I verbally heard in a bunch of meetings where Q3 2027 is when contract renewals are going to happen with US and Canadian staffing agencies and given how the CEO and the executives have been rooting for "APAC" (India) and AI. There is a huge chance... — read more
Proofpoint Turnover of Employees
Just sharing an internal perspective for anyone wondering why Proofpoint roles are constantly advertised. In my time there, I’ve seen multiple small teams (single-digit to low-teens headcount) experience significant churn — in some cases 5–6 people... — read more
SKO and CEO
Some of us were not invited to the party in Vegas. How goes SKO and what about the CEO msg??
More RTO? 4-days a week….
Email from KS today doubling down on RTO. Wow.
PP outsourced a bunch of support staff
Used to work in a department of PP, they recently hired a bunch of people that live in India and then PP did a mass layoff of almost all of the US and Canada support teams, including me. I'm just frustrated.
Layoffs 30 people
Proofpoint Core Engineering group had a layoff - around 30 people today. 2/19/2025.
Proofpoint Pune
Time to jump ship at the news of the partnership with an Indian company in Pune. It's all downhill from here, enjoy your new customer support in a few months!
Hiring at the top
Three new execs in the last week, looks like restructuring and momentum after difficult layoffs.
Layoffs
Summit dhawan just released an email discussing his plans to release 280 employees and rehire cheaper labor in Argentina and Ireland. Another act of tech terrorism by Sumit Dhawan
RTO - mandate
interesting to see how this is all going to roll out in the next couple weeks. people who live less than 35miles from office have to come into the office 3 days/week (M,T,TH). People outside of 35miles are exempt. What's the real reason for being... — read more
Changes since Sumit became CEO
In only a few short weeks he has made some negative changes. Mandatory 3 days in the office for non remote workers Not reimbursing Cellphones for non-field staff. Not a great start to his time.
Thoma Bravo acquisition
first https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/26/thoma-bravo-buys-cybersecurity-vendor-proofpoin-for-12-3b-in-cash/