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      WatchGuard Technologies

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      WatchGuard Technologies reviews

      3.8

      65% would recommend to a friend

      (255 total reviews)
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      Joe Smolarski and Prakash Panjwani

      70% approve of CEO

      57% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Culture & values

      3.5

      Compensation and benefits

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      3.3

      Senior management

      WatchGuard Technologies has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 255 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The WatchGuard Technologies 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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      255 reviews
      2.0
      May 19, 2026

      Great culture eroded by new leadership's cost-cutting

      Sales representative
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Used to be a great company under Prakash! Now, the new leadership is slashing and burning the great culture that once was WatchGuard

      Cons

      Cutting costs and firing very good people. New leadership does not care about legacy, loyaly, and commitment.

      1.0
      Apr 19, 2026

      Great company under previous leadership, now struggling with changes

      Territory account manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Worked at Watchguard 5-10 years. With Prakash as CEO and before the board hired a new CRO this was the best company anyone could hope to work for in sales. Great products, marketing, highly developed channels, acceptable lead flows and quota retirement on total Contract value plus renewals counted toward quota retirement. 80-90% of sales reps honor exceeded plan.

      Cons

      After the new ceo took over, and the new CRO had to fire people to replace them with lower paid reps, and comp plans became too hard for many with new 30-40% growth targets, its bad. The CEO approval rating of 85% is for Prakash only, the new guy likely has 20-25% max

      5.0
      Mar 24, 2026

      Great

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great learning curve Many opportunities Good leadership and management

      Cons

      No cons I feel are there

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