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      Cisco cronies takeover in HQ R&D - Anonymous employee Palo Alto Networks Employee Review

      1.0
      Oct 20, 2020
      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      -Pay is very good for high achievers -Leadership has stepped up during Covid

      Cons

      The new leadership in R&D at HQ are bringing in their own people, filling open jobs without the hiring managers approval... with friends, this is a full Cisco takeover! The talk of diversity is a complete joke... we only hire people from the one company.... oh and by the way, we stayed so far away from Cisco in the past, and this is exactly why. Politics and cronyism has taken over. Everyone who has been here for more than two years is embarrassed with the current company culture. I am convinced that the CPO that runs engineering and product is no longer in charge. Nikesh does not care about the company culture... he literally steps in and changes the product roadmaps without consulting the product team. There will be a mass exodus coming ... Just watch. Honestly, it is sad and will someday be a b-school case study of what not to do with a hyper growth company.

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      5.0
      Jul 7, 2026
      Principal software engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Solid company in terms of growth

      Cons

      Startup culture for a big company

      1.0
      Jun 30, 2026
      Ai sme
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      Pros

      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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