#WeAreCisco

As a Collaboration Engineer a major part of what I do at Cisco is to empower people with the right tools to connect with each other, conduct business, and have an open communication channel. It gives me a sense of contentment that we at Cisco get to help our customers in such ways, and that communic…

How many people can say that in a moment where the unthinkable has happened in their life their company CEO has taken the time to send a personal note offering his support? We hear it a lot at Cisco that we “have each other’s backs” or that “we’re a family” – but you don’t know how true those words…

A little over thirteen years ago when my now husband and I set off to drive cross-country from California to North Carolina, Cisco was not my destination.  I had invested the previous year in studying for and taking the LSAT exam, and our move was for me to go to law school. On our way, however, I s…

Picking someone up from the airport is a very emotional experience for me. And no, not because of the extortionate car parking charges at Heathrow Airport (which are eye-watering by the way). But rather because I love seeing the happy tears of people meeting at the arrivals area; friends reuniting a…

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…

Be you, with us – that’s a saying you often hear around Cisco, and we believe it. But imagine the surprise of some of our employees when we asked, “Have you ever wanted to be an extra in a movie?” Those magic words enticed 116 employee volunteers to three different locations around Cisco Headquarter…

If loving where you work is wrong – we don’t want to be right! 😉 We’re honored to have been named on Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to work for at #6 (that’s a 42-point jump, in case you were wondering.) I never planned on dating a co-worker. Not only did the ide…

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…