Fortinet

Great CEO and upper management who understand the industry deeply and have the great vision and execution.

Company is growing fast in a hot industry.

Smart, hard-working, and friendly engineers.

VPs and managers of engineering are engineers themselves, and many have been with the company for a long time. They know what they are doing and make the right decisions.

Because of the competency of the engineering management, there is absolutely zero politics in the workplace. Everyone just works hard to deliver.

Management knows what you do, and rewards are based on performance, unlike many other companies where rewards and promotions are based on politics, how well you talk, or whether you are the boss's buddy. This really makes a difference in the happiness of engineers and the overall efficiency of project execution.

Have a solid but reasonable workload. You'll have things to do all the time but don't need to work overtime or on weekends. Work-life balance is good; people do take vacations, and management is cool with it.

Fortinet is absolutely NOT a "Chinese style sweatshop" company as someone labeled it. The whole company, including HR, is working hard to offer the best working environment and make it a great company in Silicon Valley.

I have worked for giant and small companies in the valley before Fortinet. I can tell you that the company culture is typical of a public company in the valley but without the politics.

There were some tough times in terms of workload or management style in the past, especially before the IPO, according to some people who have been with the company for a long time, but all has changed and improved during the past few years.

It now has startup efficiency and big company work/life balance. This is the best combination, and my concern is how to keep the startup efficiency when the company is growing bigger so fast!

Communication from middle/upper management to employees is on the lean side.

No cafeteria, and only free dinner is provided.

I believe in the CEO's vision and upper management's execution.

Keep doing what you are doing now, as it has been working well.

Invest in sales/marketing, improve the workplace, and bring more fun activities to the hard-working employees.