A complete dumpster fire!!! - Sales Engineer Forcepoint Employee Review

1.0
May 11, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Vacation benefits are good. Base salaries are competitive. The human point story is a decent and different message than most security vendors.

Cons

While the messaging might be good, the execution and delivery is horrid. The products are uninteresting to new customers, and existing customers are apathetic to the direction the company is going and moving away. Late to the game in terms of delivering cloud options and the whole "dynamic edge" push is merely a "me too" play that will lack the features and maturity of other vendors. Many of the products are antiquated and still look and function the way they did a decade ago. Corporate is a complete mess. Turnover is crazy high (layoffs and people fleeing the sinking ship) and new management staff is brought in with little or no security experience or knowledge. Morale is super low and the outlook is bleak. Remote worker benefits were slashed in April and the 401(k) match lowered.

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5.0
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Pros

To see the evolution of Forcepoint over the last few years has been impressive. We continue to grow and invest in our company and people. I feel as if I make an impact in the company and always feel appreciated. Forcepoint is a great place to excel. Our CEO personally cares about the success of the people and company.

Cons

Fast paced environment, strategy changes as the market changes. fun but can be hard for some.

3.0
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Pros

Remote friendly. Good culture depending on the team.

Cons

I am making $185k total comp as a basic Marketing Manager. Not even a 'Senior' Manager, but just your basic peasant-class Manager. How can I be making as much money (or more) than some of the Forcepoint staff lawyers, more money than some junior-level medical doctors, but my job title is equivalent to that of some recent college grad? This matters because my job is Director-level in everything but title only. All my KPI's, performance reviews, and work, is at the Director level. But because I am a basic manager, some of my peers treat me as if I am 23 years old making $70k/yr with bare bones KPI's. This creates an awkward situation because I am paid more than many colleagues who have more senior job titles than me. But since we do not openly discuss salary, my peers do not know this and think my KPI's are basic, when really I have much higher KPIs than colleagues with more senior job titles It is silly that some peers are making 20-30% less than me, but have more senior job titles just because of tenure - which is a meaningless indicator of performance.

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