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Cisco Benefits
- Cisco benefits I've received an offer from Cisco. While I'm considering this offer, I was wondering if someone can shed some lights on below benefits: 1. What employee discounts are being offered? Such as on Electronics, new car, travel, Auto, etc. 2. Backup childcare - such as any tie-up with Daycare centers? 3.
- Cisco Relocation Benefits Does Cisco offer any relocation benefits like moving services apart from joining bonus ? Heard few company offer moving services. Such services will be helpful in COVID-19 times. Need to move from Chicago to SF since H1B LCA mandates close to work condition. TC: 175K + bonus + RSU #cisco
- Meta refresher benefits Need info, TIA! I'm expecting an offer for IC5, awaiting salary details. Refresher concept is new to me, how are refreshers given in Meta. Whats usually the refresher range for IC5? For instance if it's 100k, how much is given for Meets expectation. Will it have multiplier same as bonus or evaluat
- cisco bangalore comp Education: Btech CE Years of Experience: 7.2 Prev comp: 38L Company: Cisco Title/Level: Software Dev G10 Location: Bangalore Salary: 36L Relocation: 0 Signing Bonus: 3L Stock bonus: $45k stock grant vested over 4 years Bonus: 5L Total comp (Salary + Bonus + Stock): ~50L Benefits: Normal cisco benefi
- Is Cisco certification exam free for its employees? I might accept an offer from Cisco. Just curious to know if the certifications are free for its employees? What all hidden benefits do you get at Cisco? #tech #cisco #certifications
- CISCO G11 salary Anyone knows CISCO G11 and G12 salary and benefits in Atlanta. Bonus, stocks etc.
- vote Walmart vs Cisco I am currently working with Walmart and recently got an offer from Cisco L6 (tc is 28% higher) however I recently got a compensation increase (not by a lot about 2%~3%) i know it might be no brainer to take Cisco, but is Cisco a safe company? As in future growth, Walmart will always be here since th
- Cisco Systems offer What would be the salary for grade 11 and grade 12 architect in Cisco.How is the work culture,time off,stocks and other benefits at Cisco? Please share your thoughts
- Microsoft to Cisco Any folks here go from Microsoft to Cisco Systems? What’s your thoughts on pros / cons? How would you compare benefits between the two companies? Any regrets? Thanks
- Cisco paternity leave. I see that Ciscos paternity leave is 3 months . Should we wait for one year to get that benefit. I mean is there a one year restriction before that kicks in.
- Which one should I join convert to full time in Cisco or Palo Alto Networks or Citrix Cisco : 220k G10 with 15k SignOn PAN : 210k 10k SignOn Citrix : 200k no sign on Hardly any difference in terms of benefits. Which company has better future? I am on H1b
- vote Oracle oci Recruiter not patient enough to wait for other offer I have negotiating Have offers from Cisco and Oracle. Same tc and benefits. Oracle offer has been made finally but Cisco is still in verbal talks. But the oci recruiter calls daily to pressure me even though it's jst been 4 days since I got the oci offer. What do I do?
- Cisco buys Viptela for $610M https://www.streetinsider.com/dr/news.php?id=12841169 Cisco is buying another cloud company for cash and assumed equity. The valuation is bit lower than expected but still makes lot of employees very wealthy. Anybody from Viptela here, who like to share how employees may have benefited.
- Cisco Meraki Hey all, a recruiter reached out to me from Cisco Meraki and I was wondering what it is like working there. I saw mixed reviews on Glassdoor and was wondering what are the benefits? perks? any pros and cons with the company I want all the dirt!
- vote SDR - Rubrik vs Cisco Meraki Let’s say pay, benefits, TC is all equal. Would you rather start your sales career at a growing company like Rubrik or one that is more established like Cisco Meraki. My goal is to set a good foundation and learn the sales process #ae #enterprise #sales #sdr #bdr
- Who has the best 401k plan? I’ll do boring work, I just want an excellent 401k. In my 20s but thinking ahead. I’m looking for a plan with: - no vesting for matches - 100% matches for up to 4%+ of salary - Mega backdoor roth capability I heard Microsoft, Cisco, and Google were top tier in terms of 401k benefits. Anyone else?
- Flexible work timings and other benefits What other companies in BayArea have the following comparable to or better than Cisco? 1) Flexible work timings (by this I literally mean your manager doesn’t care about what time you come to and leave the office or working from home as long as you are getting the work done and attend meetings). 2)
- Specific to Cisco India ex/employees: Can employee continue to use the UHPC medical insurance after quitting? Once the employee quits Cisco India, is there a way during the notice period to contact UHPC and continue the same benefits of insurance which employees are getting currently including parental insurance. This makes sense if anyone joins a startup rather than another popular company. TC 46 LPA
- Business Analyst Comp I'm looking around for better opportunities but want a reality check. Business Analyst (contractor) YoE: ( in this role) 1, total YoE: 7 TC: 86000 - no benefits, no pto, no medical (don't need it) Is this about average in @Cisco? How about elsewhere? #salaries #salarycomparison
- vote Should I quit my current job to join Micro$oft? I am working for a small Romanian company doing outsourcing for Cisco (basically I do the same work as the guys from Cisco). We have a saas platform in go and python. The work is interesting, but there is this opportunity to join Microsoft Europe(Estonia, ireland, Denmark, Spain, Norway or Prague).
- FTE vs Contractor I’m currently a Contractor for Cisco through a third party with no end date to my contract. Aside from certain benefits, I am treated like a FTE. While I was on the job hunt, I mostly came across contract or temp jobs in the Bay Area. I’m still new to this but is this the norm?
- Cisco G11 offer YOE - 14 Currently at a pre-IPO company with TC 240k Cisco G11 offer - 190k base, 15% bonus, 40k sign-on, 160k stock for 4 years I am happy with the first year's salary but not so much for the subsequent years. Interview went well and I was referred here. I see this outlier post where the overall o
- Requesting from IBM any equipment for my home office I am leaving Cisco CX soon to join IBM Customer Success organization and curious whether it's okay to ask my future manager for providing me with some equipment for my home office, like a docking station, monitor(s), headsets, etc. Any hints and suggestions on the list of the equipment are much appr
- Stay at MSFT or go to Cisco? I’m a lvl 64 PM at AzNet, I don’t necessarily love what I do but it’s ok. My main issue is my boss. He has no trust on the team, micromanages a lot, keeps trying to tell us what to do while he is not technical and has no clue. I was on engineering on my previous role and liked it, just wanted a new
- vote Non-Tech Apple vs Cisco Received two non-tech offers Apple (Texas): ~$193k TC $140k base, 15% bonus, 70k RSU/4 years, $15k sign-on, IC4 Pros: Apple brand name Cons: Move to Austin, TX with family, sell/buy house, undetermined work-life balance, TC is peanuts for level and non-negotiable. Cisco (Remote): ~$204k TC $160k b
- vote Does it make sense to breakdown giant tech companies strickly from the point of view of consumer?? For example: 1. Will consumer/advertisers benefits more when we have Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook, etc etc as different companies and compete with each other?? User can switch platform if they don't like the policy and operations of one company.. 2. Can AWS serve their customer better if they are
- Tier rankings for the tech companies If you have problems with discussing tiers, then GTFO of this post. These rankings are based off the data points from other tier blind posts, If you think these rankings are off, then please comment with your own rankings. Tier = Pay, prestige, wlb, culture, benefits, talent pool, brand weight on r
- Cisco Public discrimination Cisco Systems announced that they will be publicly hiring and promoting more black people. For some reason some random white VP or director that I’ve never talked to somehow benefits me because I’m white. I’m not kidding, they openly lay out their plans to discriminate against all races that aren’t
- Tier rankings for tech companies in the Bay Area Tier = Pay, prestige, wlb, culture, benefits, talent pool, brand weight on resume, people have starry eyes when you tell them where you work at Tier 0: Be your own boss Tier 1: FNG Tier 2: Apple, Uber, Airbnb, Lyft, Linkedin Tier 3: Amazon, Microsoft, Stripe, Pinterest, Slack, Snap, Dropbox, Robinh
- Meraki Data Scientist Compensation Review Current: ML Engineer with PhD and 4 YOE, TC = $200k Breakdown: $165k base / 0 bonus / 25k stock (ends after 2020) / 100% covered benefits (my value $10k*) Great work-life balance, not much learning opportunity or growth Offer: Data Scientist Grade 10, TC = $235k Breakdown: $185k base / 15% bonus
- More Startup Nonsense i was interviewing at a startup before Cisco made their offer and I realized why recruiters are needed. The founder was incredibly slow to come up with the offer letter, didn’t give me verbal numbers said just to wait for the letter and gave no explanation of benefits or stock comp. Addmittedly th
- link [India] Thread of new grad SWE TC in India use Guys please post the standard new grad offers from the best companies in India By TC I mean first year compensation ie First year signing bonus + first year base + first year bonus + first year stocks. Google 32 LPA Sprinklr 36 LPA (They changed base from 25 to 30 recently) Microsoft 22 LPA (13 +
- vote Got a Start Up Offer Relatively new to my current job, just a few months. But had a couple of former coworkers that they want to bring me onboard onto their team at a start up they work at. I said perhaps, and sure enough I get an offer in my email from their CEO. Now to be honest with all the benefits and bonus pay i
- vote Immigrating to US vs. Switzerland I'm a student, and I'm pretty sure I will get accepted to a MSc program in Switzerland. After that, I'll try to get a job and settle there. Many consider Switzerland one of the best places on Earth (QoL, high pay, good benefits, nice healthcare, low taxes for Europe, etc). It's much better than wher
- vote Are companies really idealistic? I can see a lot of bullshit and branding on the LinkedIn all day about how they’re very happy Working for a tech giant. Do you really believe in the idealism of the company that you work for or are you just there to make a buck out of the moment. If you were really idealistic how do you justify th
- List of gem 💎 companies Not super well known (the likes of FANG) Great WLB (<= 40h, no or low on call). Good culture, no stack ranking, nice people, family friendly. Ok salary, enough to live but not for the TC chasers. I’ve heard good things about Expedia, Salesforce, ServiceNow, etc. Can you share your gem company?
- Accepted lowball offer by AWS YOE: 18 but no cloud experience Location: Dallas Current: 225 TC as Sr. SA Initially interviewed for L7 SA. Loop went well but still rejected. Loop results were liked by ProServ team who offered L6 Sr. CIA after 2 additional interviews. I accepted as I was desperate to leave current job, learn some
- Need referral for Backend Dev related pos (6 Yrs Exp) India/Singapore/Europe/Canada Hi Everyone I have around 6 Years of work exp. in designing micro-services (APIs) and scalable distributed systems. LeetCode: 500+ Current CTC : 37L Base + 12% Variable + 5L JB + 80K USD RSUs (4 Years) + benefits Offer in Hand : 45L Base and other things are nearly same but company is in banking
- H1Bs/F1-OPTs really that bad? (Rant alert) I have done my master’s in the US and I am on H1B right now. Whenever I try to understand this anti-H1B/OPT debate - the math somehow doesnt work out. Just for an example - I remember all my batchmates on F1 student visa were extremely hard working, never went out to party like their American count
- No one still wants to hire me? Super frustrated. Made a post a while back posting my basic anonymous credentials looking for some advice. Still can't get a job. Giving a bit more background. Background: 15 years experience IT Sales, Security, Personnel Management, and Project Management, no real programming experience. Exp
- vote Help me choose - Canadian Edition Hello Everyone, I've been very fortunate to receive few offers from companies. All are in Canada. All in CAD. (Ranges are estimates). Thanks to Blind for all the interviewing tips. Current TC: 105k CAD YOE: 2 ********** Startup (Toronto): Level: idk Estimated TC: 160k-175k CAD (Base + Bonus) Sto
- Still can't get hired. Feeling so lost. 3rd post about this. Turned down for 2 more positions. Background: 15 years experience IT Sales, Security, Personnel Management, and Project Management, no real programming experience. Experience with Nessus, nmap, Splunk, Active Directory, AD OU, slurm, Apache, PHP, MySQL, Exchange, Cisco and J
- Man, I feel f******. Me again. Still can't get fucking hired. Just got turned down again, 12th interview. Starting to feel like it's time to an hero. Background: 15 years experience IT Sales, Security, Personnel Management, and Project Management, no real programming experience. Experience with Nessus, nmap, Splunk,
- vote Help me choose - Canadian Edition Hello Everyone, I've been very fortunate to receive few offers from companies. All are in Canada. All in CAD. (Ranges are estimates). Thanks to Blind for all the interviewing tips. Current TC: 105k CAD YOE: 2 ********** Startup (Toronto): Level: idk Estimated TC: 160k-175k CAD (Base + Bonus) Sto
- SWE TC across companies, how much NW and growth to beat the TC? TC Display: Top Tier: Pinterest: 450k~600k Stripe: 450k~600k LinkedIn: 450k~600k Facebook: 400k~600k Airbnb: 400k~580k Snapchat: 400k~550k Netflix: 450k+ 1st tier: Uber: 380k~600k Lyft: 380k~480k Slack: 370k~500k Dropbox: 350k~600k Twitter: 350k~550k Google: 350k~500k Apple: 350k~450k Splunk: 350k
- link ‘ Build on your lot’ builders with cost+floor plans in bay area,ca. I searched but couldn’t find builders with floor plan catalog & approx cost. This was the only one- https://thomasjameshomesusa.com/northern-california/ Any recommendations? Thanks
- vote Stocks and US Elections #personalfinance #investments Has anyone noticed recent steady sell off? what do you think, what are the chances of stocks falling after upcoming US elections if trump wins or biden wins..
- vote What will happen if Prop 22 doesn’t pass? Title says it all. Mainly thinking from the Gig companies perspectives. Vote or comment #Prop22 #tech #california @postmates @caviar @grubhub
- Thoughts on this tiktok nuclear energy influence Her goal is to save nuclear plants and advocate for more nuclear energy using weird videos on tiktok. Thoughts ? https://twitter.com/isaboemeke/status/1319674446391619584
- Ayurvedic doctor in Bay Area Has anyone tried Ayurvedic consultation & treatment in the Bay Area? Looking for references/recommendations. Thanks #medical #health