Good technology but poor leadership - Sr. Named Account Manager Proofpoint Employee Review

1.0
Dec 30, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Technology is strong and some good reference accounts

Cons

Poor leadership, poor direction, company is spread too thin and has failed in some acquisitions and truly integrating new technology into the platform. As a sales rep you must engage a large number of “specialists” and “overlays” when working a deal which complicates everything. Don’t get me started on the broken internal processes, legal, and finance, it’s a nightmare. The CEO is not a strong leader. In his initial SKO introduction shortly after he was brought onboard he said “my problem, your problem; your problem, your problem” wow

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Proofpoint Response
6mo
Thank you for taking the time to share your perspective. We appreciate you highlighting both the strengths of our technology and areas where your experience felt challenging. We recognize that clarity and efficient ways of working are important to employee success, particularly in complex, fast-moving environments. Feedback like this helps inform how we continue evaluating our leadership approach, cross-functional collaboration, and internal processes. We value candid input and remain focused on improving how teams work together to deliver impact for our customers and employees.

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Cons

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Pros

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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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