Life At Cisco

Contributions to this post are also made by Jon-Paul Pritchard, Head of Executive Staffing in the Asia Pacific Japan and China (APJC) region. This week, I and my Cisco colleague Jon-Paul Pritchard will be driving a TUK TUK – which is a small three-wheeled rickshaw-type buggy/taxi – with only 7 hors…

What’s a girl with a head full of purple hair to do when she’s fiercely passionate about fighting children’s cancer with the St. Baldrick’s Foundation? Well, for this girl with purple hair – she signs up to shave it all off. Yep, you read that right. This time, next year, I’ll be bald. This promise…

Who’s excited to see the winners of the second annual #WeAreCisco #LoveWhereYouWork employee photo contest? (Me! ✋ Me! ✋ Me! ✋ ) There were 1300 entries. We know. We counted. (Many times.) There were 1100 entries from Twitter and Instagram, and several hundred entered in t…

I got asked a lot of questions after my last blog post, How I Found My Cisco Family. The most popular seemed to be, “What kept you going?” And every time I heard those words I would have to pause and wonder…could it really be just one thing? Yes, my life was difficult. My mother was a drug addict, w…

There is a certain value associated with getting in early, riding the wave, and then jumping ship to go to work for the next hot company. Serial startup employees assume folks that work for “large” companies like Cisco fantasize about joining an early-stage, venture-backed technology company and won…

We have all, likely, struggled from time to time with explaining technology to our grandparents – or, even our parents, older siblings, aunts and uncles. From, “What’s email?” and “How do I copy and paste, again?” to “Do I have The Google?” and “Why do I want to know about this Facebook thing?” they…

If you’ve heard little rumblings in the universe about a new careers website for Cisco – they’re true!  We’ve launched a brand new site!  Why did we do this? What went into the new design? Who is this site for?  We’re about to answer all those questions and more! For the past year, Cisco’s Talent Br…

What makes Cisco different? It’s not rare for companies to allow some time for volunteering and giving back, yet Cisco goes above and beyond and truly adheres to the mantra, “Giving back is in our DNA.” The difference – Cisco allows me (along with all of their full time employees) the unique opportu…

Have you ever had an “ah-ha!” moment? It’s that moment in your life, or in your career, that initiates a change in how you think, work, live, etc. I recently had a few “ah-ha!” moments myself around the work I do at Cisco. (It’s truly one of the best places to grow both professionally and personally…