Women's Job Satisfaction (5=very satisfied)
Program Manager
Sales
January 1970
It’s a great place for women in STEM. just understand that you can be affected by the limited restructuring that occurs every six months.
Job Satisfaction Level
-
Recent Salary
$100k-$150k
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Recent Bonus
$10k-$20k
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CEO supports Gender Diversity?
Yes
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Are Women and Men Treated Equally?
Yes
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Level of Flexibility
1 2 3 4 5 -
Took Maternity Leave Here? (Weeks)
None taken
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Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Hours, Culture, Policies
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One Thing Employer Could Improve
Stop laying off good people to control your labor costs!
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Recommend to Women?
Yes
Research Engineer
IT
January 1970
Cisco is a large company so I'm sure it varies by department but I had the absolute worst experience of my career working at Cisco. The culture was full of rampant sexual harassment and inappropriate comments, clear sexism, coupled with a complete lack of available HR and the constant threat of retaliation. I would not recommend the specific department I worked for to ANYBODY but its possible other departments are better.
Job Satisfaction Level
-
Recent Salary
$80k-$100k
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Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
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CEO supports Gender Diversity?
I'm not sure
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Are Women and Men Treated Equally?
Not for Hiring, Evaluation and Reviews
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Level of Flexibility
1 2 3 4 5 -
Took Maternity Leave Here? (Weeks)
None taken
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Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Hours
-
One Thing Employer Could Improve
Stop the sexist culture and rampant sexual harassment. More HR oversight
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Recommend to Women?
No
January 1970
The appraisal system is not transparent and you are the mercy of your manager
Job Satisfaction Level
-
Recent Salary
$25k-$50k
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Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
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CEO supports Gender Diversity?
Yes
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Are Women and Men Treated Equally?
Not for Pay, Evaluation and Reviews
-
Level of Flexibility
1 2 3 4 5 -
Took Maternity Leave Here? (Weeks)
None taken
-
Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Culture, Policies
-
One Thing Employer Could Improve
Promote more women into leadership positions
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Recommend to Women?
Maybe. May be
Corporate Communications Senior Manager
Marketing
January 1970
Within exec ranks, women are expected to work 60-80 hrs/week and almost always work on their paid time off. Most take their laptop on their vacation. The rate of leaves of absence due to stress are very high: three doctors warned me not to return to work there because of their reputation for stressful working conditions
Job Satisfaction Level
-
Recent Salary
>$150k
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Recent Bonus
$20k-$50k
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CEO supports Gender Diversity?
Yes
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Are Women and Men Treated Equally?
Not for Pay, Promotion
-
Level of Flexibility
1 2 3 4 5 -
Took Maternity Leave Here? (Weeks)
None taken
-
Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Hours, Culture
-
One Thing Employer Could Improve
Promote women across the company
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Recommend to Women?
No
Software Engineer
Engineering
January 1970
Great place to work. Relaxed environment. Good culture. Great people. No food.
Job Satisfaction Level
-
Recent Salary
$100k-$150k
-
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
-
CEO supports Gender Diversity?
Yes
-
Are Women and Men Treated Equally?
Yes
-
Level of Flexibility
1 2 3 4 5 -
Took Maternity Leave Here? (Weeks)
None taken
-
Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Hours
-
One Thing Employer Could Improve
Improve my compensation
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Recommend to Women?
Yes
January 1970
HR added a new bonding policy this year that per the policy, they based eligibility on when the mother's disability ended (it's 6 or 8 weeks, depending on type of delivery) or when a baby was born or placed with a family. They claimed the magic effective date was November 1 of 2017 but allowed a look back period to October 1, for unknown and arbitrary reasons. The claim was that the policy was rolled out in early October so they didn't want to be rude to mothers that had babies in early October. However, they denied the additional paid leave to mothers that had babies in the last few weeks of September, even though most of those mothers were not ending their disability until well into November. Not only was the policy badly worded, but only a handful of women would have been denied as it was only applicable in the US at the time. They spout all this pretend care for women and families and "moments that matter," but did not care to see the error in their policy or make exceptions when it really did matter. Other companies have the same policy for extra paid bonding, but grandfathered all people that had babies in 2017 to be fair, and show true concern for their employees. I used to think Cisco actually cared about its employees, but it's clear they could not care less for their female employees at a time it's truly needed. I also know of certain VPs making promotion decisions based on whether or not maternity leave is a possibility, and yes, a man was chosen in that case. I guess Cisco doesn't get the whole "time's up" movement.
Job Satisfaction Level
-
CEO supports Gender Diversity?
I'm not sure
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Are Women and Men Treated Equally?
Not for Pay, Promotion, Evaluation and Reviews
-
Level of Flexibility
1 2 3 4 5Working from home used to exist at Cisco, but certain organizations are trying to implement an all or nothing approach when it really doesn't make sense for those organizations. Additionally, this disproportionately affects working mothers the most.
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Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Hours
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One Thing Employer Could Improve
Promote more women into leadership roles, better maternity leave, improve work-life balance and policies
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Recommend to Women?
No
January 1970
It is a respectful, positive culture and environment to work in.
Job Satisfaction Level
-
CEO supports Gender Diversity?
Yes
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Are Women and Men Treated Equally?
Not for Promotion
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Level of Flexibility
1 2 3 4 5Provides mobile working. As long as you get your job done, it's not how long you spend doing your job it's all about the output and the quality of that output.
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Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Hours, Culture, Policies
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One Thing Employer Could Improve
Promote more women into leadership positions
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Recommend to Women?
Yes
January 1970
Go for it. When interviewing think about how strong your manager in promoting his/her team
Job Satisfaction Level
-
CEO supports Gender Diversity?
Yes
-
Are Women and Men Treated Equally?
Not for Pay, Promotion
-
Level of Flexibility
1 2 3 4 5 -
One Thing Employer Could Improve
Promote more women into leadership positions
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Recommend to Women?
Yes
Sales
January 1970
it is a macho place and you will need to break your back
Job Satisfaction Level
-
Recent Salary
$50k-$80k
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Recent Bonus
$10k-$20k
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CEO supports Gender Diversity?
Yes
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Are Women and Men Treated Equally?
Yes
-
Level of Flexibility
1 2 3 4 5 -
Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Hours
-
One Thing Employer Could Improve
Improve my compensation
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Recommend to Women?
Maybe. you can be lay off like any other one so no different there
January 1970
They pay lip service to gender equality and all that. Reality is very different
Job Satisfaction Level
-
CEO supports Gender Diversity?
I'm not sure
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Are Women and Men Treated Equally?
Not for Promotion, Evaluation and Reviews
-
Level of Flexibility
1 2 3 4 5 -
Took Maternity Leave Here? (Weeks)
None taken
-
Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Hours, Culture, Policies
-
One Thing Employer Could Improve
Promote more women into leadership positions
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Recommend to Women?
No