Fortinet reviews

3.8

69% would recommend to a friend

(2,892 total reviews)
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Ken Xie

73% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Fortinet has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,892 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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1.0
Sep 5, 2014

Company has no direction

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Fortinet has a big beautiful new headquarters they love to show off that opened earlier this year. As an employee though, don't plan to park there because there isn't any parking. This company is profitable but it's only a matter of time before that stops.

Cons

Fortinet is run by the brothers Xie and if them wants to do something (regardless if it is right or wrong for the company) that's what they do--differing opinions are not offered by the spineless exec team. Products and programs are always pushed out the door before they are ready, look at v5.0 of the software as it was released to coincide with a conference. There is no marketing support yet sales is told to go out and sell-sell-sell. Salaries are low and your raise will be 3% even though the company is growing at more than 30%. Stock options are pretty much worthless as well. yes, the stock is up $10 a share over the last year, but while the entire market is growing to new heights over the past four years, FTNT has been pretty-much flat. The executive team is spineless to Ken and Michael Xie. It seems none of them will offer a differing opinion and just do whatever is commanded of them to get the attention onto another VP. Fortinet's goal is to be a billion dollar company and if one of the VPs can convince Ken their idea will 'grow the business' then look out because the direction will completely change. There is no support from HR or operations for employees. Do yourself a favor and move on to the next company.

3.0
Sep 5, 2014

technical writer 3

Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexibility, learning, and company growth.

Cons

Stress, challenging, fast paced environment with ever changing

5.0
Sep 2, 2014

Fortinet

Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

If you are lucky enough to work remote, you can take advantage of the unstructured nature of the company and actually get some work done.

Cons

Its a fraternity atmosphere to say the least, especially within the sales organization which is comprised of C students.

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