Think twice before joining this former cyber security champion - Pre-Sales Systems Engineer Palo Alto Networks Employee Review

1.0
Dec 11, 2019
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Pros

I was paid well. Commission paid monthly. Great benefits. Had a great leader for two years. Great hardware firewall. Great endpoint protection. Good Analytics. Account manager I was paired with was great. Lots of company events. Customers loved the hardware based firewall. Good training.

Cons

You might never get a raise. 401K match of $1000 per year is pathetic. Unless your the number one rock star no additional RSU's will ever be granted. Stock purchase is capped each year. Last boss was a disaster and micromanaged everything. Caught him in lies several times. I was asked to do several unethical things with clients by last manager. When I informed the VP I was told I should leave. Management has no integrity and there word changes all the time. Ask for promises in writing or you'll get screwed. Untrustworthy managers with little to no experience. Little to no revenue on renewals. Sink the speedboats, they are useless. Salespeople know there customers best, listen to them.

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Cons

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Pros

Largest cyber security company in the world with an ever-expanding portfolio

Cons

Largest cyber security company in the world with an ever-expanding portfolio. They buy companies quicker than they can integrate them and is the antithesis of a caring employer. Nikesh could layoff 80% of employees tomorrow and the stock would still skyrocket. I decided to pursue a new opportunity after CyberArk was acquired and prior to giving my official two week notice I let my team know, and started training them in our brand new cutting edge solutions so that they could take over my workload without any roadblocks or hiccups. As soon as I put in my two week notice the company locks me out and cuts off all of my benefits and does not pay me for the notice that I have given, putting my family in a very precarious place during the interim of my work. This is by far one of the most classless things I’ve seen a company do, please watch out for yourself at Palo because no one in management will. I am extremely passionate about the space that I operate in and often found myself working 12 hour days- the ability to have work life balance at a place like Palo Alto is zero.

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