Okta reviews

3.6

61% would recommend to a friend

(1,673 total reviews)
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Todd McKinnon

69% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Okta has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,673 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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5.0
Oct 28, 2016

Best Company I have ever worked for!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

I have been with Okta for 2 years as part of Customer Success organization. This is by far the best company I have ever worked for and I had worked for 3 other large software and consulting companies prior to joining Okta. People are smart, passionate and driven. I get up every morning knowing that I will be learning something new from Okta, our amazing customers and my colleagues. Our customers love us and continue to challenge us to develop the best IDM products on the market. Our CEO, Todd McKinnon is honest, transparent and a super sharp guy with a great sense of humor. I have been given opportunities to build a strong team and implement new ideas - I was never told 'no' or 'that's impossible'. This is the only company I have worked for that is truly customer focused. We drop everything when a customer is in trouble and we are always honest with them in regards to how we operate and admit to faults when we made mistakes. I have the highest respect for this company and our CEO.

Cons

Can't really think of any. I know many complained about 401k but you knew about this when you joined the company so why would this be a negative thing - Okta disclosed everything so it was your responsibility to weigh out the pros/cons before accepting that offer!

4.0
Oct 27, 2016
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Pros

The founders (CEO and COO) are each one of a kind, and perfectly balance each other. Work / life balance is good for such a high performance startup. Working here, you feel like you're on the cutting edge of enterprise IT, and connected with the leaders in cloud. This company was built on execution. It was built with the desire and willingness to be a leader in IT, and with the plan to simply serve customers the best and deliver the best value and the rest will follow. That plan has made Okta an incredibly fulfilling place to work, and completely aligned with my own values. I like feeling at the end of each day that I moved the needle forward, I got stuff done, I helped someone and I made an impact. Okta gave me those feelings in spades, like no other company I've ever worked for before. I've had the freedom to run with projects that have transformed the company. We've applied an agile approach to every part of the business, not just engineering. Build, test iterate. There are just tons of incredibly talented, no ego, collaborative and fun people to work with here.

Cons

The future feels a bit uncertain. We're definitely fighting battles on a number of fronts now in the market, which makes it a challenge across the company. It's an incredible team and product though, and I'm still confident in Okta. As our teams have all gotten bigger, I'm feeling a less personal connection across functions. And, please stop bringing in more junk food as snacks! It's really hard to walk by that stuff every day. Very taxing on my will power.

5.0
Oct 4, 2016
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Pros

Our culture is incredible - transparency, focus on customer success, teamwork and collaboration. These descriptors define how we work individually, within our team's, and across teams. We have a very big yet motivating mission and vision. We do not view Okta as a place we work but rather as a place where we passionately collaborate together to continue to grow OUR company as we strive to attain our vision. We thrive on customer success across every function of the company and our customers see this in action daily.

Cons

Things move fast at Okta due to the ongoing fast paced growth. This is not a place where you can coast along. We are constantly needing to re-evaluate how each function/team perform their roles and processes as the increase growth and scale require frequent change. In my opinion, this is really a positive and allows EVERY employee to play a role in growing Okta into an Iconic company!

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