Optiv reviews

3.3

53% would recommend to a friend

(736 total reviews)
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Kevin Lynch

45% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

Optiv has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 736 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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736 reviews
1.0
Jan 6, 2026
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Pros

The people you work with at the team level are talented, supportive, and genuinely invested in doing good work despite the challenges.

Cons

There has been a noticeable exodus of senior leaders, which reflects deeper structural issues within the organization. Executive leadership has driven the company in a direction that has resulted in repeated missed targets and unrealistic sales expectations. Accountability consistently falls on frontline sales teams rather than on leadership decisions that set unattainable goals. Middle management has limited authority or visibility into executive decision-making, leaving them unable to effectively support their teams. Tenure and loyalty no longer seem to matter—performance is reduced to numbers alone, regardless of context. This has been especially frustrating for long-tenured employees who have invested years into the company and are now seeing morale and trust erode.

1.0
Aug 20, 2025

What happened!

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Pros

Pay well for the people who are there the longest and perform

Cons

So many things are going on; I’m not sure where to start. At one point, Optiv was a great organization, but over the past three years, new leadership and trust issues have arisen across the organization. Leadership does not listen to the field or the field leaders. Many great leaders have left, as have SE/Reps. All they care about now is an exit strategy and posting ramblings on CRN. They spread lies about economic stability, claiming finances are great, yet Moody’s and S&P Global say otherwise. When the sale of the MSP business was leaked on Bloomberg, instead of addressing it directly with the field, they hid like cowards. They would rather avoid talking and sit in the Glass Tower looking at their stacks of equity and where the next golden parachute is. The CEO has never led a company. VPs with only the experience of Optiv lack real-world experience on the other side of the table. CRO, CEO, and VPs are out of touch. They don’t know how to lead. Soon, there will be a mass exodus, and it will become a shell of what it once was. It’s so sad to see what has happened to a once-great company. Sorry, DB.

1.0
Jul 18, 2025
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Pros

The only Pro is that I don't work there anymore.

Cons

Executive Leadership drove away all the most talented people. Financially mismanaged and unsustainable debt situation. See the S&P Report.

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