Based on 23 surveyed graduates working at Cisco Australia. Read on to get an insider’s view on life as a graduate.
4.7
Based on 23 reviews
Pros & Cons
The culture, the focus on development and training, work flexibility.
Continual development support and backing.
Work life balance, flexibility, travel and the opportunity to define your role motivates you to work to your greatest potential.
Lots of learning opportunities Flexible working environment.
There's a huge network of support. The company encourages ideas and creativity to drive innovation regardless of how much experience you've had. The work is challenging and you are not treated as a 'coffee runner' - rather, you are treated as a true full time employee. The teams also encourage personal development and are fully supportive of training and rotations.
Always switched on.
The need to self-motivate / something I undermined.
Team is so large and distributed globally that we only get to all meet once a year - although we meet in Vegas.
Not really a minus, but you will have to keep studying forever.
As a worldwide company, headquartered in San Jose, California; The Australian business can sometimes be an afterthought.
What Insiders Say
6.4
Career Prospects
6.4
Career Prospects
I've been promoted five times in my tenure. The company provides the opportunities for people who are motivated to obtain them.
Cisco runs many event annually for CSR and encourages employees to spend a day a quarter (fully paid) to join one of our initiatives like helping out with Special Olympics whether helping as a volunteer or having a charity dinner to donate money to the cause.
Flatter hierarchy, with an open door policy that involves a lot of team work and cross collaboration with many departments like engineers, product specialists and account managers.
High-level of diversity WRT gender, ethnicity. LGBT ratios are equivalent to demographic distribution. No issues with recruitment, retention, promotion, child care, maternity leave, etc.
Company has many offices across the globe. Dress code depends on the country. Male dress code in Australia is quite flexible. Business shirt/polo shirt, enclosed shoes, pants.
The interview process involved 4 stages. A written application, a phone interview, a video interview and an assessment center. The whole process can take up to 2 months from start to finish.
I can say that Cisco is one of the best companies that you can get trainings. They care about employee's learning process and make sure that they are always up to date with recent technologies.
Depending on your role Cisco is extremely flexible with work hours if you have to be at an appointment or work from home. As long as you get your job done, add value and meet deadlines your place of work is the place that makes you the most productive
Sells, promotes and uses solutions that reduce traditional power consumption in the IT and office space. Christmas shutdown period - shut-down offices and services that has a significant reduction in power consumption, leading to reduced fossil fuel consumption that produces power and reduced CO2 emissions.