Proofpoint Reviews

Pros

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

Cons

I have no cons for working here.

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.

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.

Pros

Great people and remote work.

Cons

Low base pay, depends on where you live.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.