Is Proofpoint a good company to work for?

Proofpoint has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 1,297 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 134 reviews)); "work life balance is good and company mission is nice" ((in 72 reviews)); "Some good benefits" ((in 52 reviews)); "Teams are great and we work well with our customers providing them value." ((in 51 reviews)); "pay is good" ((in 41 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 63 reviews)); "The good managers are leaving regions too as their teams are starving" ((in 25 reviews)); "1. Constant Layoffs." ((in 24 reviews)); "No training and no onboarding procedures in place." ((in 16 reviews)); "The CFO is a little tight on budgets and they don't have a 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

Proofpoint reviews

3.6

63% would recommend to a friend

(212 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

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4.0

Feb 19, 2019

You wan't a salary raise at Proofpoint? Quit and come back after 6 months.

Senior account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Solid company with year-over-year growth... Industry leading products, Stock options, decent work environment i.e. the people .

Cons

Salary and OTE is on the low end of the competitive spectrum. There is now annual cost of living increase for those in non-commissioned or capped commissioned roles... The running joke regarding any kind of pay increase is you have to quit and come back after 6 months and you will get a higher base and more stock shares. There are loyal employees that have stayed and are still earning the same base salary they were offered when hired 2, 3 or more years ago... Others have quit and come back at higher salaries to do the same job. And new highers in the same roles, are coming in at a higher salary...

2.0

Nov 9, 2018

Very poor benefits & no paid maternal or paternal leave

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Stock is doing well Nice people to work with Flexible time off Great work life balance HR really tries to do their best with the small budget that they are allocated Good legal team Company has taken a lot of steps towards equal pay, anti discrimination & harassment training. Cross team collaboration is excellent Team hackathons give you the chance to turn your idea into a product. Decent bonus & ESP program.

Cons

Benefits are below standard and fall way short of other companies Poor 401 K match Poor health care premium contributions forcing employees into high deductible plans No paid paternal or maternal leave. You have to manage with California disability or family leave which is caped to a small amount No cafeteria, or gym . Has rampant parking problems Hard to request hardware upgrades, IT is very frugal

5.0

Oct 15, 2018

Privileged to work with great people on intriguing problems

Staff research engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Product's use by over half of the Fortune 100 create numerous opportunities to collaboratively build and improve threat detection systems World-class research talent provides unprecedented visibility and knowledge into threats and the threat landscape Intelligent, reasonable people at all levels of the company (co-workers, managers, VPs) make employees feel valued

Cons

Small 401K match (but offset by a good Employee Stock Purchase Plan, merit-based salary increases and impact awards)

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You wan't a salary raise at Proofpoint? Quit and come back after 6 months.

Very poor benefits & no paid maternal or paternal leave

Privileged to work with great people on intriguing problems

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