Getting to be an employer of choice takes a circular effort, according to Cisco Systems' management. "We know we couldn't be a great place to work if we didn't have customers who want our products," John Earnhardt, Cisco's senior manager of global media operations, wrote on the company's blog earlier this year. "We wouldn't have great products if we didn't have great engineers who want to work at a great place…and our innovative products and technology are borne from what our customers want. So, thank you, customers, for making Cisco a great place to work!"
Cisco Systems is a $39.5 billion company that is committed to its approximately 65,000 employees. And this isn't just a well-crafted publicity ploy. The company has been ranked on Fortune's 100 Best Places to Work for the last 11 years, ranking sixth this year.
The company was founded in 1984 by two members of Stanford University's computer support staff, Len Bosack, who was in charge of the computer science department's computers, and Sandy Lerner, who managed the Graduate School of Business' computers. Cisco became one of the nation's fastest growing companies by providing the networking equipment that connected individuals to the Internet. Cisco hardware, software and service offerings are used to create Internet solutions that make networks possible, providing easy access to information anywhere, at any time.
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