corporate leadership - typical; operational leadership - great - Software Engineer Forcepoint Employee Review

3.0
Jan 25, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- 5 weeks PTO, although now allegedly and officially we have "unlimited PTO" - affordable health insurance coverage - 401K matching up to 4% (when they actually do it)

Cons

- The "unlimited PTO" is not unlimited. - In 2022, I incurred $22K on health costs without having any major events. - In 2020, Forcepoint preemptively eliminated the 401k matching benefit, "out of an abundance of caution" of course, because ...I mean... everything was just so unprecedented with the pandemic and everything. Yet 2020 proved to be another record year in terms of YOY growth. Did corporate come back to us with the millions they didn't pay out? No. I can't imagine that the millions Forcepoint saved by vanishing our 401K matching benefit in 2020, rendered any kind of desirable results with respect to accounting. At the end of 2020, Forcepoint was acquired by Francisco Partners. Talk about timing and luck! - Jan 2023, this just in: Forcepoint will pay out the 401K matching benefit from 2022 in 2 installments this year, 2% now, 2% in August. But will they actually pay out in August?

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Forcepoint Response
3y
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Pros

To see the evolution of Forcepoint over the last few years has been impressive. We continue to grow and invest in our company and people. I feel as if I make an impact in the company and always feel appreciated. Forcepoint is a great place to excel. Our CEO personally cares about the success of the people and company.

Cons

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Cons

I am making $185k total comp as a basic Marketing Manager. Not even a 'Senior' Manager, but just your basic peasant-class Manager. How can I be making as much money (or more) than some of the Forcepoint staff lawyers, more money than some junior-level medical doctors, but my job title is equivalent to that of some recent college grad? This matters because my job is Director-level in everything but title only. All my KPI's, performance reviews, and work, is at the Director level. But because I am a basic manager, some of my peers treat me as if I am 23 years old making $70k/yr with bare bones KPI's. This creates an awkward situation because I am paid more than many colleagues who have more senior job titles than me. But since we do not openly discuss salary, my peers do not know this and think my KPI's are basic, when really I have much higher KPIs than colleagues with more senior job titles It is silly that some peers are making 20-30% less than me, but have more senior job titles just because of tenure - which is a meaningless indicator of performance.

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Forcepoint Response
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