Great culture, great technology - now backed by a $50B company - Systems Engineer Meraki Employee Review

5.0
Jul 17, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Fun, energetic and passionate culture that exemplifies an aggressive never-quit attitude. -Fast growing company that rewards its high performing employees. -Talented coworkers who promote teamwork. -As SE, you get to wow customers everyday with highly innovative game changing technology. -Never have seen so many random customers mob the booth at conferences raving about the products. A rare sight in the networking world, but absolutely a joy to be part of. -Embraced and given autonomy by Cisco. Cisco paid a premium for Meraki and does not want to screw it up.

Cons

-Some growing pains as the company expands and integrates into Cisco. -Being quick and nimble means that there isn't a formal process for everything. You must embrace a do-it-yourself approach. -Changes are constant. Can't get complacent.

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Cons

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4.0
Dec 11, 2025
Recommend
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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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