OK place to work if you're a self starter who can work on your own. - Anonymous employee Proofpoint Employee Review

2.0
Nov 7, 2009
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There is a lot of interesting work and some very good people to work with. They have acquired a few companies over the last year or so. This should bring more opportunities.

Cons

There are some bad managers. Some that never learned what it means to be a manager. The company is in a transitional state, so there are a number of disconnects between what senior management is saying versus what is happening in a number of groups. Acquiring other companies should have brought new opportunities and there has been talk of such, but nothing has happened. The company can be slow to progress in a number of areas.

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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
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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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