Is Proofpoint a good company to work for?

Proofpoint has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 1,298 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months. 63% of employees would recommend working at Proofpoint to a friend and 67% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Proofpoint have been left by employees working as Sales Engineer , Account Manager and Software Engineer .

Does Proofpoint pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Proofpoint employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Proofpoint. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Proofpoint?

63% of Proofpoint employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Proofpoint 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Proofpoint?

Software Engineer (64) , Account Manager (57) , Sales (56) , Account Executive (50) , Senior Software Engineer (34) , Sales Engineer (19) , Product Support Engineer (14) , Manager (13) , Named Account Manager (13) , Director (11) , Business Development Representative (BDR) (10) , Devops Engineer (10) , Marketing (10) , Product Manager (10) , Sales Manager (10)

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

"One of the main reasons I joined PP was because of the people and great feedback from customers on technology." ((in 129 reviews)); "work life balance is good and company mission is nice" ((in 73 reviews)); "Teams are great and we work well with our customers providing them value." ((in 57 reviews)); "pay is good" ((in 40 reviews)); "Exec leadership has been great during Covid; wonderful co" ((in 36 reviews))

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

"Poor Management: Internal processes for everything are slow and bureaucratic." ((in 60 reviews)); "The good managers are leaving regions too as their teams are starving" ((in 26 reviews)); "Most of the staff who conducted the layoffs were cruel, cold and stuck to a dialogue." ((in 23 reviews)); "401K match is 5% up to $1,500 total..." ((in 17 reviews)); "No 401k match" ((in 16 reviews))

What are employees saying about Proofpoint layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Proofpoint locations?

Sunnyvale , Draper , Pittsburgh , Salt Lake City , San Jose , San Francisco , Denver , Boston , New York , Chicago , Austin , Sandy , Dallas , Phoenix , Houston , California City , Santa Clara , Broomfield , Atlanta , Utahn , Washington , Minneapolis , Cleveland , Columbus , Los Angeles , Dublin , Colorado Springs , Philadelphia , Baltimore , Remote

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Proofpoint reviews

3.6

63% would recommend to a friend

(1,181 total reviews)

Sumit Dhawan

59% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Culture & values

3.5

Career opportunities

3.3

Senior management

Proofpoint has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,181 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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Reviews by job title

1K reviews

4.0

Dec 24, 2015

Sales Engineer

Sales engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fair base, decent commissions, unlimited vacation policy, stocked kitchen, can work from home when required. Cool managers and awesome growth potential. Cool company culture. Employee stock purchase program. On-boarding stock bonus.

Cons

Moving to a pooled commission model, NO 401K match! Rapid growth, keep buying companies.

1.0

Dec 5, 2015

politics and young immature management

Sales

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Technology and C-level leadership understands the market and business. Unbelievable amount of training for sales teams to learn the technology and sell. Need more sales training. Good place to get some tech experience if you can put up with low sales, then take your tech to other companies.

Cons

Great senior leader hired a year ago and fundamentally changed the work ethic and environment. Much more professional. Last month a major change in sales leadership in Utah pushed that leader out. A real lack of understanding of the value and experience of that leader. Bad move. Politics and immature home-grown management caused the shake up. I will not stay here much longer. Sales comp plans are much lower than other tech firms in Utah. No 401K matching. No team events.

2.0

Aug 10, 2013

Potential ruined by lousy middle management and HR.

Operations engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

The technology is interesting. The frequency of outages gives one ample opportunities to learn new troubleshooting skills.

Cons

Being stuck working for incompetent managers is an all to common problem. HR is beyond worthless and have no clue what is going on.

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Jobs at Proofpoint

Staff Product Support Engineer

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Customer Success Product Specialist

Texas

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Named Account Manager- Healthcare-Dallas

Texas

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