Palo Alto Networks
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Palo Alto Networks currently holds a 3.5 Blind rating from 732 reviews. Core product: Imported from companies. Strongest marks: compensation and career growth. Recent pulse: 3.6 from 10 reviews in the last 60 days.
- Overall
- 1.27 Amazons
- Recent 60d (10)
- 1.97 Amazons
- Perception
- 1.16 Amazons
- Recent delta
- +0.70 Amazons
- Perception delta
- -0.12 Amazons
- Reviews
- 732
- Perception votes
- 15
- Last updated
- May 30, 2026
- Status
- Unknown
Distribution
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Score
1.27 Amazons
Percentile
43th
Companies
221
Peak bin
39
Metric breakdown
Overall rating
Default leaderboard sort, based on the company's Blind score.
Recent 60 days
Average across reviews from the last 60 days, using up to 10 of the latest stored review cards.
Career growth
How employees rate long-term advancement and trajectory.
Compensation / Benefits
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Management
How employees rate leadership quality and decision-making.
Work life balance
The balance score used when sorting for sustainability.
Company culture
How employees rate the day-to-day environment and team culture.
Public perception
Elo score
1329
Confidence band
+- 126
Public record
11W / 4L
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Latest review list
10 reviews from the last 60 days
1. May 21, 2026
Smart CEO
4.0Current Employee / Finance
Pros: CEO is hungry and strives for big deals. Middle management sucks or suckers
Cons: Promotions and stock refreshers are worthless. Leave after 4 years.
2. May 12, 2026
Always happening
5.0Current Employee / Principal Engineer
Pros: Good pay, good stocks, leadership is good, culture overall is good
Cons: Can get toxic at times with unwanted restructures, leadership changes
3. May 11, 2026
Was great few years ago, now need to be in a clique
3.0Current Employee / Product Manager
Pros: Decent comp, potentially good collegues. Can provide some stability in this climate.
Cons: NetSec Mgmt is bad, if youre not ex-Cisco or networked, youll never be noticed
4. May 11, 2026
Could be a great place to work but...
2.0Current Employee / Sales
Pros: The pay is good, I guess, compared to other companies of similar size.
Cons: ...too much politics, too many silos, too many managers running business units like their own little kingdoms. Not a lot of cross collaboration, horrible attrition rates, everyone is nervous because Palo doesn't have layoffs, they have...
5. May 7, 2026
terrible management and even worse company culture
2.0Former Employee / Senior Manager, Business Operations
Pros: basically just the pay is pretty good if you negotiate a good offer initially, otherwise, don't expect to get much or any raises.
Cons: Nikesh the CEO is a greedy pig who doesn't care about anyone but himself and his billionaire buddies.
6. May 8, 2026
Good company so far
4.0Current Employee / Principal Engineer
Pros: offers good compensation. very fast paced good teammates good work
Cons: work life balance can be tricky. lot of work.lack of structure.
7. May 6, 2026
Good Company if you are part of a lean team
4.0Current Employee / Staff Systems Administrator
Pros: Nice Compensation structure with respect to peer companies Work life balance
Cons: Top down heavy post management change Not good top Management
8. April 21, 2026
Great work life balance and very poor higher management, no exec trust and lack of innovation
3.0Current Employee / Senior Engineering Manager
Pros: Good work life balance, some smart people, some good leaders
Cons: When you try to innovate they try to find many ways of shutting down your idea
9. April 20, 2026
Good company to work for.
4.0Current Employee / Senior Staff Engineer
Pros: Work life balance Stocks are good In office facilities are good.
Cons: Career growth Politics is bad Incapable people getting management role
10. April 16, 2026
Great work culture
5.0Current Employee / Software Engineer
Pros: Really like it here, good work life balance, would recommend
Cons: I dont see any downside as of now, good wlb
