Pros
The RSU’s and health benefits. Stronghold still on Network security by Fortinet and others are chipping away and have become a concern. Some good cloud acquisitions that still need to be solidified.
Cons
Most will admit it’s a tough place to work It is my understanding that fewer than half of sellers make their goal let alone exceed them. Still highly dependent on firewall business. A good amount of turnover exists in the field as well. Not sure if it’s above industry average. Many stay simply to secure the RSU’s which is what helps counteract turnover. Recent influx of middle management in particular from competitors that do little than run internal calls to ask you what you are doing and sit on other internal management calls. Lots of changes coming with partner programs which will hurt many more traditional players that are not building services capabilities especially around the cloud. Annual Reviews are a joke and they have all but stopped providing additional incentives but for the very top tier. Unnecessary internal competition amongst the channel Company ultimately wants to have customers consume many of the cloud products in particular via a marketplace rather than through resellers