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  1. 5.0
    Current Employee, more than 1 year

    Great Company

    May 30, 2023 - Manager in Sunnyvale, CA
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    Pros

    Remote work, good salary, great leadership, growing company.

    Cons

    I have no cons for working here.

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  2. 5.0
    Current Employee, more than 1 year

    Good Company - Good Leadership

    May 10, 2023 - Sales Operations Specialist in Sunnyvale, CA
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    Pros

    Leadership is supportive of employee growth and expects employees to have multiple conversations throughout the year focusing on Growth, Achievement, Goal Setting and Reviews. Much more than any other company I've worked for. We discuss, "what are the next steps in your career and how do we make those available to you should you desire?"

    Cons

    After two years, none at this time.

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  4. 5.0
    Current Employee, more than 3 years

    Awesome culture

    May 17, 2023 - Specialist Sales in Pittsburgh, PA
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    Pros

    Culture, culture, culture. Teams are great and we work well with our customers providing them value. Benefits like healthcare, dental, vision are all great.

    Cons

    401K match is really a low cap. No ESPP since we went private.

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  5. 5.0
    Current Employee, more than 1 year

    Great company

    May 23, 2023 - Account Executive in Pittsburgh, PA
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    Pros

    Great people and remote work.

    Cons

    Low base pay, depends on where you live.

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  6. 4.0
    Former Employee, more than 3 years

    Excellent People, product efficacy seems to be lacking

    May 23, 2023 - Senior Systems Engineer in Salt Lake City, UT
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    Pros

    The people are excellent here in my experience, from HR through management there wasn't too much to complain about. HR especially is fantastic and I felt like they truly cared about me as a person.

    Cons

    The product transformation and integrations have been slow, and as a result most products seem to be suffering and stability has also been affected.

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  7. 5.0
    Current Employee, more than 1 year

    Great company to work for.

    May 7, 2023 - Professional Services Consultant in Sunnyvale, CA
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    Pros

    Very busy environment but i work with great colleagues. Management is extremely helpful and actually cares. Mental health is an important part of the culture, too.

    Cons

    Can sometimes feel a bit overwhelmed, but not to the point it's unmanageable.

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  8. 2.0
    Current Employee, more than 1 year

    Great Products / Bad Management

    Jan 5, 2023 - Sales Engineer in Dallas, TX
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    Pros

    Proofpoint has been a fun and fast-paced place to work. The account teams work well together, but I've never worked this hard in my life. The core products are very solid and the emerging technologies are worth a look. Most of the accounts already own the flagship email security product, and that relationship helps when trying to expand the products.

    Cons

    Not enough accounts! You will burn hours working with your AE trying to figure out how to sell the additional products into a limited set of accounts. Sales management is always tracking the pipeline and asking us why we never have enough opportunities; while giving you fewer accounts every year. It's too hard for engineers to make money, especially when considering how hard we work. It feels a lot like a 20-year-old start-up with its poor back-office processes, too many document repositories, and every quote needing to be approved by the CFO (massive bottleneck). The company is cheap to a fault, I'm surprised we don't have to buy our laptops. The lab facilities are running on antiquated hardware using OVIRT for virtualization (because free is the best). If you need to do any testing, build it in AWS or another cloud-hosting service, but you can expect to foot the bill. Lastly, you can't rely on the customer support process and often need to fix the issues or nudge support to respond.

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  9. 4.0
    Former Employee, more than 5 years

    Great employer + team!

    May 24, 2023 - Anonymous 
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    Pros

    Welcoming team and cross-functional colleagues. I had a wonderful relationship with my former manager and truly enjoyed my time with the company.

    Cons

    Not a lot of opportunity to experiment and try new things. Teams can be very siloed at times, so collaboration across various teams within the organization could improve.

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  10. 5.0
    Current Employee

    Favorite job I've ever had, pay could be better

    Apr 7, 2023 - Cybersecurity Analyst II 
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    Pros

    Great benefits and bonus structure, opportunities for monthly, quarterly, and annual bonuses plus annual performance review with potential raise. Conservative hiring practices and commitment to avoiding layoffs.

    Cons

    Currently very little opportunity for internal mobility to other positions or promotions, although previously there were multiple career paths with consistent growth opportunities.

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  11. 4.0
    Current Employee, more than 1 year

    Great people and culture

    May 25, 2023 - Account Manager in Sunnyvale, CA
    Recommend
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    Pros

    Great people that work here and make a difference. Solid leadership

    Cons

    Very low market level pay. The company is frugal when it comes to spending on events, etc.

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Proofpoint has an overall rating of 4.1 out of 5, based on over 802 reviews left anonymously by employees. 77% of employees would recommend working at Proofpoint to a friend and 77% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Proofpoint employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Proofpoint. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.

77% of Proofpoint employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Proofpoint 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.

According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Proofpoint to be senior leadership, career development, benefits and the cons to be management .

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