Forcepoint reviews

3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

(1,342 total reviews)

Ryan Windham

79% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Forcepoint has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,342 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Forcepoint employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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1K reviews
1.0
Oct 12, 2017

Worst Professional Experience of my Career

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Will provide you with good experience at an enterprise SaaS company so you can move on to a better place - Has highly rated products by industry standards - Takes training new hires seriously and offers a good program for that

Cons

- Managers can tend to be compulsive micromanagers - Company puts cameras everywhere and monitors and tracks everything employees do on their issued laptops (clearly don't trust their people) - Company can't seem to figure out what it wants to do with itself. It's constantly undergoing overhauls and feels unstable. - People seemed to get fired or laid off left and right. Employees come to work each day wondering if they're next - Quite low pay compared to similar firms - Feels like a sterile corporate environment, a land of cubicles

3.0
Nov 2, 2021

Risky

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good people, good pay, relatively easy work

Cons

Disorganization, constant changes as company switches management, lay offs, not a market leader, employees spread thin

1.0
Jun 25, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Data protection story. That's about it. Few remaining talented folks there still, but majority of top talent has left the organization. This is across multiple business units including sales, product management, and channels. Gov team is about the only other pro/what is truly driving the business.

Cons

Ship is sinking fast. Constant change for multiple years. Most recent PE activity and leadership team is probably the lowest point of Forcepoint's tenure. Complete lack of professionalism including leaders who speak poorly for those that have moved on outside of Forcepoint. Zero transparency or communication. Lack of innovation on the product side. Not even close to ready for SASE/Edge deals. Majority of product marketing is fluff and lies; the "platform" is truly not a platform; rather, it is legacy technology meshed together in a haphazard fashion. Company has had a horrendous problem of knowing where to allocate marketing dollars - both in general and from a channel marketing perspective. Spent hundreds of thousands of dollars for a Formula E sponsorship - who in the right mind thought this would drive brand awareness & pipeline? Channel marketing emphasizes the wrong partners & programs for MDF allocation, leading to minimal to zero results. Compensation for folks that move up the ranks is also outrageous. Folks will move from inside to field roles or other areas of the business, but salaries will not match the job they are taking on. Further, and while I cannot 100% confirm this, it did sound as if women employees in this light were treated more unfairly then there male counterparts.

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Forcepoint Response
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Thank you for your open and candid feedback. HR leadership would like to follow up with you more closely on your individual situation. We are disappointed that this has been your experience and hope you give us the opportunity to improve. Please reach out to feedback@forcepoint.com if you are willing to continue this conversation.
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