Pros
Optiv has offered me a work-life balance that I find hard to match.
I have been with Optiv for over 5 years, and started as a legacy employee prior to the merger last year. In my prior life I went through mergers, re-orgs, cutbacks, growth spurts at both start ups and established companies and Optiv is no different. There is always and adjustment period associated with any change and realistically no one can be pleased all the time, but I do feel that the management and executives have been supportive of the employee base as a whole. Growth and change (for the better or worse) take time, and I think that Optiv is still small and agile enough to be able to change their policies and offerings to employees as they learn from what works and what doesn't.
I have been happy with (aka agree with) about 90% of the changes that have been happening.
In the past I have had both good and bad managers at Optiv. Just as I have worked with good and bad people in different departments and business units. However I think the company as a whole has been hiring smarter and being less tolerant of bad employees. In the my "legacy" days (pre-merger) I was exposed to and observed a lot of arrogant, disrespectful behaviors, most of which has disappeared.
75% of the reason why I stay is because of my peers (co-workers and managers) and 25% is because of the company (benefits, growth opportunities). Yes I can go to another company, make more money, have a "better title", have "more benefits" but I have an excellent work-life balance that I find hard to beat as well as a chance to watch a company in flux first hand. Personally I have found a lot of opportunities to grow myself professionally at Optiv because of all the changes.
Lots of open
Cons
Multitude of changes can be challenging to those who are intolerant of any change. No clear professional growth strategy especially for consultants/technical staff. Weak training program for those new to InfoSec. A small "culture of arrogance" still exists...though it is quickly disappearing. New Hiring is too slow and probably hampered by perceived lack of professional growth opportunities.
