Wants to be a grown-up company but cannot find its way - Sales Director Proofpoint Employee Review

3.0
Mar 30, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

A lot of willingness to try new things, great product set, colleagues willing to go the extra mile to help you be successful.

Cons

Mediocre top-down leadership, highly variable strategies, some C-level are stuck 12 years ago and believe that lack of pipeline is down to poor pitching skills.

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Proofpoint Response
3mo
Hi, thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us. We’re glad to hear you’ve found value in our product set and appreciate the collaboration from your colleagues. That willingness to help one another succeed is an essential part of how we we do things. We also recognize your concerns around leadership alignment and strategy. As we continue to advance, ensuring consistency, and strong communication across teams remains a key focus. Feedback like yours plays an important role in helping us evaluate how we support our teams more effectively. Thank you again.

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Compensation is good Teams are nice and helpful Leadership Unlimited PTO

Cons

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Proofpoint Response
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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
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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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