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Updated 16 May, 2022
Overall Rating
1.7/5
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2.7
Job Security
1.7
Salary & Benefits
1.3
Skill development
1.0
Company culture
1.0
Work-Life balance
1.0
Promotions/Appraisal
1.0
Work Satisfaction
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System Engineer 3 in
Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
·
Engineering Department
2.0
Overall Rating
2.0
Category Ratings
1.0
Promotions/Appraisal
1.0
Skill Development
1.0
Company Culture
1.0
Work Satisfaction
2.0
Salary & Benefits
3.0
Job Security
1.0
Work-Life Balance
posted on 29 Oct 2023
Likes
Good people in other team
Good pick and drop service
Dislikes
I work in 5g SVI team in mobility BU. This is the worse team in Cisco. No work-life balance. The vibe is totally demotivating. You will be treated as a slave expected to work during weekend and late nights. Worse part our Sr Manager, Mr Uma Maheswar Rao promotes this work culture. Even though me and my colleagues working 18 hours everyday including weekends my manager keeps finding faults and keeps complains and gives huge lectures like an annoyed old man. We get calls to work during late nights and weekends to test and provide updates.
He and other seniors play a lot of politics and always make us pay heavy price. Very unemotional peoples. There is no support no help nor any guidance here and still so much criticism.
We gave bad feedback in company survey to hope things will get improve but he started shouting in open calls and force us to rewrite a positive feedback.
Guys this place is actually hell so dont join here. My personal life with family, friends and girlfriend is a complete mess because of this team and the work culture by sr management. Do not want any human beings to go through the sufferings like I am.
I also posted also in glassdoor 2 times but they remove my post. Hope not remove here....Read More
Work Details
Work policy:
3 days/week from office
Work timings: Flexible Timings
Work related travel:This is a desk job.
System Engineer 3 in
Bangalore / Bengaluru
Engineering Department
1.0
Overall Rating
1.0
Category Ratings
1.0
Promotions/Appraisal
2.0
Skill Development
1.0
Company Culture
1.0
Work Satisfaction
1.0
Salary & Benefits
2.0
Job Security
1.0
Work-Life Balance
posted on 16 May 2022
Likes
I am working in mobilty BU in SVI team. It is pathetic team. Uma is my manager name who only favurs old employees and uses new joinees. He is worst in management and pathetic technically. All new joinees joined under his leadership left. Still he continues being stupid.
Dislikes
Bad leadership by MOBILITY SVI Manager and his chosen team leads.No work life balance. Pathetic team. Never come here.
Work Details
In mobility team, 5G svi team it is pathetic. Uma the manager treats his employees like dogs.
Work days: Monday to Friday
(Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves
Travel Within City.
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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
Promotions/Appraisal
2.0
Skill Development
1.0
Company Culture
1.0
Work Satisfaction
1.0
Salary & Benefits
3.0
Job Security
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
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
Promotions/Appraisal
2.0
Skill Development
5.0
Company Culture
3.0
Work Satisfaction
2.0
Salary & Benefits
2.0
Job Security
4.0
Work-Life Balance
posted on 05 Oct 2024
Likes
Hybrid and flexible work culture.
Dislikes
Politics, no benefits no transparency between management and team, kanada and telgu people pushing nort Indian's
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
Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
·
Software Development Department
4.0
Overall Rating
4.0
Category Ratings
4.0
Promotions/Appraisal
3.0
Skill Development
5.0
Company Culture
3.0
Work Satisfaction
4.0
Salary & Benefits
5.0
Job Security
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.
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
3.0
Promotions/Appraisal
5.0
Skill Development
5.0
Company Culture
4.0
Work Satisfaction
4.0
Salary & Benefits
5.0
Job Security
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
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
3.0
Promotions/Appraisal
3.0
Skill Development
3.0
Company Culture
3.0
Work Satisfaction
4.0
Salary & Benefits
1.0
Job Security
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
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
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
Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
·
Software Development Department
3.0
Overall Rating
3.0
Category Ratings
1.0
Promotions/Appraisal
2.0
Skill Development
3.0
Company Culture
2.0
Work Satisfaction
2.0
Salary & Benefits
4.0
Job Security
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.
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.
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
Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
·
Software Development Department
2.0
Overall Rating
2.0
Category Ratings
2.0
Promotions/Appraisal
3.0
Skill Development
1.0
Company Culture
3.0
Work Satisfaction
2.0
Salary & Benefits
3.0
Job Security
1.0
Work-Life Balance
posted on 20 Nov 2024
Likes
Nonee
Dislikes
Poor work life balance
Work Details
Work policy:
3 days/week from office
Work timings: Flexible Timings
Software Engineer in
Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
·
Software Development Department
3.0
Overall Rating
3.0
Category Ratings
1.0
Promotions/Appraisal
1.0
Skill Development
5.0
Company Culture
2.0
Work Satisfaction
4.0
Salary & Benefits
1.0
Job Security
4.0
Work-Life Balance
posted on 12 Nov 2024
Likes
NA
Dislikes
Job security, legacy systems no learning curve,etc.
Software Engineer in
Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
·
Software Development Department
3.0
Overall Rating
3.0
Category Ratings
3.0
Promotions/Appraisal
5.0
Skill Development
5.0
Company Culture
3.0
Work Satisfaction
3.0
Salary & Benefits
1.0
Job Security
5.0
Work-Life Balance
posted on 11 Nov 2024
Likes
Work life balance
Dislikes
Hikes, job security, better opportunity to work in a btter space
Work Details
Work days: Monday to Friday
(Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:This is a desk job.
Software Development Engineer in
Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
·
Software Development Department
3.0
Overall Rating
3.0
Category Ratings
2.0
Promotions/Appraisal
3.0
Skill Development
3.0
Company Culture
3.0
Work Satisfaction
3.0
Salary & Benefits
4.0
Job Security
4.0
Work-Life Balance
posted on 26 Oct 2024
Likes
Work life balance
Dislikes
Managment and the outdated work we are doing
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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Technical Project Manager in
Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
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Technology / IT Department
3.0
Overall Rating
3.0
Category Ratings
2.0
Promotions/Appraisal
4.0
Skill Development
4.0
Company Culture
2.0
Work Satisfaction
3.0
Salary & Benefits
1.0
Job Security
2.0
Work-Life Balance
posted on 11 Sep 2024
Likes
Good people, nice office facilities.
Dislikes
No job security
No vision
No road map
No clarity on running the programs
No logical reason for promoting someone
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
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Software Development Department
3.0
Overall Rating
3.0
Category Ratings
2.0
Promotions/Appraisal
3.0
Skill Development
5.0
Company Culture
3.0
Work Satisfaction
3.0
Salary & Benefits
2.0
Job Security
4.0
Work-Life Balance
posted on 22 Aug 2024
Likes
Great culture, excellent work-life balance. Generous time-offs, flexible working.
Dislikes
No job security, frequent restructuring resulting in job cuts. No regular hikes. Difficult to get promoted beyond senior engineer level.
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 Engineer2 in
Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
·
Software Development Department
4.0
Overall Rating
4.0
Category Ratings
3.0
Promotions/Appraisal
3.0
Skill Development
4.0
Company Culture
3.0
Work Satisfaction
4.0
Salary & Benefits
4.0
Job Security
4.0
Work-Life Balance
posted on 22 May 2024
Likes
I like the Campus and work culture at Cisco.
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
2.0
Promotions/Appraisal
1.0
Skill Development
2.0
Company Culture
1.0
Work Satisfaction
4.0
Salary & Benefits
3.0
Job Security
2.0
Work-Life Balance
posted on 03 May 2024
Likes
Salary is Good, Mid year bonus.
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
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.
Project Manager in
Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
·
Other Department
1.0
Overall Rating
1.0
Category Ratings
3.0
Promotions/Appraisal
4.0
Skill Development
2.0
Company Culture
1.0
Work Satisfaction
4.0
Salary & Benefits
1.0
Job Security
2.0
Work-Life Balance
posted on 08 Apr 2024
Likes
Volunteering opportunities and self paced learning
Dislikes
The Managers are not well trained in their new roles, I faced severe discrimination from an African American Manager.
Absence of clear goals and objectives and micromanagement and no development discussions in my case.
They throw you like a vegetable if you raise your voice… so I am not sure of what inclusivity they refer to.
Work Details
Work days: Monday to Friday
(Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves
International Travel.
Trainee Software Test Engineer in
Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
·
Quality Assurance and Testing Department
5.0
Overall Rating
5.0
Category Ratings
4.0
Promotions/Appraisal
5.0
Skill Development
5.0
Company Culture
5.0
Work Satisfaction
5.0
Salary & Benefits
5.0
Job Security
4.0
Work-Life Balance
posted on 18 Dec 2024
Likes
I love the work culture and environment
Dislikes
Nothing
Business Operations Manager in
Pune
Full Time
·
Operations, Maintenance & Support Department
3.0
Overall Rating
3.0
Category Ratings
1.0
Promotions/Appraisal
3.0
Skill Development
4.0
Company Culture
2.0
Work Satisfaction
3.0
Salary & Benefits
1.0
Job Security
1.0
Work-Life Balance
posted on 06 Dec 2024
Likes
Support from HR
Dislikes
Leader's playing office politics impacting folks reporting to them.
TAC Engineer in
Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
·
IT Network Department
5.0
Overall Rating
5.0
Category Ratings
5.0
Promotions/Appraisal
5.0
Skill Development
5.0
Company Culture
5.0
Work Satisfaction
5.0
Salary & Benefits
4.0
Job Security
5.0
Work-Life Balance
posted on 06 Dec 2024
Likes
Team is excellent, Work is good, very good benefits
Dislikes
Nothing as such
Senior Consulting Engineer in
Gurgaon / Gurugram
Full Time
·
IT Network Department
5.0
Overall Rating
5.0
Category Ratings
5.0
Promotions/Appraisal
5.0
Skill Development
5.0
Company Culture
5.0
Work Satisfaction
4.0
Salary & Benefits
4.0
Job Security
5.0
Work-Life Balance
posted on 05 Dec 2024
Likes
Work culture and ethics.
Dislikes
Nothing so far..
Work Details
Work policy:
2 days in month
Work timings: Flexible Timings
Work related travel: This job involves
International Travel.
Business Operations Manager in
Bangalore / Bengaluru
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