Worst employment experience I've had - Order Entry Clerk Proofpoint Employee Review

1.0
Jul 15, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The pay was pretty good for comparable positions in the area. The benefits were also very good. That is about all the pros in my opinion.

Cons

There are so many things wrong with this company. It felt like every process within the company was broken and nothing was done to try to fix them. When suggestions were given to improve or better a process they were shot down immediately. My training experience was extremely frustrating. I was flown out to headquarters in California for training and had the impression there would be a rental car ready for me and there wasn't. The actual training itself was a joke. Nothing was ready for me. Myself and another coworker had to create our own training documents because there was no knowledge base for us to go off of. There was no work life balance whatsoever. In my interview process I was told I would rarely ever have to work late. Once I started I was consistently expected to work late. The company culture was horrible. Silicon slopes does not translate well here. We had one "team building" experience while I was there and only because a manager from headquarters came into town. We were told it was a team lunch but then were informed only shortly beforehand that we would have to pay our own way. My spouse works for another tech company in the area and they get free lunch almost every day. If you are looking for a job that is low stress than stay far away. If you are looking to lose weight due to stress then maybe this is for you. I lost a lot of weight while working here because of the stress. This is a churn and burn position. If you are looking to work for a tech company in Utah this is the last place you should look in my opinion.

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Cons

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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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