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Check Point Software Technologies

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Check Point Software Technologies reviews

3.6

66% would recommend to a friend

(349 total reviews)
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Nadav Zafrir

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57% positive business outlook

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3.0
Feb 23, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

- plenty of young coworkers to get to know, form friendships etc - knowledge base for self learning - good doorway to get into cyber security - ESPP (not the best but its a way to save a buck or two) - other small pluses you should get in any self respecting company

Cons

the reality behind some of the lies that CP tells of being number whatever as best workplace in the world /Israel: - low salary, working 4 years I got plenty of promises for a raise and bonuses but nothing changed. - money that is part of your bruto salary: 650nis monthly for the road, 750nis for food(as shown in 10bis, whilst in reality you get something like 25nis per working day). the food choice is terrible, the prices per meal is usually 60nis + and minimum is often 80 or 100. at this rate the money for food is good for a week tops. They tell you "you can earn more by overworking, thats what everyone does" but once you start overworking you're questioned for every hour and HR several times issued a request to not overwork beyond a certain amount of hours. - kitchen is mediocre at best, fit to make tea/coffee, a toast with nothing but cheese or a 2/3 vegetable salad. that is -all- that is available (except from the soda drinks and sauces). - holiday gifts are trash in comparison to other companies and no option to just take cash so you're stuck with useless items trying to sell them and make a buck. - management's reward for anything good you do is "thank you" which gets tiresome after 3 years and always have above the moon expectations, probably forgot what it's like to do the grunt work.. most likely due to the amnesia that hit them after they were promoted from the same technical engineer job to manager in the first place. - gym fits 10 people max. any more and its a tuna can unfit for working out. - company activities that no one ever needed or goes too. - They don't really care whether you leave or not, support rotation happens every 2-3 years, 90% of the people i started with are gone so its not a place to grow as many say, more of a place to work a few years to get experience and move somewhere better.

1.0
Jan 27, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Check Point has made some good acquisitions, but in very saturated markets. Nice office and a good location off of 101.

Cons

Customers are heavily migrating away to competitors. You'll be under enormous pressure to retain or bring them back but the technology and technical staff is lacking. It feels like you're fighting a losing or maybe already lost battle. Do your own market research before joining. This will greatly effect your commission and don't forget the high channel margins, so at the end of it, you'll most likely take a large OTE pay cut (think 50%). Supporting roles are not motivated and aligned with sales (pre-sales support, post-sales support, management, etc.), so you'll suffer with customer interactions, especially with new prospect customers. Don't forget the competitors also have 5x the staff for these accounts, so you will be greatly outnumbered. You'll have many, many hours of training every week that isn't "officially" mandatory, but it absolutely is. You will receive mandatory messages from higher-up and will be put on 1:1 meetings to understand why you missed a training if you did not attend. Most trainings are managed like my 5 year old in school, they will make you turn on your video, ask questions, and quiz everyone at the end. Yes, they treat you like it's your first sales job or you're in kindergarten, maybe both. They will also check the attendance report after trainings. Between corporate, product, team, systems, channel, and operations trainings, team meetings, CRM updates, and forecast meetings, don't expect to have a lot of time for actual customer engagements throughout the day. You'll spend more time inviting customers to events, that will most likely annoy and drive them away from actual sales activity. Random meetings will be created and sent the same day from your manager. These meetings are mandatory, and typically around 4pm just before a holiday or Friday just to "check-in" and basically make sure the team is online and working. At the end of it, they will say they just simply wanted to "wish you a great weekend or holiday".

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