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All the high flying innovation of 2014

Manager Engineering
Former Employee
Worked at Proofpoint for 2 years
October 29, 2026
Sunnyvale, California
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Decent people

Accepted remote work begrudgingly

Good equipment and comp

Cons

It is a clunky, enterprisy product suite with disparate elements that don't play well together.

Private equity is rotting infrastructure and innovation from the inside.

There are poorly executed acquisitions stacking tech debt exponentially.

There are routine 20 person, no agenda meetings where people resolve to have another meeting.

Their idea of security internally is more or less the wiki entry for security theater. This is a shambles of a zombie company, feeding on the brains of companies that actually innovate and throwing engineer husks out to die as they mutter to themselves "A.I......."

And the product is aggressively unpleasant to use. Enjoy your time there until the next PE mandated layoff.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
2.0
Culture and Values
2.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
3.0
Career Opportunities
2.0
Compensation and Benefits
4.0
Senior Management
1.0

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