Shortsighted and unwilling to invest in its people - Engineer Forcepoint Employee Review

1.0
28 May 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Some good people still hanging on. Barely.

Cons

Below market pay, CEO with a hyperinflated view of himself, upper management is intent on becoming a "1 billion dollar company", which apparently means hiring a zillion salespeople, while skimping on engineering talent. What are you going to sell if you aren't building anything? Management is intently focused on hiring in cheap locales like Ireland and India, and not very interested in attracting or retaining US talent. Benefits are below par. CEO forced the entire company to make marketing videos showing their "internalization" of the company's marketing material. Those who balked were threatened with being fired (which he actually stated in a company meeting, so there was no doubt as to the consequences for non-compliance). HR let him get away with this, which tells you everything you need to know about them.

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5.0
2 June 2026
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Pros

To see the evolution of Forcepoint over the last few years has been impressive. We continue to grow and invest in our company and people. I feel as if I make an impact in the company and always feel appreciated. Forcepoint is a great place to excel. Our CEO personally cares about the success of the people and company.

Cons

Fast paced environment, strategy changes as the market changes. fun but can be hard for some.

3.0
17 Apr 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Remote friendly. Good culture depending on the team.

Cons

I am making $185k total comp as a basic Marketing Manager. Not even a 'Senior' Manager, but just your basic peasant-class Manager. How can I be making as much money (or more) than some of the Forcepoint staff lawyers, more money than some junior-level medical doctors, but my job title is equivalent to that of some recent college grad? This matters because my job is Director-level in everything but title only. All my KPI's, performance reviews, and work, is at the Director level. But because I am a basic manager, some of my peers treat me as if I am 23 years old making $70k/yr with bare bones KPI's. This creates an awkward situation because I am paid more than many colleagues who have more senior job titles than me. But since we do not openly discuss salary, my peers do not know this and think my KPI's are basic, when really I have much higher KPIs than colleagues with more senior job titles It is silly that some peers are making 20-30% less than me, but have more senior job titles just because of tenure - which is a meaningless indicator of performance.

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