Total rewards

Financial security is fundamental to building a healthy, engaged team. Our compensation programs aim to please. 

Competitive compensation plan

We foster a high-performance culture which rewards innovation, collaboration and profitability.

Tuition reimbursement

Receive reimbursement for tuition, lab fees and books for coursework at an accredited institution.

Generous employee stock-purchase program

Purchase stocks well below lowest fair market value with a 24-month offering period.

Annual bonuses

We reward people for their performance, not their seniority.

Cisco helps seize the opportunities of tomorrow by proving that amazing things can happen when you connect the unconnected. An integral part of our DNA is creating long-lasting customer partnerships, working together to identify our customers' needs and provide solutions that fuel their success.

We have preserved this keen focus on solving business challenges since our founding in 1984. Len Bosack and wife Sandy Lerner, both working for Stanford University, wanted to email each other from their respective offices, but technological shortcomings did not allow such communication. A technology had to be invented to deal with disparate local area protocols, and as a result of solving their challenge, the multiprotocol router was born.