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      Forcepoint

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      Forcepoint Software Developer reviews

      3.4

      49% would recommend to a friend

      (81 total reviews)

      Ryan Windham

      38% approve of CEO

      35% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Software Developer employees have rated Forcepoint with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 81 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Forcepoint is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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      81 reviews
      4.0
      Aug 17, 2020

      Long term employment is tentative

      Software engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      I really liked working there while I was there. The office setting was nice, I liked my manager and director, and most of my co-workers. The building was in a nice location, and the work pace was not a stressful one

      Cons

      They do mass layoffs every year. Within a month of working there, they laid off a large percentage of the workforce. This raised red flags, but I kept putting off looking for other work. Around a year and half later, they laid off everyone at the San Diego branch working on the project I was on. There was no indication that this was on the horizon, the messaging was always, we are going strong, and we are only getting stronger

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      Forcepoint Response
      5y
      Thank you for taking the time to share your experience while you were here at Forcepoint. As a Software Engineer, you had so many choices and we are thankful for the contributions that you made while you were here. Forcepoint is a merger of several different companies. As technology (from on-prem to the cloud) and leadership change -it is sometimes necessary to review talent and make some not so easy decisions of laying off. As the 2nd largest privately-owned cybersecurity company in the world, we are a leader in this space and are excited for the future of Forcepoint.
      3.0
      Jul 21, 2020

      5/5 People 2/5 Company

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Speaking from experience at one of the satellite office in California. The people I worked with are absolutely amazing, even people not from our office. They care and will teach you if you ask. Manager helped me forward my career and myself. We worked and we had fun. I'd say starting off your career, this is great, but wouldn't stay longer than a year or two because of company.

      Cons

      - Annual lay offs - Senior level and upper upper level management needs to know who they are working with to avoid first bullet point. - So many exec level positions. Too much to know what to do with them

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      Forcepoint Response
      5y
      We are pleased to hear that you were able to leverage the great talent that we have here and that you grew in your career. As a fast-growing and ever-evolving cybersecurity SaaS organization, we occasionally need to assess the different functions across the organizations and their abilities to continue to grow with us. As new leaders come on board, the reassessments do result in occasional organizational changes, and these decisions are never easy. We are confident that Forcepoint is going to continue to lead in the cybersecurity space. And are working with our managers to make sure anyone who wants to grow can grow and do their best work here. We encourage all employees to have one on one conversations with their managers, review their goals and plan together for career growth. Thank you for taking the time to tell us about your experience while working here at Forcepoint, your comments have been noted and tagged for discussion.
      3.0
      Jul 9, 2020

      An alright company

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Decent pay Interesting suite of products Future looks interesting

      Cons

      High turnover Generally put sales over engineering Some management problems

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      Forcepoint Response
      5y
      Thank you for sharing your Forcepoint experience so far. Your feedback is invaluable. We would agree that the future of Forcepoint looks good. We are building innovative software products focusing on humancentric cybersecurity that is unique in the cybersecurity space. We want to continue the conversation with you and discuss what management problems you see and share with us the details behind the perception that we put "sales over engineering" please email us at Feedback@Forcepoint.com and mention this Glassdoor review.
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