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How We’re Navigating Parenthood, Careers, and Connection at Cisco

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How We’re Navigating Parenthood, Careers, and Connection at Cisco

Once upon a time, there were two Stanford University employees — a husband and wife — who weren’t able to email one another because their computers were on different networks. Eventually, they figured out a way to connect their computers, developing the multiprotocol router. The year was 1984, and this new connection … well, it’s how Cisco was born! And thanks to the innovations of Leonard Bosack and Sandy Lerner, my husband and I are…

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Navigating the Internship Odyssey: Taking a Leap To Love Where I Work

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Navigating the Internship Odyssey: Taking a Leap To Love Where I Work

This post was authored by Inês Lille, a Project Specialist Intern on the Project Support Office EMEA Team. When I started interviewing for Cisco, I was overwhelmed. Since I was a teenager, I dreamed of joining the company, so I put a lot of pressure on myself to land this role. I didn’t believe I was the number one candidate for a project management internship, as I was a telecommunications bachelor graduate and was studying…

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A Dream Come True: My Journey to Africa as a Sea Turtle Conservation Volunteer

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A Dream Come True: My Journey to Africa as a Sea Turtle Conservation Volunteer

I had this longtime dream of volunteering in Africa and working with sea turtles. This year, I had the chance to fulfill my dream because of this incredible company. Cisco incentivizes employees to give back — providing us with 80 hours of paid time off in addition to our regular paid time off called Time2Give — and this is just part of our amazing culture. No wonder we are the #1 best place to work…

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Collaboration Comes Together in San FranCISCO

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Collaboration Comes Together in San FranCISCO

This post was authored by Mira Kohen Morhayim, a recent Persona Audience Marketing Intern on the Customer Solutions Marketing team. Readout Week is the culmination of a Cisco Marketing Internship, where teams present the projects they’ve worked on throughout the program. This year, more than 30 interns and I travelled to Cisco’s San Jose headquarters for our presentations and also visited San Francisco, the city where Cisco got its name. Little did I know that…

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