Good company, Good product, Good Benefits, Low Commissions - Mid Market Account Executive Proofpoint Employee Review

4.0
Jun 2, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

I loved the Benefits with Proofpoint and the product was great. Decent selling process and decent network.

Cons

It was difficult to outbound into new prospects because they either had a solution they were happy with or would have a project already on the table (which we were usually considered). No focus on quota attainment (and very few actually hit quota). All they cared about was if you hit your "commit" number but that doesn't help your commission check to have lower goals than your quota

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5.0
Jul 16, 2026
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Pros

Great work life balance a lot of growth within the company. Great leadership.

Cons

Do not expect remote work

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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