Life At Cisco

1700 Interns. 30+ countries. 85+ offices. Interns are a big part of what makes Cisco tick! I am a Program Manager for The Global Intern Program. We organize events, learning opportunities and more to enhance the intern experience at Cisco. Cisco is currently asking employees to tell us why they #Lov…

As I buried my toes in the sand on a beach in Thailand, I couldn’t help but say a silent “cheers” to Cisco, and my colleagues there, for making my vacation extra special. “Why?” you ask? It’s all due to Connected Recognition. It’s this great program at Cisco that allows your manager, your peers and…

Can you be a professional, powerful person in the workplace while still setting trends? May Le had always wanted to dye her hair purple, but having just started a job at Cisco, she wondered if it was the right time. Was there something in the “rule book” that would prevent it? Would it be accepted?…

Read just a few stories on this blog, and you’ll notice that people love to work here. Whether it’s the people, the innovation, the giving back, or a combination of all of those and more, love is in the air. Since February is a month of recognizing love – and this year, there’s a whole extra day for…

The team that cooks together, stays together. Recently the Cisco APJC (Asia Pacific, Japan, China) leadership team got together for an offsite meeting in Bangalore, India – one of the main hubs for Cisco in the region. It was a great few days and one of the personal highlights for me was a team cook…

“Be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi Many millennials like myself are looking for ways we can change the world. It’s one of the things that brought me to Cisco. Cisco changes the way we work, live, play, and learn – my mission as an individual is similar: change the way we…

I’m a Cisco recruiter. But I do more than that. We recruiters make dreams come true. As a military veteran, I can say that this, too, is more than just a job. Do we read a lot of resumes? Yes. We also help change the world. And we hire people who help change the world. There’s a lot of world-changin…

The Internet is flooded with ways to succeed in life, business, happiness, relationships, and just about anything else that can be measured. A quick Google search will bring up thousands of articles from people who want to help. As a young professional here at Cisco, I frequently catch myself wonder…

#WeAreCisco, where each person is unique, but we bring our talents to work as a team and make a difference. Yes, our technology changes the way the world works, lives, plays and learns, but our edge comes from our people. We connect everything – people, process, data and things – and we use those c…