Proofpoint Gone. Find Another Employer. - Human Resources Proofpoint Employee Review

1.0
Feb 4, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Use to be a great place to work. Good people, and an amazing place to work. As an employee, you felt as though you worked for a place that truely cared about their employees. Employees wellbeing was prioirty with the leaders. That has all changed. Proofpoint is unrecognizable.

Cons

There is a new regime and a ruthless, cold CEO who is full of lies. The day Sumit started his reign of terror at Proofpoint, he stated that he was responsible for all emoloyees and their families, and he took that seriously. What happened Sumit ? You should not make such a strong statement and then do the opposite. I understand you are a puppet; but you are the CEO, and you should be careful with the false advertisements. You have no problem instilling fear into your leaders and emoloyees. Nor do you care about destroying the lives of your employees and their families. The layoffs were so horrific. Sumit sends an email notification that there will be a reduction in the workforce. This email notification was sent 48 hour prior to the actually layoffs taking place. This created an insane amount of panic throughout the employment poplulation. The layoffs were handled so poorly that they left the affacted employees feeling degraded, humilated and helpless. Most of the staff who conducted the layoffs were cruel, cold and stuck to a dialogue. There was no empathy, compassion or thanks for all the years of service. This place is unrecognizable.

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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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