They pay well and have a pretty SF and Paris office. They really try to do good on onboarding.
Overall would probably be 3 stars if it weren’t so unstable and always layoffs. It is an odd culture that teeters on worshipping Chuck. No solid motivation or direction and no innovation. They are so behind the times.
Passive fund - BRK US equity market index has a very low expense ratio of 0.01, which is less than expense ratio for VTI. Does this fund reinvest dividends? How does the BlackRock Index funds with other companies work? I'm trying to see long term does it beat VTI. TC - 227k #cisco #401k #index
I was in one of our all hands -ENB and SVP mentioned something on the lines of considering equity/cash based offers case by case while replying to question reg folks leaving Cisco for better paying jobs.. Anybody aware of this or were able to get one? Plz share Tc -230k #cisco
Hearing through the grapevine that Lacework is being acquired. Heard private equity, also heard Cisco. I know a few people over there and they seem to feel the same way and that it’s imminent. Anyone in the community hearing similar? #cisco #lacework
Role: Data Scientist Location: Bay area Offer: 170 Base, 10% bonus, 0 equity; ~20 sign on YOE: 0yr in tech; MSc grad; ~3yr in banking previously I accepted the offer but was just wondering if 0 equity is normal. #cisco #datascientist
Currently an L4 at Google. I go up for L5 promo in 6 months on the condition I finish up my current project. However, what's the point? Cisco is making me an offer for technical lead that's much more base and equity than Google L5... and way less work than Google. Also remote so I can travel. I...Read more
Hi Blind Friends, I am expecting an offer from @thousandeyes (Cisco) for the Engineering Manager role. Could not find much information on levels.fyi or other online portals, so, trying my luck here. Does anyone have an idea about the EM salary ranges at thousandeyes / cisco? I was told the base wou...Read more
Current Cisco (San Jose) TC: 290k YOE: 7 Level: G10 Liveramp (SF, remote/hybrid), Senior software engineer Base: 200k Equity: 400k/4 year. 1 year cliff. 25% refresher Sign on: 25K TC: 325k Indeed (remote), L2 Base: 188k Bonus: 10%, 18k Equity: 137k Sign on: 28k TC first year: 240k TC second+: 267k...Read more
I have received two offers. I have to pick one based on work culture and green card processing. Any advice will be really helpful. Software Engineer III, Walmart, Sunnyvale BC: 135K Equity: 25K Annual bonus: 16% Cloud software developer, Cisco, Remote BC: 135K No equity Annual bonus: 12% Current...Read more
What is the market rate for GM/SVP level running $3B to$10B P&L? Think company like dell, Cisco, IBM? Me: 25+ YOE, SVP at consumer product. $1.2M TCOM all in cash (no equity)
My question is more for folks from Oracle, Salesforce, Workday, Cisco. Basically big global companies which have been on the block for a decade or so. Is RSU/Equity a part of comp for all employees? If not, at what level are they paid?
Cisco Offer Hi Blind, I am interviewing for Salesforce Solution’s Architect at Cisco (remote location). What TC should I expect? What equity/sign on bonus should I expect? How many RSUs? What grade/level should I expect? Currently at Slalom as Salesforce Consultant YoE - Total 6 years of Salesforc...Read more
Hello Blinders, need your inputs on the evaluating some of my offer compensation: YOE: 3 as software engineer, 1.5 years as Software QA engineer VMWare Position: MTS Level 3 Location: Bay Area Base: 185K Bonus: 12% Equity: RSUs 200K, 25% each year for 4 years Amazon Position: SDE1 (AWS) Location:...Read more
I am hopeful to join Cisco as my interview went well. Anybody know what is the max I can ask for sde2 for San Jose. And what are the components of compensation(base, equity, joining bonus) . I am a university grad . I too have 3 years of work ex
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.
I’m like 99% sold, just wanted to get my blind brothers opinion and get shit on for low TC. Grade 6 at Cisco, TC 85k, based in RTP, NC. Offer to join pre series A startup as employee #20, TC around 105k + equity. Still based in RTP.
I have cleared FB and have an offer from Amazon. I'm waiting to hear from Cisco about their offer. I'm also waiting for my interview at Google. I don't have a formal offer from FB but recruiter said 180K/450K/50K/15% (base/equity/sign-on/bonus) is standard. Do I need offers from other places to nego...Read more
Hey Blind, Recently I am being offered a role (ML related engineering) role in a stealth startup - which looks like an exciting prospect given the profiles of the founders and the early employees. I'm at a senior grade in Cisco and in an ML role, in Asia. This new role might need me to move to an i...Read more
This is basically asking which tech companies offer the highest TC, and I know Blind collects that info, but I'm a newb to the site and couldn't find a simple ranked list of this data, forgive me if I missed it. The details are I have a pretty strong resume, so have a good shot at getting an interv...Read more
yoe 8 currently sr. software engineer at Cisco base 145K + RSU 225K vested in 4 years + bonus 15% (this year around 32K) so TC around 233K got an offer for sr. eng at Rally Health base 165K + RSU 250K vested in 4 years + bonus 15K (not sure about bonus but according to the recruiter 95% of employee...Read more