Cisco Software Development Engineering reviews

4.4

84% would recommend to a friend

(154 total reviews)
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Chuck Robbins

86% approve of CEO

84% positive business outlook

Engineering/Software Development employees have rated Cisco with 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 154 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Engineering/Software Development professionals have an excellent working experience there. Cisco is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Engineering/Software Development professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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154 reviews
5.0
May 7, 2026
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Pros

Excellent work life balance. The culture is great. The managers are trained here every now and then with the culture rules. Seniors have nearly 25-30 years of experience in this same company. The inclination rate is very less. You can switch roles inside cisco through internal transfer and that works well.

Cons

This is not a software first company, which means the software engineers are not paid equally when compared with similar range of companies. Salary is not revised much. Bonus will be reduced by saying performance reasons. There are very less openings, due to which new talent won't prefer much here.

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