Another Private Equity Mess - MIddle Enterprise Account Executive Proofpoint Employee Review

2.0
Nov 24, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

You can get some cyber security experience and they give you a $15 stipend for lunch

Cons

Most reps won’t close a deal in the ME space for 6+ months, and when they finally close a deal, it’s usually $30k or less, not even scratching the $100k quotas.

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Proofpoint Response
6mo
Thank you for taking the time to write us a review. We appreciate you sharing the postivies of your experience so far as well as where you see room for improvement. We understand that individual roles and markets can present unique challenges, and we value perspectives that help us continue evaluating how we support our teams and drive success across the business. Thank you again for sharing.

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Cons

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1.0
Jul 5, 2026
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Pros

fairly lax with lots of time to do things

Cons

many. Former CEO ran things poorly and took in managers who brought along their problems and animosities with them. Not only that, they were allowed to invite their friends to come and join too, many of them owing their jobs to someone creating a bro culture. Even though top mgmt changed since the sale, its many of these people still there to this day. Most of the systems were a black box, existing engineers were mostly uncooperative to keep their knowledge to themselves, the offshore engineers in one particular country were especially bad for this. I have seen major accomplishments achieved by someone, where so many others had failed, only to get fired soon after.

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