Established company with outdated products and risks - Senior Software Engineer Proofpoint Employee Review

3.0
Jun 16, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Matured company as its been over 2 decades industry, so already have lots of customer base.

Cons

many talented engineers left outdated product, soon will be disrupted by AI owned by private equity, goal is to be a higher valuation no growth for employees, not much equity component cost cuts and hire fire strategy is common so join at your own risk

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Proofpoint Response
1w
Thank you for taking the time to leave us this note! We hear your concerns around innovation, product evolution, and employee growth. This is an active area of focus for us, especially as the industry continues to shift quickly with AI and new technologies. We’re continuing to invest in our platform and in how we support employees and their career development. We also recognize that periods of change can impact how people experience the organization, and your feedback on that is important. We appreciate you taking the time to share this and wish you the best moving forward.

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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
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.

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