Is Fortinet a good company to work for?

Fortinet has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 3,335 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 69% of employees would recommend working at Fortinet to a friend and 69% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Fortinet have been left by employees working as ISR- Inside Sales Representative , Regional Account Manager and Inside Sales Representative .

Does Fortinet pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Fortinet employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Fortinet. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Fortinet?

69% of Fortinet employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Fortinet 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Fortinet?

Systems Engineer (201) , Technical Support Engineer (162) , Software Engineer (100) , TAC Engineer (98) , Major Account Manager (87) , Account Manager (55) , Software Developer (53) , Business Development Representative (BDR) (52) , Senior Software Engineer (42) , Sales (40) , Inside Sales Representative (39) , Regional Account Manager (39) , Software QA Engineer (35) , Channel Account Manager (28) , Manager (25)

What are the pros of working at Fortinet according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance and relax" ((in 183 reviews)); "Great culture where you can be yourself and are accepted within the community with respect and kindness." ((in 140 reviews)); "Great people to work with" ((in 133 reviews)); "Very flexible and provide good benefits" ((in 126 reviews)); "4) Good salary and Stocks" ((in 122 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Fortinet according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and they don't take care of the employees" ((in 124 reviews)); "1 with my direct manager in a whole year." ((in 38 reviews)); "Leadership at the VP level and up is poor.... You'll be amazed at how much and how little requires CEO/CTO/CFO approval." ((in 34 reviews)); "No training and cannot remote" ((in 27 reviews)); "lack of diversity in some department" ((in 16 reviews))

What are employees saying about Fortinet layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Fortinet layoffs and their outlook for job security at Fortinet in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Fortinet locations?

Sunnyvale , Dallas , Sunrise , Plano , Chicago , New York , San Jose , Frisco , San Francisco , Boston , Union City , Miami , Santa Clara , Washington , Houston , Mountain View , Austin , Los Angeles , Phoenix , Columbus , Des Moines , Florida City , Jersey City , Arlington , Kansas City , Milwaukee , Raleigh , Texas City , San Juan , Minneapolis

Fortinet reviews

3.9

69% would recommend to a friend

(2,911 total reviews)

Ken Xie

73% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

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Fortinet has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 2,911 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Fortinet employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

3K reviews

5.0

May 11, 2016

Great place to work

Embedded software developer iii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

A nice work culture, good technology to work on and lot of freedom to think and come with good solutions. Bangalore engineering team has got lot of patents and engineering management helps to do lot of innovation by encouraging new ideas. Colleagues are helpful, friendly and very competent. Very good employee insurance schemes

Cons

Commuting to office from any place other than east bangalore is very difficult. Cabs can be provided to ease the commute tensions

4.0

May 10, 2016

Excellent place to work

Principal software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

o Technology and quality of technical work o Very capable and helpful team o Lot of non performers and engineers with attitude issue cleaned up in last 3 years o Growing Business Outlook o Very good and Fair local management team o Better HR leader than old one, with lot of new initiatives

Cons

o Training is always on job. External training from experts will help o India team can do lot more for growth of the company in security domain o Better tax saving policies like company leased car needed o Office location. Should be ok after moving office to new place

3.0

May 10, 2016

Great product, lacking vision

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

pay master good benefits good product company doing well financially

Cons

lack of vision from top management poor home grown systems and processes which are causing productivity issues

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