Are my chances of being laid off high as a new grad? I want to start at Cisco for 1-2 years then switch. It will be a Software Engineer Grade 4 Position...
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5vgi has a solid viewpoint though I will say for recommendations your immediate manager will have more of an outcome on how you view your work than the larger status of any company, Simply. it depends ... there is no one right answer. Cisco fit the mold of a large enterprise company which means you get certain benefits and drawbacks as compared to small companies/startups. Just try to be informed and aware and you will do fine.
New grads are first hit
| Many early in career employees have been impacted by layoffs.
That’s because CSCO uses them to offset the older employees that it’s constantly laying off in order to avoid age discrimination lawsuits. But, with the ever increasing numbers of young workers, the odds of you getting selected in the first 2 years is pretty slim. They like to hit grade 6’s, not 4’s.
I'd be worried about what team you’re joining more than anything. @itxe brings up a good point about maintaining legacy products. Or joining a new product team that’s working on a product that won’t catch the market & gets cancelled. In either case, all you’ll be getting is “work experience” to put on your resume, not marketable skills to differentiate your resume from other grads 2 yrs out of school looking for the next job.
The benefits are good, and in RTP the pay is good. I can’t speak to SJC. The work life balance is good if you don’t abuse the flexibility and give the impression you’re never around.
Take it if you don’t have better offers, but I’d recommend almost any company over Cisco. Make sure the company had been around a while & isn’t growing faster than is manageable, or it may not be a good opportunity. I joined a small company (400 employees) after Cisco, but they’d just been bought out by a much larger corp and didn’t disclose that in the interview. Things were good for the first 6 months until “corp” got around to integrating us into their processes, HR, payroll, IT, etc. Then it turned to a chaotic mess in a matter of weeks & I was longing for Cisco’s glacial changes.
Many early in career employees have been impacted by layoffs.
Cisco is as good a place as any to get a position you can put on your resume. Good benefits, work-life balance, and respect for diversity. Cisco lays off older workers, nonperformers, and personnel from cancelled projects. As a new-hire you won't fall into any of those buckets. Getting laid off before you get a chance to quit should be your least concern :)
Forget cisco, this company created its own grave, open source is the future. All cisco jobs are migrating to cheap Indians with fake master degrees, REALITY CHECK!!
you should be more concerned about working on legacy systems. at cisco, you might not obtain any marketable work experience within 1-2 years.
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