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

Company ratings over time

Ratings trend for the last 6 months (1,669 reviews)

Ratings by demographic groups

Race / Ethnicity

Gender

Sexual orientation

Disability

Parent or family caregiver

Veteran status

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).

Reviews by job title

2K reviews

1.0

Oct 4, 2022

Be very careful to not become part of the 70%

Regional sales manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The product was great unless you were competing with MSFT. The CSM's were good the SE's not very good at all.

Cons

In 2019 70% of all OKTA field sales reps did not make quota. I kept this record as a reminder of how bad it was working at OKTA in field sales. By far the worst work experience I ever had.

1.0

May 27, 2022

Inappropriate Relationships with SDR managers

Sdr

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice product and progressive company

Cons

SDR Managers will "date" employees

3.0

Oct 31, 2019

Great company but worst IT team

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing company, inspiring leadership, great products, excellent culture, reasonable benefits. I am very optimistic about the future of the company. I could have given 5 star if not for IT team.

Cons

President of Technology listens to and keeps incompetent people in IT team. Managers including directors in Business Systems team doesn't even have basic people management skill. Very poor in people management. I have seen managers sending messages to sub-ordinates saying he was pissed off with their work. People are struggling in IT team. The standard is nowhere close to bay area standards. Old people have a habit of making new comers life difficult. People including your manager will talk from behind. I openly heard couple of Indian Managers in Business Technology team speaking about their continued service to the company for last 3-4 years just for Stock Options. Most interestingly, your title and roles doesn't have any correlation. Don't be doomed by the title they offer.

Viewing 79 - 81 of 1,669 Reviews

Jobs at Okta

Customer Success Executive

Manager, Technology Alliance Partners

Customer Success Executive

Customer Success Executive

Okta

Okta reviews

Company ratings over time

Ratings by demographic groups

Reviews by job title

Be very careful to not become part of the 70%

Inappropriate Relationships with SDR managers

Great company but worst IT team

Jobs at Okta

Okta reviews FAQs

Want the inside scoop on your own company?

Bowls

Followed companies

Job searches

Company ratings over time

Okta reviews FAQs

Jobs at Okta