Dysfunctional Management - Anonymous employee Proofpoint Employee Review

1.0
Aug 11, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good technology and the rank and file employees are good

Cons

Frontline management is weak. All my manager cared about was covering TOA. More than one VP was so out of touch with reality. This is a company that is lucky the core email product works well otherwise they would not be around. They may have stumbled upon a gold nugget with the acquisition of ObserveIT. The acquisition of Meta has not panned out and Wombat (good product) is a race for lowest price with competitors. The pricing structure is all out of wack. Your channel program is a nightmare. There is no channel integrity. Sales reps dictate who gets the registrations regardless of involvement. Channel Management is worse than sales management.

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