Anonymous - Anonymous employee Proofpoint Employee Review

1.0
Jan 5, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

None besides the product .

Cons

Base pay lower than the market value , compensation plan designed to not make any money . Way too many frequent and drastic changes without notice in the middle of the quarters that effects the efforts , motivation and commission of the employee. Hot headed management with no prior management experience to lead the teams. There is no respect for each other . No one is meeting their unrealistic quotas. There is barely any support . Used to have a flexible schedule and unlimited PTO at managers descretion but now it's negligent. There is absolutely no system in place to succeed .

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