Fortinet reviews

3.8

68% would recommend to a friend

(2,896 total reviews)
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72% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Fortinet has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,896 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Fortinet employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologia da informação industry (3.9 stars).

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3K reviews
3.0
Jul 28, 2025

Going downhill

Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Bottom level management is flexible, trying to earn more benefits for employee. Team culture is good, most teams have a shared vision that a technical problem is a technical one, not a political one (i.e. not trying to dodge responsibility in order to avoid punishment once it fails). Meeting is minimal (10-20 mins each day mostly, this is team-specific, but generally it's similar for most backend teams) work-life balance is great. Insurance coverage is great.

Cons

Top executives apparently care more about the stock prices than the company's real performance. They try to squeeze budget to make the chart prettier, which indeed sabotages the productivity. Paid is lower than similar companies. They're pushing RTO policy, not remote friendly.

1.0
Apr 24, 2025
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

20 days PTO after one year

Cons

as title, C-suite level dont know how to lead and inspire employees, only micromanage and retaliate if they receive feedback which is not what they want to hear, so most people (including directors/managers) will stay quiet to avoid being a target....terrible culture of dictatorship, only those who dont dare to speak up and go with the flow will be promoted, your competency dont worth a lot here. many things that are decided by c-suite dont make sense in terms of productivity and long-term goals, because they dont have plans for anything they do, only mending and more micromanagement. If your leader does not like you, you wont even get a yearly raise, and the performance reviews are only based on how your leader judges you, you dont get a say about your goals or anything at all, very subjective.

2.0
Dec 5, 2024
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

You will be exposed to new technologies and there is room for you to learn new things. Company is big, so you will have opportunity to see enterprise level of everything.

Cons

Company has hot desk policy. You won't get a dedicated desk and every morning you will be surprised somebody else is sitting at your desk. Though this is not the case for managers and they have their dedicated space. Discrimination happening at desk space level. Work hours are 9 - 6 and some of the teams strictly monitor you. Lunch is one hour and unpaid. Stocks are released in very small amounts. If you see big numbers in your job offer as RSU/Options, just be aware that you will have them after 5 years. They give away a small portion of your stocks every quarter.

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