give back

What’s a day in the life of a Cisco Cat Club member?  Well, you’re about to find out. This Friday was supposed to be a slow Friday. It started out like I intended – with a good morning workout (at the fabulous Cisco LifeConnections fitness center, of course!) and a cup of coffee from the Cisco Café.…

Time. Everyone is always wondering how to get more of it, or how other people are effectively managing it! How do people have the time to wake up, make something for breakfast, drop the kids off at school, look presentable for an 8am meeting, work all day, eat lunch, pick the kids back up, make dinn…

There are many, many challenges we all face throughout life. It’s important to note though, we all have the ability to make someone’s day a little easier, a little brighter – and leave a positive impact – simply through our actions. At Cisco, this is something we are empowered to exemplify as much a…

Each blog post on Life at Cisco usually tells the story from one employee, but this is a story that needed two viewpoints, so it’s written as a conversation – similar to ones we have every day.  Carmen: Every job requires that you wear a lot of hats. Usually, we put on our social media manager hats…

One of the many cultural attributes that I truly love about Cisco is our amazing giving back spirit.  Over the last few weeks, I have witnessed how our employees came together to help fellow Cisco employees in Houston and Florida respond to the devastation that has occurred in both areas.  This week…

This post was written by Cisco Intern Michele Day before she completed her internship with us and returned back to school for the fall semester.  *** Even before my very first day at Cisco, I knew this was the place for me. How? I was hooked on reading THIS Life at Cisco BLOG! Throughout the recrui…

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…

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…

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…