Palo Alto Networks reviews

3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(2,698 total reviews)
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Nikesh Arora

87% approve of CEO

78% positive business outlook

Palo Alto Networks has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,698 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Palo Alto Networks employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
May 11, 2026
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Pros

High pay (RSU's dwindling as company grows/matures though so hurry or look elsewhere)

Cons

Leadership is trash. They treat you like disposable garbage no matter what. Savage business people who don't respect how long you've served the company or any niceties whatsoever - just cold hard soulless business. New VP's and leadership cut people on a whim to cut costs, regardless of checking the individual's contributions or if their product earns more money for the company than letting them go would, etc. Just blind actions to make them seem good so they can put on their resume "cut costs by X" and move on to their next VP job in 2 years at a diff company. In other words, company slowly being gutted and declining due to people getting leadership roles that shouldn't be hired at that level and don't know what they're doing. They are ruining the company from the inside out. The rest of old dogs are rest & vesting and don't care. All middle management and managers are Yes-Men and passive. Company will begin to decline and bleed out starting in probably ~5-10 years. If you're not in HQ you're disposable trash and nothing. HQ is the only people that matters.

4.0
May 11, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Palo Alto is a the biggest cyber security company in the world. There are a lot of highly talented people, great WLB, and we get to work on mature products with great customers. The products of Palo are at the top of the cyber product with amazing capabilities. We get very good TC, the salary is very competitive.

Cons

No refreshers and raises are not significant. The offices are very modest and the company doesn’t do much in term of fun/employee experience. It’s a place you come to work and go home, friendships can hardly form. Since it’s a huge organization you feel sometime overlooked and your growth isn’t really in their managers headspace.

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