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Terrible and toxic culture. Think twice before joining. The "Wow" in this place is false

Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Palo Alto Networks for 6 years
January 23, 2020
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Firewall: one of the best in the market.

"Brand Name"

The pay is good, but not enough.

Cons

This is the most horrible place I've ever worked for.

The culture is toxic. The People Team (HR) will tell you fairy tales during the interviews about how good the company is, but the truth is this is a toxic place. Stay away for your health.

The team dynamics and internal processes are a big mess!

The retention in this company is very low; employees are leaving at a high rate even when offered additional RSUs and salary increases.

There is no work-life balance at all. High stress all the time.

Company communication between HQ and the R&D site department is catastrophic.

The place is hiring aggressively due to the amount of employees leaving, not due to growth, and there are several reasons for that.

Advice to Management

You need to hard reset the way the company behaves. The culture is toxic.

Managers need to be rotated ASAP. Most of them have limited to no people management skills.

I will not recommend this place even to my enemies.

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