones.