You wan't a salary raise at Proofpoint? Quit and come back after 6 months. - Senior Account Executive Proofpoint Employee Review

4.0
Feb 19, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Solid company with year-over-year growth... Industry leading products, Stock options, decent work environment i.e. the people .

Cons

Salary and OTE is on the low end of the competitive spectrum. There is now annual cost of living increase for those in non-commissioned or capped commissioned roles... The running joke regarding any kind of pay increase is you have to quit and come back after 6 months and you will get a higher base and more stock shares. There are loyal employees that have stayed and are still earning the same base salary they were offered when hired 2, 3 or more years ago... Others have quit and come back at higher salaries to do the same job. And new highers in the same roles, are coming in at a higher salary...

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5.0
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Pros

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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
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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