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 they are a retailers. Also does Cisco have better benefits and Wlb than Walmart? Any input are much appropriated YOE:2 Current TC:88k New TC: 150k #walmart #walmartbonus #walmartsalary #cisco #ciscocareers #ciscolayoffs
Walmart will always be there - not necessarily even if they aren’t going anywhere today and yes Cisco is safe in that sense. Market has a lot of confidence in Cisco as you can see in recent stock performance. Plan for 2-3 years at a time max and you should be good. Btw Cisco is never safe considering yearly/frequent/regular layoffs so you should look at the BU/Prod/Location to make a decision. Those details and TC/YOE/Grade would help people suggest if its safe or not in short term.
I see , yeah that makes since and yeah sorry just updates my post
It takes you a while to reach 150k in Walmart for sure with all the team politics and biased management. No harm in exploring Cisco imo
Yeah that’s what I was thinking as well, it just I really like my team and will try to leave peacefully so if I want come back hopefully it will be easier
Not sure about Walmart. But in general wlb in Cisco is better than average.
Okay that’s really good then , here it’s pretty average
Which BU at Cisco?
What is BU ?
Business unit or in other words which group?
Collaboration BU wlb is awesome. But here in Cisco you won't get other perks like mobile phone, gym reimbursements but still it is ok. And WebEx is really awesome in recent years i think eventually old customer like Walmart will move back to WebEx. It is worth to consider software company since you are in Walmart (I feel they are just a IT wing to their retail business, i too have friends in Walmart and I am also holding an offer from Walmart. Heard that their process is not good). Cisco is defenitly a company to consider.
I don’t really use any of those perks lol , obly like gym and I pay it myself and tbh the pay increase will definitely cover all of those lol , Yeah I do want work for a Tech company and kinda want program something that people will use , I been doing some boring stuff here , so yeah it been decided I am taking Cisco
Take Cisco, stay 2-3 years (or 5 years at max) then go to a better place. This was my plan when I joined Cisco last year
Yeah that’s the plan here as well Cisco Is definitely a great start
OP, how do you find Cisco compared to Walmart now? (Hope you switched)
I have made the switch and very glad I did !! Although the work load is definitely more than Walmart but I expected that especially with that pay , however I very very much enjoy it here
What level , YOE , is it career growth you targeted to ? What’s current and future TC ?
Just updated my post , and yes both my career growth and company growth in general as in How is likely for Cisco to go bankrupt
Take Cisco if you couldn’t get any offers. Jump later after short break. Prepare well next time for bigger jump. Take Cisco !!!!