Cisco Benefits
How Cisco Stepped Up When I was Diagnosed with MS
You never know when life will throw you a curveball. Two and a half years ago, I had just started a new role at Cisco and was getting off a plane in Denver, Colorado to meet my new team at an offsite. It was a time of change and excitement. There was just one inconvenient concern. Before the trip, I…
My New Job: Life as a Working Dad
How nice does paternity or maternity leave sound when you don’t have kids yet?! Don’t tell my manager, but I may have had thoughts of a company-paid family vacation. We would be relaxing in our poolside cabana, with baby sleeping soundly, while Mickey Mouse refilled our well-earned margaritas. Ahhhh…
We Are Cisco, and We Are There for Each Other
Penang, Malaysia. A beautiful city and an exciting opportunity for the whole Human Resources team in the Asia Pacific, Japan and China regions to come together to learn from each other, grow together and volunteer together. And I had to miss it. While the rest of my team was going to be bonding and…
A Cisco employee gift on my first-year anniversary
A Cross Pen with the Cisco logo — it’s my 1st anniversary gift. I just received it and did the official unwrapping. Sure, it’s not very expensive, but it comes with whole-hearted, warm greetings from Cisco, delivered across the Pacific Ocean to me here in Shanghai, China, with my 1…
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