Proofpoint

• Compensation was very generous
• Work-life balance was fairly good
• Stock option plan is available if you stay long enough.

• As I didn't follow my headline, my role was in the support area, which is a much different role than what I had worked on in the past.

• Support uses Salesforce for defect tracking, which is good for identifying which customers are complaining of a defect, but it makes supporting the product from a bug tracking perspective more difficult.

Be clear on what is expected for candidates that you hire. Make sure that they fully understand what their role entails (support or full-development) and they fully understand what will be required. Otherwise you may not get people who are fully on-board with the role assigned.