Is Fortinet a good company to work for?

Fortinet has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 3,325 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 69% of employees would recommend working at Fortinet to a friend and 69% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Fortinet have been left by employees working as ISR- Inside Sales Representative , Regional Account Manager and Inside Sales Representative .

Does Fortinet pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Fortinet employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Fortinet. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Fortinet?

69% of Fortinet employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Fortinet 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Fortinet?

Systems Engineer (201) , Technical Support Engineer (162) , Software Engineer (100) , TAC Engineer (98) , Major Account Manager (87) , Account Manager (55) , Software Developer (53) , Business Development Representative (BDR) (51) , Senior Software Engineer (42) , Sales (40) , Inside Sales Representative (39) , Regional Account Manager (37) , Software QA Engineer (35) , Channel Account Manager (28) , Manager (25)

What are the pros of working at Fortinet according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance and relax" ((in 182 reviews)); "Great people to work with" ((in 137 reviews)); "Very flexible and provide good benefits" ((in 137 reviews)); "Great culture where you can be yourself and are accepted within the community with respect and kindness." ((in 133 reviews)); "4) Good salary and Stocks" ((in 122 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Fortinet according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and they don't take care of the employees" ((in 119 reviews)); "It's not that the managers in the sales regions are bad leaders, they're just powerless and afraid." ((in 42 reviews)); "Leadership at the VP level and up is poor.... You'll be amazed at how much and how little requires CEO/CTO/CFO approval." ((in 33 reviews)); "No training and cannot remote" ((in 26 reviews)); "lack of diversity in some department" ((in 15 reviews))

What are employees saying about Fortinet layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Fortinet layoffs and their outlook for job security at Fortinet in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Fortinet locations?

Sunnyvale , Dallas , Sunrise , Plano , Chicago , New York , San Jose , San Francisco , Boston , Frisco , Union City , Miami , Santa Clara , Washington , Houston , Mountain View , Austin , Los Angeles , Phoenix , Columbus , Des Moines , Florida City , Jersey City , Arlington , Kansas City , Milwaukee , Raleigh , Texas City , San Juan , Minneapolis

Fortinet reviews

3.9

69% would recommend to a friend

(2,904 total reviews)

Ken Xie

72% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

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Fortinet has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 2,904 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Fortinet employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

3K reviews

2.0

Oct 5, 2025

It's an ok place to work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Mostly steady with minimal layoffs - Stock took a 25% nose dive and this could change the stability

Cons

- Salary is way below market - A public company, run like a private company. Good stop for no more than a year, if you desperately need a job. - It is a tier 3 company - Tier I is google, meta and others, Tier II is Cisco, Palo Alto and others. - The main customer base is SMB and they act that way - Stay away from Marketing. CMO left and a junior manager (SVP?) is running the show. No management skills.

1.0

Jul 23, 2025

Not The Best Choice

Technical suppoert engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Sometimes free meals for extra work

Cons

- poor management - company with no value or ethics towards their employees - regular company purging under 'restructuring' to please the stock holders - no work/life balance - lots of hype and no concern from upper management accept for greed over people

1.0

Jun 17, 2025

Sad

Staff software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

If you are not very smart, you can fail upward or do some real politiking

Cons

If you have half a brain, you can see that the engineering is at best mediocre, while word `meritocracy` is thrown around a lot, your own merit will get you nowhere and you'll hear a lot of excuses about how nothing can be done because it's just the way it has always been done.

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