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
2.0
May 2, 2025

Mercurial leadership, no vision, just an exit strategy

Anonymous employee
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Pros

-Some talented, hard working people at the lower levels trying to make the best of a chaotic situation. -Unlimited PTO

Cons

Take the negative reviews on this page seriously. The biggest issue at Optiv is the leadership at the very top. There is no consistent vision, only shifting priorities and performative messaging. Strategic direction is mercurial and often contradictory, resulting in confusion and reactivity rather than thoughtful leadership. The executive team doesn't seem to care about employees - only optics. Its all smoke and mirrors while the CEO seems to be looking towards an IPO or exit strategy. Opportunities for advancement or career growth are non existent largely because the business can't financially support them. The benefits package is also one of he worst in the industry, which employees have voiced concern for year after year, but no meaningful changes have been made. Feedback consistently goes unacknowledged, and morale suffers because of it. Worst part is the failure in leadership and poor business decisions have caused mass exodus and layoffs, leaving those still there to carry more weight, without any appropriate compensation.

1.0
Feb 5, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

The bottom people who actually work are good people

Cons

They keep putting bad people in decision making roles. The decisions made keep taking the company further away from a system that used to work.

1.0
Sep 10, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

It used to be a good place, but going downhill majorly in 2024

Cons

Constant switching to work on some hot new project. Sales-driven projects prioritized, while internal systems neglected to the point of constant failure. On-call 24/7 to fix 10+ year old systems when they fail. For a security company, our own security is not taken seriously. It will be embarrassing -- if not company-ending, when the hack happens. Many layers of management and not enough engineers. CIO is on YouTube gloating about reducing IT staff and outsourcing at his last job. He ran off a bunch of good, tenured people. HR takes DE&I to an aggressive level. White males are ranked below everyone else in the pile of applications.

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