If you like working with babies, come work here. - Software Developer Fortinet Employee Review

1.0
19 Jul 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

If you hate working, you can do nothing for years and get paid for doing the bare minimum. Sometimes, when you quit they’ll give you a raise to continue to do nothing.

Cons

Roughly 80% of engineers there who have been there for over 10 years seemed to all have forgotten how to code. Nonetheless, will still be angry at you when you try to explain simple things like version control to them and they don’t understand. When you give them the solution, they will purposefully leave an “underperforming” review because they feel threatened by your competence. They will then ignore you for promotion for the next 8 years. Then, when they lose their tempers because they have the emotional intelligence of a 5 year old baby, they will blame you for not being “tolerant” enough of their temper tantrums.

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5.0
7 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Leadership can be a bit confused sometimes, but they're really focused on your professional development Merit is well recognized

Cons

Can't think of any to be honest

2.0
9 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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