Palo Alto Networks

Intellectual freedom to explore my own ideas and build solutions from the ground up for problems that I identify.

Freedom to work when is convenient for me as long as I am being reasonably productive.

Despite being a new grad, I have been treated like any other member of the staff from the very start. Minimal internal business politics. We're really just focused on getting great things done instead of egos.

PAN rewards their top performers very well. They are very eager to promote from within and to foster people's growth in general.

Total compensation has been well above average.

Happy with the company culture in general. It is a very employee-focused culture. This company understands that when employees are happy, they do their best work, which is in turn best for the company.

There is a strong commitment to environmental sustainability at the highest levels of management.

• HQ is beautiful and the cafe has great, healthy food at a low price.
• Gym at HQ has everything I need and the staff is super friendly.

Management is transparent and honest. I feel there is a mutual trust and respect amongst us.

People often complain that the 401K match isn't very large. Teams and organizations vary a lot in quality. My org and team is fantastic, but I know some are not as stellar.

There are certain members of management who create toxic work cultures in their organization. This creates a wide difference in the experiences of employees who belong to different organizations in the company.

I will not name names, but if it's clear a specific organization has a lot of employee turnover and there are a lot of complaints about a specific individual, something needs to get done.