Culture over talent - Software Developer Forcepoint Employee Review

1.0
22 Mar 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good Money Lots of aws They have enough money to fight through bad decisions.

Cons

Bad technology choices(which is fine) *but* committed to purely for political reasons. Strange tribal nature caused by a few individuals. Leaders prefer to leave decisions to lower level employees and blame them when things go wrong. Lack of direction from leaders. Infighting in the lower levels due to leadership style. Character sniping. Belief that more developers is more better. The entire company is built around a marketing idea that does not exist yet. Strange cult like HR process. They want you to be "All in" and will remove you if you are not.

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5.0
2 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

To see the evolution of Forcepoint over the last few years has been impressive. We continue to grow and invest in our company and people. I feel as if I make an impact in the company and always feel appreciated. Forcepoint is a great place to excel. Our CEO personally cares about the success of the people and company.

Cons

Fast paced environment, strategy changes as the market changes. fun but can be hard for some.

3.0
17 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Remote friendly. Good culture depending on the team.

Cons

I am making $185k total comp as a basic Marketing Manager. Not even a 'Senior' Manager, but just your basic peasant-class Manager. How can I be making as much money (or more) than some of the Forcepoint staff lawyers, more money than some junior-level medical doctors, but my job title is equivalent to that of some recent college grad? This matters because my job is Director-level in everything but title only. All my KPI's, performance reviews, and work, is at the Director level. But because I am a basic manager, some of my peers treat me as if I am 23 years old making $70k/yr with bare bones KPI's. This creates an awkward situation because I am paid more than many colleagues who have more senior job titles than me. But since we do not openly discuss salary, my peers do not know this and think my KPI's are basic, when really I have much higher KPIs than colleagues with more senior job titles It is silly that some peers are making 20-30% less than me, but have more senior job titles just because of tenure - which is a meaningless indicator of performance.

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