Proofpoint

Item: Proofpoint
Rating: 3.5
Author: Anonymous

Work in talent acquisition or recruiting at Proofpoint? Claim your free profile to hire top sales talent, respond to reviews and questions, and highlight your talent brand!

Profile Highlights

Competitive Salaries

OTE at Proofpoint for Strategic Account Executives and SLED Account Executives is highly competitive compared to industry peers. View salaries

High Score for Product - Market Fit

Proofpoint is in the 84th percentile for Product - Market Fit

Performance Category Ratings

See how employees rated Proofpoint in RepVue’s key performance categories.

Category Score

Industry Percentile

Industry Rank

Culture and Leadership

3.5

69th%of Software orgs

# 769of 2,547 Software orgs

Base Compensation

3.3

30th%of Software orgs

# 1,796of 2,547 Software orgs

Incentive Compensation Structure

3.4

55th%of Software orgs

# 1,128of 2,547 Software orgs

Product - Market Fit

4.3

84th%of Software orgs

# 390of 2,547 Software orgs

Professional Development and Training

3.4

78th%of Software orgs

# 559of 2,547 Software orgs

Inbound Lead / Opportunity Flow

2.8

57th%of Software orgs

# 1,079of 2,547 Software orgs

Diversity and Inclusion

3.9

63rd%of Software orgs

# 934of 2,547 Software orgs

Want to see everything?

Take a moment to anonymously rate any company you've worked for and get free access to all of our data!

Work in talent acquisition or recruiting at this company?Claim your free profile to showcase your employer brand and hire top sales talent from the RepVue community!Claim Your Free Profile

About Proofpoint

Greater San Jose Area

We provide the most effective cybersecurity and compliance solutions to protect people on every channel including email, the web, the cloud, and social media.

Percent that Attain Quota?

of team members typically hit their quota

Software Industry Average

41%

Global Average

43%

Quota Attainment at Proofpoint

Salaries

Job Role

Median Base Pay

Median OTE

Top Performer

Sales ManagerSalary data from 5 ratings

Base Pay$100k

OTE$180k

Top Performers$254k

Sales EngineerSalary data from 5 ratings

Base Pay$160k

OTE$200k

Top Performers$384k

Account ManagerSalary data from 12 ratings

Base Pay$80k

OTE$140k

Top Performers$232.5k

View all Salaries

Salaries at Proofpoint

Reviews

Current Employee

5.0

Apr 17, 2025

Great experience overall, 8 years and counting! Worth checking out!

Useful

Current Employee

4.0

Apr 15, 2025

Great leadership and product market fit. OTE is in the med to low range for the industry but WFH is worth it!

Useful

View All Reviews

Reviews at Proofpoint

Employee Ratings

Total Employee Ratings

Total Ratings

448

Ratings Verified by RepVue

Verified Ratings

88%

Job Categories

Account Executive

293

65%

SDR / BDR

11%

Account Management

Leadership Roles

Sales Engineer / Solution Consultant

Sales Enablement

Channel Sales / Partnerships

Customer Success

Employee Status

Ratings submitted by current employees

321

72%

Ratings submitted by former employees

127

28%

Have you worked at Proofpoint?

If so, please take a few minutes to anonymously share you experience!

Frequently Asked Questions

Proofpoint has an overall employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 and a RepVue score of 81.85. They are ranked #776 out of all Software organizations.

Currently it is reported that 40.2% of the reps at Proofpoint are hitting quota.

Proofpoint has a rating of 3.5 out of 5 for culture and leadership. They are ranked #1592 in this category out of 5510 companies.

Proofpoint has a rating of 4.3 out of 5 for Product - Market Fit and is ranked #390 out of 2547 Software companies.