A paycheck and a lot of red tape - Anonymous employee Forcepoint Employee Review

1.0
7 Mar 2020
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Paycheck, subpar for the industry an the area but it was a paycheck.

Cons

Subpar health insurance for a company of that size. Subpar 401K No transparency No communication with employees Management with fluffed ego Red tape all over the place. More bureaucracy than a government agency. They want you to ace at your job but with no tools. Top management is just a fraternity of friends. If you know someone there you will easy become a director or more. I was the only person reporting to my manager and it was done like that just to promote him to director. He had no managerial experience whatsoever. On my two years with the company I had only three 1:1 with him. After I was laid off due to “reorganization” the company spent millions of dollars for a “showroom” in Boston. Ridiculous!

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Forcepoint Response
6y
Thank you for taking the time to write about your experience here at Forcepoint. We are always looking at ways to get better and communicate. We feel our total rewards are in line with our competition for a company of our size. We are sorry that the reorganization of your department caused you to be laid off in 2019, companies need to regularly take a look at their current staff against the demands of the business, resulting in changes. The Boston Sales Center of Excellence opening and reorganization of your department could appear to some as related but was not. Your comments in regard to your manager have been noted and will be shared, we agree in that there should have been more communication between you and your manager.

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Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us and we aim to use insight from current and former employees to continuously improve. Please feel free to reach out to a member of HR or the Leadership Team if you would like to share more feedback directly.
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