Bad culture, disorganized, political and fear- based - Sales Fortinet Employee Review

2.0
Feb 24, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Some very nice, genuine people in spots but they're horribly outnumbered by a very bureaucratic, slow moving organization that lacks a sense of purpose and acts with little to no urgency

Cons

Very poorly organized sales teams, no clear direction with very poor and inconsistent communication from the top of the sales ranks. Sales culture is very poor and everyone works in fear and in silos. Resources are scattered with very poor alignment. Again, terrible communication from the top. Very few people get merit increases and RSU's. Too many people not really working hard and there is such poor accountability, nobody even notices this as a problem.

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Pros

Great work life balance. Interesting projects

Cons

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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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