Horrible place to work, Little to no WLB, people will backstab you - Software Engineer Palo Alto Networks Employee Review

1.0
Jun 15, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Fortune 500 company -somewhat decent pay

Cons

- No mentorship or growth opportunities - Colleagues will backstab you by complaining to your manager instead of coming to you with their feedback ( helping someone means that because you are helping someone, the business is impacted which is unacceptable) - Collaboration is frowned upon; if you ask for help thats too much then its held against you if you aren't a favorite on the team. - Work Life balance isn't taken seriously; "Unlimited PTO" is an illusion for most people while other people are given the luxury to take weeks off every other week while other people are not.

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Pros

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Cons

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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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