Palo Alto Networks

The working population at this company comes from a large section of strong Silicon Valley companies. The diversity in skills that this provides to Palo Alto makes this one of my favorite places to work. There is a lot going on, but I've found leadership to really trust and empower the team to get it done.

What I love:

• Strong position in the marketplace. A great foundation for growth and acquisitions that will provide inroads for new products and more revenue.
• Leadership is more diffuse than other places I've worked. What I mean is that many of these leaders have been running their own companies, and therefore they know ideas that will provide value and, in the SRE space, are driven to eliminate redundant, tedious work.
• People I see are very respectful of each other's work.
• Pager duty is not bad.
• Great perks at the company.
• People I work with are driven and want to gain visibility for the company so we can attract the best.

• There have been regrettable departures across many teams, and that has hit morale.
• Collaboration needs to improve with development and product.

I have seen senior leadership send the right signals that they value our individual contribution. Keep up the transparency with the organization -- help product and development to do the same.