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
Nov 4, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

- There are many genuinely exceptional employees here - DE&I is promoted heavily and always has been - 24/7 remote positions - Annual ACR means guaranteed annual raises

Cons

- Healthcare insurance providers were changed a couple years ago, we now have UHC and the options are horrible - If you lose your coin flip and end up underneath bad management, you're on your own. If you have a narcissistic toxic manipulative manager, there's nothing you can do and HR won't help you at all. - Unlimited PTO is only true if you're in the right role on the right team under the right management. I've had roles with excellent PTO ability but the role I've been in for a couple of years allows for less than 2wks of PTO a year due to toxic management. Burn-out is so real. - Optiv loves to understaff teams. Internal IT, Sales, Services, every pillar has this issue. It take months and months to get approvals for backfills. If a team is competent and can work understaffed, Optiv will happily drag their feet because less employees means more profit. It's incredibly discouraging. - Annual raises can be anywhere from 1% to 7% and it's at your management's discretion how much of a percentage you get. You can work incredibly hard, be an excellent team player, make your clients happy, but if you have a toxic manager you won't get a good raise.

1.0
Oct 31, 2024

Train Wreck

Recommend
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Pros

Good pay, low stress and easy to hide. Great if you are a DEI employee as they will never lay you off as that is a huge focus.

Cons

Upper Management is clueless. When their strategies don't work they pivot, laying people off and then hire in Bangalore, India. The comp plans drove most of the good people out and then the laid off most of the other senior people over many rounds.

1.0
Feb 21, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Easy interview process, great to people trying to break into the cybersecurity industry. There were some genuinely great consultants working there.

Cons

They make you sign a non-compete as part of their employment offer and will send their team of full-time lawyers to check up on you well after you quit. Expect to get a very threatening letter from their legal team if you decide to stay in the cyber security field. I live in a state where non-competes are prohibited, but that didn't stop them from contacting me and others I've spoken with.

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