Great sales culture full of opportunity and fueled for continued growth - Area Sales Director Fortinet Employee Review

5.0
Feb 15, 2016
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Pros

Fortinet has a high-energy collaborative sales culture with sales leadership that really cares about their people and promotes from within. In my 20+ months here I’ve seen a half dozen sales reps, including myself, earn promotions, and it’s a work hard/play hard culture that offers a nice work/life balance. The technology is world-class and the company is investing in all the right places with a goal of becoming the #1 cyber security company worldwide.

Cons

Like most high-tech sales organizations, there have been some organizational changes, and even though they're the right changes positioning the company for continued long-term success, there is a short-term adjustment period for everyone involved.

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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
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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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