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Have you wondered who takes care of everything that has to do with the space, the experience, and the services of every Cisco office in every country of the world? Who are the people that keep everything maintained, plan out our spaces, order new furniture, manage the reception, handle the mail, run…

The past 6 months have been my hardest at Cisco, yet maybe have taught me the most about why I love where I work. My organization, Customer Experience, went through some of the largest changes many Cisco employees had ever seen. I’ve been at Cisco for almost 4 years, but from what I have heard from…

Here’s a fun game Cisco employees love playing: try and have your friend or partner explain what you do for work. For most of us, it isn’t that easy! Working at Cisco can look like all sorts of things, and if your designated descriptor isn’t in the world of tech, the result can be quite amusing. Wh…

As a borderline perfectionist, I took pride in going to the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill and landing my first job in recruiting before the end of my senior year of college. I decided to stay on that track and have spent the bulk of my career at a company I’m also very proud of—Cisco. I…

It’s hard to know where you might fit in at a major tech company when you eat, breathe, and sleep creativity. The two, usually, don’t go hand in hand and being able to use my creative eye had always been the backbone of my career. Working for a well-known, established, world-changing tech company se…

Galentine’s Day – or a holiday to celebrate the joys of female friendship – started out as a fictional holiday on the American sitcom Parks and Recreation. It was created by the infamous Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) and held on February 13th. What may have started out as a made up holiday (life Friend…

Time is our most valuable asset. We never seem to have enough. Whether helping family, colleagues or our communities, we always seem to come up short. But what if there was a way to add a little sand to the hour glass? Well, there is. Thanks to a generous volunteer program, flexible working environm…

One of the many things that energizes and motivates me to make the daily 80-mile roundtrip drive to Cisco’s Raleigh, North Carolina campus is the fact that my job as a Cisco Sales Associate Program (CSAP) Manager allows me the ability to live out my passion for serving others. Now, having a job tha…

This post is for all of my fellow Cisconians – my tribe. The coffee zombies, the zens, the specialists, the innovators, and more. You know who you are. I spend more time with many of you (whether virtual or face-to-face) than I do with almost anyone else in my life.  When you work at least 40 hours…