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

1.0
Jan 15, 2020
Recommend
Business Outlook

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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5.0
Jun 15, 2026
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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.

2.0
Jun 9, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Solid, stable, predictable. Most people are out of the office by 4 or 5 pm. Life is easy and expectations are low.

Cons

Little support for marketing. Fortinet has too many products and too many product lines - and every product owner is fighting for attention of sales. The company is firmly wedded to it's hardware roots. Fortinet has not invested in internal systems. Reporting is awkard and cumbersome, and adaption on enterprise AI is still a long ways off. There are no women in senior roles.

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