Optiv reviews

3.4

54% would recommend to a friend

(734 total reviews)
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Kevin Lynch

47% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Optiv has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 734 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Optiv 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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734 reviews
1.0
Aug 8, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Unknown - I seriously can't think of anything good to say about them at this point.

Cons

The failed merger of Accuvant and FishNet was more of a hostile takeover resulting in the termination of all quality FishNet leadership as the culmination of an unhealthy grudge match. This left behind only brown-nosing yes-men that pandered to Accuvant leadership and squeezed the life out of the consulting practices. The merger is a continuation of a grudge-match between the two companies that formed Optiv and the incessant bad choices and loss of quality talent will likely result in poor service quality to customers and the eventual demise of Optiv. All departments are in complete disarray and the current leadership is totally clueless. At this point, the company is completely upside down. Don't waste your time on Optiv anytime soon. If it ever recovers, it will be years from now, if ever. From the looks of things, it would be a complete surprise if massive lay-offs are not in the works. Recently, they gutted benefits and they keep messing with the compensation plans. They are driving consultants away in an attempt to make short-term numbers and GP look good. What is worse, the executive services leadership lacks experience and vision. They have no idea how to run a services organization or retain quality talent.

2.0
Jan 9, 2020

The Sound of Silence

Recommend
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Pros

A lot of great people work at Optiv.

Cons

I will start by saying that my experience only relates to working in marketing. If you're looking to work in any other department, this may not apply at all. The marketing organization is a highly dysfunctional one that has only gotten worse in the last couple of years. There currently is an interim CMO that seems like a really good guy who means well, but the future is uncertain. Many have left, are leaving or say they are planning to leave. It stems from most of the senior leaders' seeming inability to lead, along with infighting among them, which has been echoed by employees in other segments of the marketing organization. They do not work well with each other and the implications of that roll down hill. Beyond that, I can only comment directly on my own boss. When I had issues with my position many months ago, I sent her an e-mail describing them in great detail. This was met with no response. When she once told me that I was communicating with a person in an improper way, and I explained myself, she had me written up. She did not attend the HR meeting. She never offered guidance. She never even acknowledged that it happened. When I eventually gave my two week notice, I received well wishes and whatnot from many in the organization. She didn't reply, but only forwarded it on to HR, acting like nothing happened with not even one word typed, let alone spoken, through the remainder of my employment. That says a lot. There are a lot of great people in marketing, but almost every one of them that I've spoken to about the subject have said they intend on leaving due to leadership. I would suggest steering in a different direction.

1.0
Dec 17, 2019

Beware the wolf in sheep's clothing

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Remote work/work from home Unlimited PTO/recharge

Cons

The severe lack of upper management and discrimination; if you did your job well, you rarely heard about it, other than a few random calls or chats. If you were not part of the "clique", then you were targeted and ostracized. They allow sexual harassment to be swept under the rug while strong arming you into signing something that says it never happened and the harasser is still employed. It was literally a chore to get up and work everyday for a job I used to love. I enjoyed working with most of my co-workers, but the management and leadership continued to down spiral. They put the burden of the company's failure on the inside sales team, not the outside sales team or management. It was admitted the bad behavior/habits of the outside sales team was "self-inflicted" by the leadership and it was forced upon other internal teams to make up for it. There was little to no incentive or career path. The entire culture of the company went downhill over the past few years. The environment has gotten very toxic.

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