Good intentions, poor execution - Project Manager Optiv Employee Review

2.0
Jun 2, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Coworkers are the best part. Everyone is very supportive and willing to help at the drop of a dime.

Cons

Project Managers are extremely overworked. 50-60 projects per PM. Management was attempting to decrease this number of projects per PM, but hadn't come up with an efficient way. Projects range from 40 hours to 400+ hours. Lack of process and documentation. Learn by being thrown into the fire. No training on products/services

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Optiv Response
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Thanks for your feedback. We are committed to creating an environment where employees feel empowered, supported, and are proud of their work and impact on the world. You are right, Optiv employees are the best. We all get a chance to work side by side with very talented folks and support each other to become our absolute best. We are sorry to hear you felt overworked. Work-life balance is an important tenant of the values we live by, even in times of fast growth. That is why we offer our employees our Recharge program, a flexible, no time tracking vacation policy that lets you take the time you need, when you need it. We'd like to offer the opportunity to continue this conversation, please reach out to HR@optiv.com, and share some more on the 'Cons' you listed. We're willing to listen! Thanks for being on our team and best of luck in your future endeavors!

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