Terrible systems and inefficient teams - Software Engineer Meraki Employee Review

1.0
27 May 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Find the right team and you can get by doing very little real work.

Cons

Some teams don't care about things that happen outside their team (and will happily throw you under the bus when they asked you to do something yet gave you unreasonable deadlines to actually do it). Ironically, "cross team collaboration" was listed internally as the worst performing area within Engineering. Plenty of internal "marketing" about how good Cisco is doing for its employees (with superfluous "AMAs") yet they often don't listen to complaints submitted (or even read Glassdoor).

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Meraki Response
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Thank you for sharing your feedback. Our goal is for every Merakian to have a positive work experience, and we were sorry to hear you are having a difficult time. As Meraki continues to grow, we are constantly looking for ways to improve ourselves and our employee experience. We have instituted a number of ways to encourage honest feedback, learn from our mistakes, and figure out what we can do differently. Glassdoor is a vital listening channel for us, but we also encourage you to bring your concerns to your manager or company leadership if you feel comfortable. We have raised your feedback to our team leadership and will continue to work on making Meraki an inclusive and supportive environment.

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5.0
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Pros

Structured nice team professional team

Cons

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4.0
11 Dec 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

If you are early in career or transitioning, the NSE role is great way to get your feet wet with networking. You have opportunities to learn more in other IT domains as well but not as intensely. When you are off, you are off. No being on call. There are tons of resources and opportunity for you to train and learn. The benefits are some of the best. If you work near a Meraki office, take the opportunity to go, it is worth it. The San Franciso office is the best. There is plenty of documentation public and internal facing. There is a process for handling cases that have no documentation which is very nice. You are not alone on this job ever.

Cons

Being an NSE day to day can become tedious. Most customers are fine, but you will eventually run into one that is difficult to work with. Everything is based on your stats like talk time and customer satisfaction which can be problematic at times. I left because there were no opportunities to move on to a different role. Cisco proper is pulling in the reigns tightly on Meraki, so the culture is changing not for the better. Being in the call queue all day can be tedious especially when it gets backed up and you do not get your scheduled down time. In the US you will have to work weekends occasionally unless you get someone to cover which is becoming harder and harder due to change in overtime policies.

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