Cisco System Engineer reviews

4.3

90% would recommend to a friend

(433 total reviews)
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Chuck Robbins

85% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

System Engineer employees have rated Cisco with 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 433 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most System Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Cisco is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by System Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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433 reviews
2.0
Feb 2, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Sometime nothing to work on, you are just a number

Cons

fear of layoff below average salary Toxic Env, Most of Directors and managers below them know nothing but politics

3.0
Jan 8, 2026

Middle management

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Overall, Cisco is a nice company with good pay, benefits, and teams we work with

Cons

All this middle management this company has is only causing more and more issues with the employees. They don't add anything to the business yet these unqualified people have been given too much power to make decisions about their employees. In order to make themselves look valuable, they are always coming up with new agendas just to help their own careers and not of those they manage.

3.0
Dec 21, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I started this job right out of grad school and really my first "real" job were I felt it was gaining some ground.

Cons

typical corporate politicking, must really advocate for yourself if you are going to climb at all. it's too difficult to get any advancement without there being a total game of who kissed up more being played.

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