100 Best Companies to Work For

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Cisco

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Calling all innovators! The IT company continues to find new ways to engage its 37,000-plus employees. Read: How Cisco Encourages Everyone To Innovate. Cisco emphasizes community, giving every employee 40 hours of paid time off per year to volunteer, and has won praise for directly addressing the Bay Area’s homelessness crisis via a $50 million commitment to nonprofit Destination: Home. Read Great Place to Work review here.

Company Info

Rank last year	48
Years on list	22
HQ location	San Jose, Calif.
Employees	37,352
Job openings (as of February 2019)	2,814
Industry	Information Technology
Revenue, 2018 or most recent year ($M)	$49,330
Year founded	1984
Type of organization	Public
Number of work sites	148
Website	www.cisco.com

Perks

100% health coverage	No
Unlimited sick days	No
Telecommuting	Yes
Job sharing	Yes
Subsidized childcare	Yes
Compressed work weeks	No
Fully-paid sabbaticals	No
On-site fitness/subsidized gym	Yes
On-site medical care facility	Yes
Non-discrimination policy includes sexual orientation	Yes
Health insurance for part-timers	Yes
Sick days for part-timers	Yes
College tuition reimbursement	Yes
Student loan debt repayment	No
Medical facility at all locations	No

Diversity

% Minorities	45%
% African-American/Black	3%
% Asian	35%
% Caucasian/White	51%
% Hispanic/Latino	5%
% Native American/Alaska Native	-
% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	-
% Two or more races	1%
% Unknown ethnicity	4%

Paid Time Off

General PTO	36
# Sick days	-

Compensation

Most common job (for salaried employee)	-
Avg. base pay (salaried)	-
Avg. extra compensation (salaried)	-
Total pay for most common job (salaried)	-

Hiring/Staffing (Past 12 Months)

Full-time and part-time job growth	3%
# of job applicants	345,909
Avg. # of applicants per opening	55
# New graduates hired	606