Fortinet Reviews

Pros

salary is competitive.
good stock options.
hard working employees.
top technology.

Cons

Chinese is the official language at work.
serious office politics.
less communication across teams.
less leadership and weak management.
no knowledge sharing.
new chairs/devices/monitors are for managers, and the used ones for engineers.
unclean washroom and kitchen because too many transferred employees from China.
most Chinese colleagues wear sweat pants and same clothes everyday.
no year end party.
free dinner got stolen oftentimes.

Advice to Senior Management

let go the directors having office and did nothing

Pros

Low stress
Opportunity to learn new technology
Co-workers are very friendly

Cons

Pay is not great
Opportunity for a promotion is rare

Pros

You learn a lot technically
Very diverse and intelligent customer base
Great products
Non-executive employees are helpful and nice

Cons

No work/life balance
No appreciation from execs for the long hours and hard work of employees
Upper Management is very cheap - the smallest items are questioned on expense reports. There is very little money for employee development.

Advice to Senior Management

Your people make your products, value them.

Pros

Most people are easy to work with.
Rarely have to work over time
Some time the work is very challenge.

Cons

Most of the time, Chinese is used for communication. Some managers work just like a regular developer (not helping other people in needs)

Advice to Senior Management

Have more team work.
Suggest to organize more team activities so that team members can get to know each other better.

Pros

Developers get lots of ownership over your features.
Stock options and compensation have been very competitive so far.
On the whole, people are friendly.

Cons

Corporate culture is bizarre to say the least. Lack of communication is pervasive between teams, individuals, and from management to employees.

Pros

High learning curve, ambitious goals set for projects, leading in industry standards, ambitious company growth, all around good place to work

Cons

No communication from management as to your performance, no push for career growth within the company, very disorganized as a whole

Advice to Senior Management

Provide feedback to your employees as to how they are doing, and what they can be doing to improve. Provide options for career growth and grooming for roles within the company. Managers need to take more charge in terms of organizing and strategizing deliveries.

Pros

stable and aggressive growing company in network security area, the company culture is kind of dull and boring

Cons

1. no annual dinner/party
2. no company group activities
3. rare communication among different groups

Advice to Senior Management

more communication and more commitment

Pros

There are some talented engineers in Fortinet, it's very quick to improve the knowledge
if you ask the right questions.

Cons

Sometimes it's very difficult to communicate with management. The management are inexperienced in some ways. They don't know what's the meaning of openness.

Advice to Senior Management

Even the best advices couldn't change the management style at Fortinet because the managment just don't listen and ignore the suggestions.

Pros

Great place to learn Information Security technology.
Salary is within acceptable range for this position.
Team of knowledgeable people to work with.

Cons

Excessive work load and minimum support from the management.
Customer satisfaction is poor due to excessive work load and not enough resources in place.

Advice to Senior Management

management need to listen, discuss and understand issues before implementing changes.
Invest in training and resources to meet growing customer needs.

Pros

the technology. the people. the stock.

Cons

the fear factor. lack of recognition for a job well done.

Advice to Senior Management

empower middle managment