Too woke: Openly pro-abortion, pro trans kids messaging, not inclusive & diverse at all - Anonymous employee Palo Alto Networks Employee Review

3.0
Oct 1, 2022
Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Nice office and work environment - Flexwork / Remote work - Great talent and team culture within Marketing org - Great marketing leadership: bright, smart people that are also kind human beings

Cons

I think what really sucks about Palo Alto Networks is the recent changes in their culture: it went far-left so quickly I still can't believe it. - The Inclusion & Diversity group should be renamed as the "Woke Department" since they only promote far-left topics, they enjoy bringing politics and other divisive topics into the workplace, plus justify and enable leaders that share controversial far-left comments in global channels (Slack). - Openly pro-abortion (CEO sent an email to all US employees about this) - Openly pro trans kids agenda (I&D organized a "support our trans youth" event during business hours) - The Women's Network Group is the most toxic feminist and aggressive group I've ever joined: through their global Slack group they openly attack other employees that don't share their views -or dare to post messages that don't share their values. The leadership only organizes events that feed their views, they don't care about female employees that don't agree with their perspective.

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