No longer a good place to work - MIddle Enterprise Account Executive Proofpoint Employee Review

1.0
Jan 16, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Not a lot to be honest.

Cons

Middle Enterprise is the worst place in the organization to be. SMB gets a lot of leads, Field gets good accounts, leads, and support. Middle Enterprise is a revolving door. The forgotten step child of the organization. Cross functional teams actively ignore your teams messages asking for help. Specialists either left or moved up - so barely anyone supports you during demos and POCs or, if they do, they seem disinterested because they are filling in from a higher role. Everyone here thinks that help isn't their job so they actively try to ignore you or tell you to go look somewhere else for help. VP of sales let go, directors let go , managers let go, reps let go. They change accounts around every year so if you build a relationship its disintegrated. Quotes are set on the net-new side you cant even quote or negotiate price, which was the worst change I have ever seen in an organization. I would avoid, people come and slowly get disappointed at how disorganized and poorly managed it is here.

avatar
Proofpoint Response
5mo
We appreciate you sharing such a thorough account of your experience. It’s clear you’ve spent time reflecting on what hasn’t been working for you, and we thank you for letting us know. We take concerns around leadership changes, cross-functional support, and the day-to-day realities of your experience seriously. Hearing directly from employees about where things can improve is an important part of understanding how decisions and changes are felt on the ground. Thank you for taking the time to write us a review.

Explore other reviews about Proofpoint

5.0
Mar 25, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Compensation is good Teams are nice and helpful Leadership Unlimited PTO

Cons

Return to office policy isn't the best Some co workers are kind of lazy

avatar
Proofpoint Response
3mo
Hi. Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We appreciate your perspective and we're glad to see that overall you're having a great experience on the team.
1.0
Jul 5, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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.

2
See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All