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Check Point Software Technologies

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Check Point Software Technologies reviews

3.6

68% would recommend to a friend

(2,732 total reviews)
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Nadav Zafrir

68% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Check Point Software Technologies has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 2,732 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Check Point Software Technologies employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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3K reviews
1.0
Jan 27, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Check Point has made some good acquisitions, but in very saturated markets. Nice office and a good location off of 101.

Cons

Customers are heavily migrating away to competitors. You'll be under enormous pressure to retain or bring them back but the technology and technical staff is lacking. It feels like you're fighting a losing or maybe already lost battle. Do your own market research before joining. This will greatly effect your commission and don't forget the high channel margins, so at the end of it, you'll most likely take a large OTE pay cut (think 50%). Supporting roles are not motivated and aligned with sales (pre-sales support, post-sales support, management, etc.), so you'll suffer with customer interactions, especially with new prospect customers. Don't forget the competitors also have 5x the staff for these accounts, so you will be greatly outnumbered. You'll have many, many hours of training every week that isn't "officially" mandatory, but it absolutely is. You will receive mandatory messages from higher-up and will be put on 1:1 meetings to understand why you missed a training if you did not attend. Most trainings are managed like my 5 year old in school, they will make you turn on your video, ask questions, and quiz everyone at the end. Yes, they treat you like it's your first sales job or you're in kindergarten, maybe both. They will also check the attendance report after trainings. Between corporate, product, team, systems, channel, and operations trainings, team meetings, CRM updates, and forecast meetings, don't expect to have a lot of time for actual customer engagements throughout the day. You'll spend more time inviting customers to events, that will most likely annoy and drive them away from actual sales activity. Random meetings will be created and sent the same day from your manager. These meetings are mandatory, and typically around 4pm just before a holiday or Friday just to "check-in" and basically make sure the team is online and working. At the end of it, they will say they just simply wanted to "wish you a great weekend or holiday".

2.0
Mar 11, 2021

Don’t Recommend

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Remote work, learning opportunities, exposure to technology.

Cons

Pay is lowest in the industry. No one can figure out commission. They keep coming up with loopholes to not pay commission, discouraging going above and beyond. There’s no incentive to excel. Extremely bro culture, almost toxic. Men keep manterrupting you if you’re a female. Mostly mediocre men thrive here. The quality of the products are subpar. Very buggy and don’t integrate well. Customers have to open many SR-s due to faulty code. Development and QA needs improving. Despite their bragging about 1500 people working in R&D, it doesn’t reflect in the quality, unless they write the code half asleep. Customers constantly complain about TAC, which is common in this industry, but it is at a whole other level at Check Point.

1.0
Jan 26, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Really, not much...maybe some food options

Cons

Well... they know how to lose talent here due to lack of compensation, set unrealistic expectations, toxic....I've worked with many Companies over the past 20 years and I've got to admit.....advice....RUN!!! Do not pass go, do not collect $200. They don't respect talent, so if you're smart....don't waste your time here, unless you are desperate.

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