Wow! Just wow-and not in a good way - Anonymous employee Palo Alto Networks Employee Review

1.0
Jul 25, 2019
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Beautiful campus. CEO seems really, really strong but has surrounded himself with subpar lieutenants. Amazing technology and a really great forward looking product roadmap.

Cons

Abusive culture. Highly critical, disorganized really just a horrible place. Execs allowed to belittle, demean and verbally abuse cross functional partners and staff with no repercussions even when reported. No managing down only up. Pay practices are ridiculous but don’t worry if you come from Google like the rest of them, you’ll be paid out of range, above market, whatever it takes. If you’re not a Googler, well then tuff luck! A new bunch of leaders that think they’re better than everyone else. Take note-you’re not. Your pooh smells too! Unrealistic expectations and goals that really aren’t communicated, you’re just expected to know. I’m sure it varies but department but little to no on-boarding so you’re just stabbing in the dark and then reprimanded. If you look at their backgrounds, they really have ever built anything. They’ve all joined companies like Google, Oracle, Uber etc after the building and heavy lifting was done.

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Largest cyber security company in the world with an ever-expanding portfolio

Cons

Largest cyber security company in the world with an ever-expanding portfolio. They buy companies quicker than they can integrate them and is the antithesis of a caring employer. Nikesh could layoff 80% of employees tomorrow and the stock would still skyrocket. I decided to pursue a new opportunity after CyberArk was acquired and prior to giving my official two week notice I let my team know, and started training them in our brand new cutting edge solutions so that they could take over my workload without any roadblocks or hiccups. As soon as I put in my two week notice the company locks me out and cuts off all of my benefits and does not pay me for the notice that I have given, putting my family in a very precarious place during the interim of my work. This is by far one of the most classless things I’ve seen a company do, please watch out for yourself at Palo because no one in management will. I am extremely passionate about the space that I operate in and often found myself working 12 hour days- the ability to have work life balance at a place like Palo Alto is zero.

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