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Updated 14 May, 2018
Overall Rating
5.0/5
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5.0
Company culture
5.0
Job security
5.0
Salary
5.0
Work-life balance
5.0
Skill development
5.0
Promotions
5.0
Work satisfaction
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5.0 out of 5 stars on
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Assistant Manager in
Bangalore / Bengaluru
Facilities Department
5.0
Overall Rating
5.0
Category Ratings
5.0
Salary
5.0
Skill development
5.0
Job security
5.0
Promotions
5.0
Work satisfaction
5.0
Company culture
5.0
Work-life balance
posted on 14 May 2018
Likes
This is best place I ever worked, the work environment is superb.
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Team Lead in
Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
·
IT Consulting Department
5.0
Overall Rating
5.0
Category Ratings
4.0
Salary
5.0
Skill development
5.0
Job security
4.0
Promotions
4.0
Work satisfaction
4.0
Company culture
5.0
Work-life balance
posted on 02 Jan 2025
Likes
everything, Culture and transparency
Salary - Good
Skill development - Excellent
Job security - Excellent
Promotions - Good
Work satisfaction - Good
Company culture - Good
Work-life balance - Excellent
Dislikes
Nothing
Operations Manager in
Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
·
Banking Operations Department
3.0
Overall Rating
3.0
Category Ratings
5.0
Salary
3.0
Skill development
2.0
Job security
4.0
Promotions
3.0
Work satisfaction
4.0
Company culture
5.0
Work-life balance
posted on 27 Sep 2023
Likes
Average in terms of job security
Salary - Excellent
Promotions - Good
Company culture - Good
Work-life balance - Excellent
Dislikes
Average in terms of job security
Job security - Poor
Work Details
Work policy:
2 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday
(Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:This is a desk job.
Team Lead in
Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
·
Software Development Department
5.0
Overall Rating
5.0
Category Ratings
5.0
Salary
5.0
Skill development
5.0
Job security
5.0
Promotions
5.0
Work satisfaction
4.0
Company culture
5.0
Work-life balance
posted on 02 Oct 2023
Likes
Good organisation
Salary - Excellent
Skill development - Excellent
Job security - Excellent
Promotions - Excellent
Work satisfaction - Excellent
Company culture - Good
Work-life balance - Excellent
Dislikes
Beauracratic and sometimes work life balance is complicated
Work Details
Work policy:
3 days/week from office
Work days: Alternate Saturday off
Team Lead in
Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
·
Software Development Department
4.0
Overall Rating
4.0
Category Ratings
3.0
Salary
4.0
Skill development
5.0
Job security
4.0
Promotions
5.0
Work satisfaction
5.0
Company culture
4.0
Work-life balance
posted on 09 Jun 2022
Likes
Work culture
Skill development - Good
Job security - Excellent
Promotions - Good
Work satisfaction - Excellent
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Good
Dislikes
Compensation
Work Details
Work days: Monday to Friday
(Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:This is a desk job.
Operations Manager in
Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
·
Customer Success Department
1.0
Overall Rating
1.0
Category Ratings
3.0
Salary
1.0
Skill development
2.0
Job security
3.0
Promotions
1.0
Work satisfaction
1.0
Company culture
1.0
Work-life balance
posted on 18 Mar 2023
Likes
Nothing at all
Dislikes
Everything - highly unorganised, does not operate as an MNC, no work life balance and no alignment to work scope and designation
Skill development - Bad
Job security - Poor
Work satisfaction - Bad
Company culture - Bad
Work-life balance - Bad
Work Details
Work policy:
3 days/week from office
Work timings: Flexible Timings
Work related travel:This is a desk job.
Team Manager in
Bangalore / Bengaluru
Customer Support Department
5.0
Overall Rating
5.0
Category Ratings
4.0
Salary
5.0
Skill development
5.0
Job security
3.0
Promotions
5.0
Work satisfaction
5.0
Company culture
5.0
Work-life balance
posted on 05 Sep 2022
Likes
Great culture, awesome work life balance
Salary - Good
Skill development - Excellent
Job security - Excellent
Work satisfaction - Excellent
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Excellent
Dislikes
Less promo , less money
Work Details
Work policy:
3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday
(Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:This is a desk job.
Department Manager in
Bangalore / Bengaluru
Engineering Department
5.0
Overall Rating
5.0
Category Ratings
5.0
Salary
5.0
Skill development
5.0
Job security
5.0
Promotions
5.0
Work satisfaction
5.0
Company culture
5.0
Work-life balance
posted on 19 Oct 2022
Likes
everything
Salary - Excellent
Skill development - Excellent
Job security - Excellent
Promotions - Excellent
Work satisfaction - Excellent
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Excellent
Dislikes
nothing. really employee friendly company
Work Details
Work policy:
3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday
(Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:This is a desk job.
Deputy Manager in
Cisco Bangalore
Software Development Department
4.0
Overall Rating
4.0
Category Ratings
3.0
Salary
4.0
Skill development
3.0
Job security
3.0
Promotions
4.0
Work satisfaction
5.0
Company culture
5.0
Work-life balance
posted on 17 Nov 2022
Likes
This is the great
Skill development - Good
Work satisfaction - Good
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Excellent
Dislikes
Nothing
Work Details
Work policy:
3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Saturday
(Flexible Timings)
Team Manager in
Hyderabad / Secunderabad
Information Technology Department
5.0
Overall Rating
5.0
Category Ratings
4.0
Salary
4.0
Skill development
4.0
Job security
3.0
Promotions
4.0
Work satisfaction
4.0
Company culture
4.0
Work-life balance
posted on 09 May 2022
Likes
Good working environment
Salary - Good
Skill development - Good
Job security - Good
Work satisfaction - Good
Company culture - Good
Work-life balance - Good
Dislikes
Nothing as such
Work Details
Work policy:
2 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday
(Strict Timings)
Work related travel:This is a desk job.
Team Manager in
Chennai
Full Time
·
sales Department
3.0
Overall Rating
3.0
Category Ratings
3.0
Salary
3.0
Skill development
3.0
Job security
3.0
Promotions
2.0
Work satisfaction
3.0
Company culture
3.0
Work-life balance
posted on 21 Dec 2022
Likes
good good good good good
Dislikes
bad bad bad bad bad
Work satisfaction - Poor
Work Details
Work policy:
2 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday
(Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:This is a desk job.
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Senior Software Engineer in
Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
·
Software Development Department
2.0
Overall Rating
2.0
Category Ratings
1.0
Salary
2.0
Skill development
3.0
Job security
1.0
Promotions
1.0
Work satisfaction
1.0
Company culture
1.0
Work-life balance
posted on 04 Nov 2024
Likes
Various learning portals are free to access
Dislikes
Poor worklife balance. Poor management. Leqrning opportunities and learning platforms are free but company does not give time to learn
Salary - Bad
Skill development - Poor
Promotions - Bad
Work satisfaction - Bad
Company culture - Bad
Work-life balance - Bad
Work Details
Work policy:
2 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday
(Strict Timings)
Work related travel:This is a desk job.
Senior Software Engineer in
Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
·
Quality Assurance and Testing Department
3.0
Overall Rating
3.0
Category Ratings
2.0
Salary
2.0
Skill development
2.0
Job security
2.0
Promotions
3.0
Work satisfaction
5.0
Company culture
4.0
Work-life balance
posted on 05 Oct 2024
Likes
Hybrid and flexible work culture.
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Good
Dislikes
Politics, no benefits no transparency between management and team, kanada and telgu people pushing nort Indian's
Salary - Poor
Skill development - Poor
Job security - Poor
Promotions - Poor
Work Details
Work policy:
2 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday
(Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:This is a desk job.
Technical Project Manager in
Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
·
Technology / IT Department
3.0
Overall Rating
3.0
Category Ratings
3.0
Salary
4.0
Skill development
1.0
Job security
2.0
Promotions
2.0
Work satisfaction
4.0
Company culture
2.0
Work-life balance
posted on 11 Sep 2024
Likes
Good people, nice office facilities.
Skill development - Good
Company culture - Good
Dislikes
No job security
No vision
No road map
No clarity on running the programs
No logical reason for promoting someone
Job security - Bad
Promotions - Poor
Work satisfaction - Poor
Work-life balance - Poor
Work Details
Work policy:
3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday
(Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:This is a desk job.
Software Architect in
Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
·
Software Development Department
3.0
Overall Rating
3.0
Category Ratings
3.0
Salary
3.0
Skill development
2.0
Job security
2.0
Promotions
3.0
Work satisfaction
5.0
Company culture
4.0
Work-life balance
posted on 22 Aug 2024
Likes
Great culture, excellent work-life balance. Generous time-offs, flexible working.
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Good
Dislikes
No job security, frequent restructuring resulting in job cuts. No regular hikes. Difficult to get promoted beyond senior engineer level.
Job security - Poor
Promotions - Poor
Work Details
Work policy:
2 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday
(Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves
Travel Within City.
Software Engineer in
Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
·
Software Development Department
4.0
Overall Rating
4.0
Category Ratings
4.0
Salary
3.0
Skill development
5.0
Job security
4.0
Promotions
3.0
Work satisfaction
5.0
Company culture
5.0
Work-life balance
posted on 30 Jul 2024
Likes
Great culture, nice people, all round employee benefits. They care not just about employee, but also your whole family, insurance is great, has a health care within office, good doctors, great Gym's, cafeteria is awesome. Lot of sports facilities and supportive culture.
Salary - Good
Job security - Excellent
Promotions - Good
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Excellent
Dislikes
Work wise since its a big organisations, you should be lucky enough to get good work, else its mostly maintaining and adding few features on already existing code base. But they do support you with learning, for that you need to spend extra hours apart from your daily job to learn extra.
Work Details
Work policy:
3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday
(Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:This is a desk job.
Software Engineer in
Chennai
Full Time
·
Software Development Department
5.0
Overall Rating
5.0
Category Ratings
4.0
Salary
5.0
Skill development
5.0
Job security
3.0
Promotions
4.0
Work satisfaction
5.0
Company culture
5.0
Work-life balance
posted on 19 Jul 2024
Likes
WLB is really good
People are really nice to talk
We will be valued and trusted in team
Salary - Good
Skill development - Excellent
Job security - Excellent
Work satisfaction - Good
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Excellent
Dislikes
Salary is less compared to market standards
No transparency in salary
We don’t even get to know what is the grade level of our colleagues unless you are involved with colleagues outside work like chai table or discussion tables
Work Details
Work policy:
2 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday
(Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:This is a desk job.
Software Engineer in
Chennai
Full Time
·
Software Development Department
4.0
Overall Rating
4.0
Category Ratings
4.0
Salary
3.0
Skill development
1.0
Job security
3.0
Promotions
3.0
Work satisfaction
3.0
Company culture
3.0
Work-life balance
posted on 18 Jul 2024
Likes
Excellent company at top level, better than service companies and also many product companies
Salary - Good
Dislikes
Some projects use legacy tech and also many old timers are simply coasting with no updation and hence full pressure on new lateral folks
Job security - Bad
Work Details
Work policy:
2 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday
(Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:This is a desk job.
Software Engineer2 in
Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
·
Software Development Department
4.0
Overall Rating
4.0
Category Ratings
4.0
Salary
3.0
Skill development
4.0
Job security
3.0
Promotions
3.0
Work satisfaction
4.0
Company culture
4.0
Work-life balance
posted on 22 May 2024
Likes
I like the Campus and work culture at Cisco.
Salary - Good
Job security - Good
Company culture - Good
Work-life balance - Good
Dislikes
Until you resign, managers will not recognize your worth. Pay is less when compared with competitors. Promotions happen rarely. Managers will not allow you to take leaves.
Work Details
Work policy:
2 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday
(Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:This is a desk job.
Sdet Automation Test Engineer in
Hyderabad / Secunderabad
Full Time
·
Quality Assurance and Testing Department
4.0
Overall Rating
4.0
Category Ratings
4.0
Salary
1.0
Skill development
3.0
Job security
2.0
Promotions
1.0
Work satisfaction
2.0
Company culture
2.0
Work-life balance
posted on 03 May 2024
Likes
Salary is Good, Mid year bonus.
Salary - Good
Dislikes
Very Poor Work life balance(Hyderabad Office)
Management is bad
Appraisal are Ok-ies not great not bad
Layoff's are happening quiet frequently now days
Promotion are very tough here
Skill development - Bad
Promotions - Poor
Work satisfaction - Bad
Company culture - Poor
Work-life balance - Poor
Work Details
Work policy:
3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday
(Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves
Travel Within City.
Software Engineer in
Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
·
Software Development Department
3.0
Overall Rating
3.0
Category Ratings
2.0
Salary
2.0
Skill development
4.0
Job security
1.0
Promotions
2.0
Work satisfaction
3.0
Company culture
4.0
Work-life balance
posted on 08 Apr 2024
Likes
Slow paced environment. Good WLB. Pretty good job security if you work in a product which makes revenue.
Job security - Good
Work-life balance - Good
Dislikes
Very poor career growth. Below market salaries and no hike/promotion for high performers. No encouragement for better performance. Mix of average and poor quality engineers, not a good place for people who are ambitious about their careers.
Cisco is rated 5.0 out of 5, based on 2 reviews by employees on AmbitionBox.
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