Proofpoint reviews

3.6

62% would recommend to a friend

(1,179 total reviews)
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Sumit Dhawan

57% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Proofpoint has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,179 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Proofpoint 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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1.0
Apr 14, 2022

Sinking ship

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Pros

Some really smart people in the industry but they are so overwhelm with work that it takes time to get things done.

Cons

Upper management is clueless. Useless internal webinars every week, we spend more time doing doing webinars and training than actual selling. This isn’t a 24/7 job, there’s only X amount of time during the day. Internal process to get a quote done requires Finance team to get approval, even for a $2000 quote, that’s ridiculous. To close out an order takes about a day worth of manual work by the rep, again taking time away from doing actual sales.

1.0
Mar 14, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

+Product sells itself, it works!! +Best of breed and best product portfolio on the market +Engineering teams are some of the smartest and helpful people +Large customer base +Marketing budget is great, and Sales Enablement tools are some of the best I've experienced

Cons

-Lowest paid employees on the market hands down, use and abuse, the top 10% of reps leave and most don't make it past their first year -Benefits are minimal and High Deductable Healthcare, employees pay a decent amount for their premiums especially if you have a family and young kids -The company invests in Executives and the Field Teams, everyone else is treated like dirt and you are only a number to them, revolving door -Managers are completely out of touch, the problems start at the top and dominoes down to the employees -Managers at every level are NOT invested in seeing their teams succeed nor in the career growth of the individuals -Quotas and metrics are extremely unattainable, almost NO ONE hits full ramp quota on the Commercial USA teams and don't hold your breath making it to Presidents Club -Drama and culture is toxic in this company from the top down in the Draper office, their Human Resources team is a nightmare and part of the problem and not the solution

2.0
Jan 3, 2020

Okay company...management sucks

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Pros

This space have lot of potential if they play right CEO + CFO combination is great

Cons

Middle management sucks, some managers are old and from early days of company inception, they have high sense of self importance and arrogance MBO's/yearly goals are written such that it helps company rather anything in there that also helps employees to grow Very stingy with providing resources to employees for success CFO want's everything real time In my experience, my team had worst WLB

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