Is Okta a good company to work for?

Okta has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 1,801 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months. 62% of employees would recommend working at Okta to a friend and 59% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Okta have been left by employees working as Senior Customer Success Manager , Sales Development Representative and Sales Development Representative (SDR) .

Does Okta pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Okta employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Okta. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Okta?

62% of Okta employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Okta 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Okta?

Account Executive (131) , Sales Development Representative (SDR) (108) , Sales (63) , Software Engineer (56) , Senior Software Engineer (38) , Solutions Engineer (35) , Customer Success Manager (28) , Director (25) , Enterprise Account Executive (25) , Sales Development Representative (25) , Business Development Representative (BDR) (24) , Staff Software Engineer (22) , Sales Representative (20) , Manager (19) , Marketing (19)

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

"Co Founders Great products Great people Widely accepted in marketplace and crushing competition" ((in 162 reviews)); "Great Benefits and Comp" ((in 140 reviews)); "Pay is good except for this year the stock portion of salaries was eroded by the stock prices slump." ((in 90 reviews)); "Good work/life balance (for now)" ((in 77 reviews)); "Has a great leadership that cares about the business and the individuals." ((in 68 reviews))

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

"data breaches and poor management around these" ((in 69 reviews)); "Managers are new and making all their reports start their from scratch" ((in 38 reviews)); "Annual layoffs followed by huge cuts to commission." ((in 35 reviews)); "Upper management has lost the plot." ((in 16 reviews)); "A bit bloated in middle management and the BT org could use an overhaul." ((in 13 reviews))

What are employees saying about Okta layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Okta locations?

San Francisco , Washington , Chicago , New York , Seattle , Bellevue , San Jose , Austin , Los Angeles , Boston , Dallas , Atlanta , Denver , Salt Lake City , Raleigh , California City , San Diego , Miami , Nashville , South San Francisco , Philadelphia , San Francisco , Phoenix , Detroit , Houston , Sacramento , Baltimore , Jacksonville , Tampa , Sweden

Okta reviews

3.6

62% would recommend to a friend

(1,669 total reviews)

Todd McKinnon

69% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.6

Culture & values

3.3

Career opportunities

3.1

Senior management

Okta has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,669 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Okta employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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2K reviews

2.0

Aug 16, 2016

Great People, Great Product, Terrible Management

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Okta has an awesome product and a lot of very bright people working there. You will be exposed to some very cool stuff here that will either force you to learn quickly and get up to speed or find the quickest exit. Not everyone can handle it.

Cons

For all the talk about how great it is to work here and how much the managers love you, it's nonsense and as soon as you go against the grain (meaning, think for yourself and express your opinion), you become enemy number one. If you are faced with any situation where there is a difference of opinion, you will either accept what management says or be shown the door. Okta is quickly, and I mean quickly, on the path to being a terrible place to work. It's not quite there yet, but I give it less than a year and we shall see.

5.0

Oct 8, 2018

Passionate team, trustworthy leadership, massive potential

Senior marketing manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Our vision is inspiration, our potential is massive. I am confident that Okta is going to be as big as Salesforce one day. - I trust and respect our leaders. They're all experts in their domains; some are the best in the business. And yet, they're humble, too. - If you work hard and are committed to this company, you will succeed. Career opportunities abound! - Okta truly is sales, marketing and PR machine. I'm proud to say I work on the Marketing team and of the work of my colleagues. I mean, we had Barack Obama as a keynote speaker at our customer conference in 2018! How cool is that?!

Cons

- Our unofficial company motto is "Always On," so expect to *always* be on to be taken seriously: nights, weekends, vacations and holidays. It's great that people are passionate about their work, but sometimes, it feels like a competition to see who can work the hardest or longest. - I'm torn on whether or not I should comment on the "bro culture" mentioned in recent reviews. It's not as bad as I've seen/experienced elsewhere, but the fact that this is common in software companies shouldn't be an excuse. I know the leaders mean well, but most of them are straight white males, and they need to really invest in diversity and inclusion. - Don't come expecting Google, Facebook, Airbnb or Square-level food. But I actually don't think that's a con! We should be investing in more important things than food.

1.0

Jun 30, 2017

Dont bother

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Can sometimes be fun and rewarding

Cons

Inexperienced and incompetent Management.

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