New CEO Sumit is killing everything that was once good - werkgeversreview Product Support Engineer bij Proofpoint

2,0
2 feb 2024
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After Feb 2024, no Pros to list here

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Since New CEO Sumit Dhawan was hired on Dec 2023, here is what happened: - Return to Office mandate, no exceptions - Layoffs for the first time since company was founded, right after we finished Q4 2023 as the best Quarter in company history, in the best year of the company. Who lays off people after they made the most money ever? - All terminated positions will be filled in global centers (overseas, to save money) - All terminated employees last day is on 5 months from now. No option to choose to leave now, otherwise that counts as resigning and thus giving up any chance at severance or unvested stock. Pretty cruel way to force people out, or force them to train their own replacements with a promise (no guarantee) that they won't get rid of you before your termination date. Disgusting - This was the best company I worked for, until they hired this new CEO

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5,0
15 apr 2026
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Great company culture with positive outlook

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Lower base salary than industry standards

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Thank you for sharing this. It’s great to hear the culture and team have stood out in a positive way. We also hear you on compensation and it’s something we continue to evaluate to stay aligned with the market and support our employees. We appreciate you being part of the team. Thank you for your review again.
1,0
5 jul 2026
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fairly lax with lots of time to do things

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many. Former CEO ran things poorly and took in managers who brought along their problems and animosities with them. Not only that, they were allowed to invite their friends to come and join too, many of them owing their jobs to someone creating a bro culture. Even though top mgmt changed since the sale, its many of these people still there to this day. Most of the systems were a black box, existing engineers were mostly uncooperative to keep their knowledge to themselves, the offshore engineers in one particular country were especially bad for this. I have seen major accomplishments achieved by someone, where so many others had failed, only to get fired soon after.

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