Does Fortinet pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Fortinet employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Fortinet. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Fortinet?

68% of Fortinet employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Fortinet 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Fortinet?

Systems Engineer (201) , Technical Support Engineer (161) , Software Engineer (99) , TAC Engineer (98) , Major Account Manager (87) , Account Manager (55) , Software Developer (53) , Business Development Representative (BDR) (50) , Senior Software Engineer (43) , Sales (40) , Inside Sales Representative (39) , Regional Account Manager (37) , Software QA Engineer (34) , Channel Account Manager (28) , Manager (25)

What are the pros of working at Fortinet according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance and relax" ((in 173 reviews)); "Great people to work with" ((in 134 reviews)); "Very flexible and provide good benefits" ((in 131 reviews)); "Great culture where you can be yourself and are accepted within the community with respect and kindness." ((in 129 reviews)); "4) Good salary and Stocks" ((in 128 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Fortinet according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and they don't take care of the employees" ((in 124 reviews)); "It's not that the managers in the sales regions are bad leaders, they're just powerless and afraid." ((in 38 reviews)); "Leadership at the VP level and up is poor.... You'll be amazed at how much and how little requires CEO/CTO/CFO approval." ((in 31 reviews)); "No training facilities for dev team" ((in 27 reviews)); "lack of diversity in some department" ((in 15 reviews))

What are employees saying about Fortinet layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Fortinet layoffs and their outlook for job security at Fortinet in 2026.

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3.8

68% would recommend to a friend

(2,889 total reviews)

Ken Xie

72% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Culture & values

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Career opportunities

3.4

Senior management

Fortinet has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,889 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Fortinet employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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Reviews by job title

3K reviews

1.0

Nov 4, 2025

Poor sales structure and the lack of business ethics

Regional account manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

One pizza party every 2nd Quarter and access to a BDR who will spam out the same email since 2021.

Cons

Joke of a Sales Kick Off, unrealistic sales targets, difficult to acquire new logos, poorly run commercial and Enterprise team. The marketing and HR are useless and old school ,no new leads generated. The channel team sucks.

4.0

Nov 2, 2025

Great Place to get started in a cybersecurity

Inside strategic account manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great management as they are understanding and easy to work with

Cons

If you don’t have a good territory if you could be an uphill climb to become successful

3.0

Nov 1, 2025

Fortinet Sales team is the best in the world, pay not so great, extremely hard to get good increases

Director, sales

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Sales team is very helpful Company is growing steadily Products are good Vision is on point for the technology

Cons

Executive level is disconnected from everyday problems Worse than expected pay increases, almost impossible to get a good raise, forget anything bigger than 6% Stock and Salary in Canada is a joke compared to US, but guess it's kinda like this across the board for US vs Canada companies

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