They pay well, and remote working policy is liberal. Incredible product.
Cons
Sales Leadership, starting at the very top, is the issue. Easy to talk about strategic and platform selling, but inspection drives behavior, and when you inspect tactically and beat up all the reps, it's hardly a motivator.
Proofpoint Response
1y
Thank you for sharing your perspective and for recognizing the strength of our product, and compensation. We understand your concerns around sales leadership and appreciate your candid feedback. Cultivating a supportive and effective leadership culture remains a priority for our company. We’re grateful for your contributions over the years and wish you the best in your future endeavors. Thank you again.
Compensation is good
Teams are nice and helpful
Leadership
Unlimited PTO
Cons
Return to office policy isn't the best
Some co workers are kind of lazy
Proofpoint Response
1mo
Hi. Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We appreciate your perspective and we're glad to see that overall you're having a great experience on the team.
Products work for the most part. You are selling technology that cyber professionals need. It’s easier than most companies in the space to get meetings with security executives.
Cons
Micro management that doesn’t add value or help love deals. They are paper pushing and reporting and continuously have last min reporting needs that take precedence over getting deals done. They bring a lot of problems to the table with few solutions. Many came with out management experience and do not have the people skills to manage different people and personalities. Proofpoint is extremely cheap with expenses. Be prepared to have to cover bills yourself if you take clients out to dinner because if you go to a nice restaurant and the client orders an app, a few drinks, a meal and desert, Proofpoint will not even cover this when it’s reasonable. There is a lot of competition in the space and that makes every deal a knife fight going back and forth on price. In general they treat women very poorly. No support for maternity or post partum with very bad benefits that don’t match other tech companies.
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Proofpoint Response
1mo
Hi, thank you for sharing this candid feedback.
It’s great to hear you found value in the product and the opportunity to engage with customers in such a competitive space. At the same time, you’ve raised several important points around management approach, internal processes, and overall team support. These are not small things, and they directly shape the day to day experiences of our teams and the culture of our company. That being said, they will continue to be areas of focus.
We also want to address your comments around the experience for women, including support during maternity and postpartum. Maintaining an environment where every employee feels supported through all stages of life is important, and feedback like this highlights where there may be gaps between intent and experience. That insight is critical and we thank you for sharing it with us.
We appreciate you taking the time to share your perspective on your time here on the team.