They appear humane to outsiders, and jerks to their employees - R&D Engineer Fortinet Employee Review

1.0
Jan 15, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Lots of things like snacks and leading edge technology - good easy location to commute to.

Cons

- Fortinet looks amazing from outside, and horrible from inside. When you walk into the building lobby, you will be fascinated by how nice the building and the receptionist are. by the time you get out of the elevator, you would see the real Forti"jet" :). - Can you imagine, on a snowy day when all buses / trains are cancelled, they had their new Grad hiring event planned. They cancelled it due to "weather conditions", and they didn't give any notice to their employees, so they had to go in the snow and expose their lives to danger? Why such double faced attitude? why should you tell job candidates we are considerate and to your employees "duck off" ?

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Fortinet Response
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We take the safety of our employees seriously and rely on our employee’s discretion for situations like last week’s snowfall. We encourage you to reach out to your HR team, looking forward to working towards a solution together.

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