Field Sales at Proofpoint, Amateur Hour - Field Sales Proofpoint Employee Review

1.0
Apr 2, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Quality engineering, Professional Services, Basic messaging

Cons

65%+ turnover rate (sales) in 2017 Culture is horrific for a sales person No channel strategy, whatsoever Quota's are certainly not based on historical data Got a PO? Good luck getting it processed internally Legal serves as a purpose driven prohibitor - this is not an over-exaggeration Engineers do so much, receive minimal reward Refusal to put dollars in areas of need (Dealdesk, Order Entry, Legal, Commissions) 2 people managing commissions for the entire company in 2017 Lack of focus on primary competitors - go get em' Bullish to a point of fault - vision is severely limited Awards focused on logos, not the reps who got the deals over the finish line CFO required for approving sub $5K quotes A purposefully flawed compensation plan - house wins every time My own boss encouraged me to leave in 2017 Several Field RD's who've never actually done field sales, insulting Treated as a number rather than a valued employee Manual processes across the board to appease non-quota carrying goons Up-sell/cross-sell is not rewarded nor outlined in the aforementioned comp plan Witnessed senior leadership ridicule employees who left for greener pasture - professionalism.. People are miserable here, talk to a friend

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1.0
Jul 5, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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