Does not promote, no room for growth, top performers leave - Anonymous employee Proofpoint Employee Review

2.0
May 12, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great Product, truly best in breed. Great vacation policy...

Cons

Proofpoint does not take care of its employees AT ALL. No 401K match, no in office perks, no team activities, poor office culture. Proofpoint has lost most of its top performers and managers to other local tech companies. There is an extremely high turnover in sales. If you have been here for over a year you are considered a veteran. Most people leave within 6 months. The top performers seem to quit and move on because Proofpoint refuses to give pay raises. The average deal cycle is well over 200 days, don't be fooled when they tell you 90 days in your interview.

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Cons

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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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