Lack of accountability and meritocracy within the Nordics BDR team - BDR Representative Fortinet Employee Review

1.0
Oct 26, 2025
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Pros

Fortinet is a great company with strong products and solid resources, but the BDR organization in the Nordics region suffers from weak management and a lack of performance oversight. There are no clear mechanisms to evaluate results or to ensure that everyone in the team is held to the same standards. There’s a widespread perception of poor meritocracy: while some employees work hard and take ownership of their targets, others seem to remain in their roles without delivering measurable outcomes or meeting basic expectations. The absence of proper follow-up and corrective action leads to frustration and an unbalanced team environment.

Cons

Leadership in the Nordics BDR team lacks the firmness and experience needed to address these issues, which ultimately affects motivation and overall team performance.

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Cons

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5.0
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Pros

- On target OTE and uncapped commissions - Great overall work culture - A lot of cool Field marketing events - Ability to expense dinners, entertainment, gifts for clients - Great company vision and a broad security fabric portfolio with several third party validations for a well-known cybersecurity brand makes it easy to sell and be successful.

Cons

- New business quotas are the same for every seller at least on my team, who all have very different territories, some with more white space heavy accounts that can be much more challenging to hit quota compared to other territories. Quotas went up by 20% from previous year. - Too many internal systems to navigate - processes and sales enablement tools could be more efficient - You can be the top performer in your US sales segment, and still not make it to President's Club because of the way it's structured - competing against different segments and only top 3-4% get to go each year. Rewarding top performers in general is an area needing improvement in my opinion.

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