Life At Cisco

A few months ago, a fellow Cisco employee set the ball rolling on a wild, fun, Star Wars adventure. He asked in an all-company meeting, the Cisco Beat, if we could celebrate Star Wars Day #Maythe4th as a company. I love to bring a bit of goofiness into work, and it’s always exciting when we get to d…

Where can you “chill out,” watch airplanes, work with a “wellbeing ambassador” and take a quick jaunt into London if you’d like? Welcome to Cisco in Bedfont Lakes, United Kingdom! Should you ever have the opportunity to visit or interview at our location, we thought we’d share a few tidbits to mak…

32 hours non-stop. Pushing boundaries. Thinking creatively and innovating in ways never thought possible. That sums up the recent 4th Annual Enterprise Networking Group (ENG) Hackathon. It sounds like it’s all around solving business challenges to transform Cisco and technology (which it is) but it’…

A Cisco account manager and a Cisco engineer walk into a bar… sounds like the start to a good punchline, no? In this case, it was not a joke. It was the beginning of a journey – This adventure started when a pact was made to climb the highest mountain in Africa after some pizza and a beer or t…

Do you have a great team? I do! It’s such a terrific group of people, that not only do we work together and innovate together, but we’re a team outside of work as well! I came to Cisco through the Cisco Sales Associate Program (CSAP), which is a one-year program where we train together with other gl…

Some new moms set up play dates for their babies, but when you work for Cisco there are more – let’s call them connected creative options. Cisco collaboration can be used for more than business meetings when you want to share special moments with co-workers during baby “collaboration time”. Cisco Co…

We should all be looking ahead in life, chasing our next goal. Sometimes the path is straight, and sometimes, it throws us a lot of curves. For example, I was born and raised a Kansas boy. If it’s Kansas sports (Jayhawks, Chiefs, Royals) I’m a fan. I made a plan to join the United States Army, and i…

What happens when writer’s block hits and you struggle for days on finding the perfect words to tell Toby’s story?  Well, eventually, you just hand over the computer to your 3 year old Boston Terrier…and let him tell the story himself. 😉 So, everyone, heeeere’s Toby! Hi, fellow Cisconians!…

Disclaimer: This is not a real job at Cisco, but you can use the link below to send in a resume. As much as we think we often use the Force in our daily jobs, and would really, really like some light sabers for real. The Corporate Functions Recruiting Team (thanks Nan and team!) would like to show o…