Friendly place but struggling technically and not open to improving. - Senior Software Engineer Proofpoint Employee Review

2.0
Dec 8, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Nice people, no drama, reasonable hours (but very little flexibility).

Cons

Engineering leadership lacks experience and is struggling with cloud technology, repeating every common engineering mistake. Sadly, the culture is not open to improving by listening to external experience. If you are an established expert who has already successfully built larger systems than here you'll be very frustrated at Proofpoint as your input is routinely ignored. The culture is strictly hierarchical so unless you land position with an architect title you will be treated as an entry-level coder.

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5.0
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Pros

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
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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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