Life At Cisco
Cisco Culture in Four Hashtags
Working allows me to provide for my family, and like for most of us, working isn’t a choice. But where I work and how I engage is my choice. Cisco chose me and I chose Cisco. I started my career with college summer internships as a programmer for the biggest and most well-known computer company. I…
Cisco Daycare Brings Calm To A Panicked First-Time Mom
A little more than three months after I came back from maternity leave, our nanny starting having severe morning sickness, and it became clear we needed to find an alternative daycare solution for our son. I had been at Cisco for nine years, and knew that we had two different daycare centers in San…
48 Hours In the Life of The Best Place To Work In Ireland
I am always happy to tell people about how great it is to work for Cisco, but recently, there was a 48-hour period where I wanted to shout it from the rooftops. It all kicked off with the Great Place to Work Awards… The Great Place to Work Awards recognize workplace cultures that deliver outstanding…
Keeping Cisco in the Family
On July 16, 1997 my life changed. Arriving six weeks early, and changing our entire focus in life, Alice Elizabeth entered the world and my wife, Iris, and I were overjoyed. For the next 16 years this was to be the only time she was ever early for anything. 😉 One thing I never suspected on t…
Changing Perceptions as Miss Silicon Valley
When someone uses the word “pageant” – your brain probably goes first to images of big hair and ball gowns. The last thing that you think of is “techie.” But let me change your perceptions! I work for Cisco as a Business Analyst, and I’m a proud techie, as well as the current Miss Silicon Valley. On…
Burn Your Candles
You really know what it means to #LoveWhereYouWork when you are faced with a life-threatening illness, and your team says, “Take care of your family, we’ve got this!” You see, that’s #WeAreCisco! I came to Cisco five years ago truly believing in our vision that we wanted to change the world. I had b…
Paws Up for Giving Back with Proteus!
I knew our rescued Dalmatian mix Proteus was something special. What I didn’t realize was the special moments we would be creating as we used our Cisco volunteering hours together after he became a therapy dog. Proteus is the Son of Poseidon, as you may know, from Greek Methodology, and the name def…
Capturing the Heartbeat of Cisco
You often hear that one of the top reasons Cisco employees love coming to work is our people. The people are, to our core, the heartbeat of Cisco. From the individual personalities that fill the wide open, brightly lit offices to those authentic co-workers who never pass up an opportunity to stop in…
Views and a Viewpoint from Cisco Colombia!
124 hard-working Cisco employees. A modern skyscraper with fantastic city views. The best coffee you’ll find anywhere, hands down. Where can you find this office? Welcome to Cisco Bogota, our main office in Colombia. I’m Lucero, I’m a Partner Advisor based in Costa Rica and a frequent visitor of Cis…

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