Fortune names Cisco best multinational workplace

Cisco has been awarded the top spot on Fortune’s list of The World’s Best Multinational Workplaces. The list is based on an annual poll on what workers at global companies think about their organizations, including diversity and inclusion initiatives. Cisco has remained on various best-place-to-work lists even during times of social upheaval, Ellen McGirt, senior editor at Fortune, noted in her RaceAhead column. In a previous interview with Fortune, Irving Tan, the company's chief of operations, said Cisco closely tracks workers’ complaints and has procedures to investigate and sometimes publicly address critical problems, such as discrimination or bias. The company also uses a "Love or Loathe" prompt to get team members to engage in candid talks with their managers about their experiences during the previous week, an approach that builds trust, Cisco’s chief people officer Fran Katsoudas told Fortune.