Is Palo Alto Networks a good company to work for?

Palo Alto Networks has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 3,175 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months. 72% of employees would recommend working at Palo Alto Networks to a friend and 77% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Palo Alto Networks have been left by employees working as Intern , Staff Software Engineer and Recruiter .

Does Palo Alto Networks pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Palo Alto Networks employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Palo Alto Networks. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Palo Alto Networks?

72% of Palo Alto Networks employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Palo Alto Networks 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Palo Alto Networks?

Software Engineer (135) , Systems Engineer (83) , Technical Support Engineer (60) , Principal Software Engineer (50) , Regional Sales Manager (50) , Senior Software Engineer (47) , Account Manager (46) , Staff Software Engineer (44) , Staff Engineer (40) , Senior Staff Software Engineer (37) , Sales (36) , Product Manager (27) , Sales Representative (27) , Manager (24) , Senior Staff Engineer (24)

What are the pros of working at Palo Alto Networks according to real employee reviews?

"Palo Alto Paid very well and initially seemed to have a great culture" ((in 238 reviews)); "Good benefits and growing company" ((in 213 reviews)); "Great people and fast growing" ((in 201 reviews)); "Good pay and environment done" ((in 160 reviews)); "Good salary and compensation plan" ((in 96 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Palo Alto Networks according to real employee reviews?

"No work life balance and s management really doesn’t have a clue it’s overall just an incredibly terrible place to work." ((in 145 reviews)); "poor management and not answerable" ((in 119 reviews)); "manager just before the end of my probation period 10 working days later that he doesn't want to proceed further without clear explanations." ((in 44 reviews)); "401k match is low but they allow Mega Roth conversion and ESPP helps bridge the gap a bit" ((in 27 reviews)); "The hours were long some times." ((in 12 reviews))

What are employees saying about Palo Alto Networks layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Palo Alto Networks locations?

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Palo Alto Networks reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(2,696 total reviews)

Nikesh Arora

86% approve of CEO

77% positive business outlook

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Palo Alto Networks has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,696 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Palo Alto Networks employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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3K reviews

1.0

Jun 4, 2020

Endless internal politics

Sales operations manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* Very solid NGFW product with great customer coverage * A lot of talented and hardworking people *Cutting-edge technology in its core product

Cons

Don't even know where to start, but PANW has the worst company culture that I have ever seen: 1. Managers and supervisors are have zero understanding of the business, also no patient to learn from people who work in the front line. They have absolutely no sense of the workload and time needed in each project, and assign projects based on their naive and arrogant feeling. 2. Non-stop internal politics, endless retaliation and abuse of power. 3. Don't ever speak up and wish to make changes to this organization. Your manager will humiliate you, sell you and ruin you 4. Please do keep all email transactions, and record every zoom call. It won't be a surprise some day you will use those evidences in some labor violation lawsuits.

1.0

Dec 11, 2019

Think twice before joining this former cyber security champion

Pre-sales systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

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.

1.0

Oct 27, 2019

Soon-to-be easy lawsuit target, cronyism/nepotism is career destroying

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You'll learn about what HR does and what an attorney can do to protect you from this company. Retaliation happens often, if you want a chance at suing the company for damages, this is the place for you!

Cons

This place is hiring aggressively for a reason and most hiring managers (not the recruiter) will try and sell you on promises of an opportunity, but then take it away immediately. Are you looking to destroy your career? Join this company! Cronyism/nepotism is so strong in the workforce that there are massive amounts of unqualified people working in roles FAR FROM THEIR SKILLSETS!!! There's also a level of insecurity that management reaches, if you ever offer advice in good faith, YOU CAN EXPECT TO BE HARASSED SOON AFTERWARDS.

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