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      New CEO is far worse than Dan Burns - Senior Consultant Optiv Employee Review

      1.0
      Jul 31, 2020
      Senior consultant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      You get to work from home. With a little bit of thought the work life balance can be great. Unlimited time off is very nice. All in all the company has lots of potential for anyone willing to put in the work.

      Cons

      Dan Burns was the former CEO and wasnt the greatest but he was far better than Kevin Lynch. Kevin only cares about social political issues and turning the company into a office cubicle culture. Kevin doesnt care at all about improving processes that will actually fix the on going issues Optiv has had internally. All he is focused on is retrying the same old failed processes that optiv has done before that have been proven not to work. I dont think Kevin is a bad guy, but I do think he needs help in changing his very one sided vision. If he is open to changing his vision and his focus he could be a great CEO for Optiv.

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      Thank you for the time to comment. In the four months since our new CEO arrived, our employee engagement results are up from the previous year and there have been great strides in our diversity and inclusion initiatives and navigation through the Covid challenges. Our new CEO has delivered 4 new vectors for all employees to be involved in for Optiv continued success and a 3 year roadmap that is very exciting.

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      5.0
      May 27, 2026
      Marketing
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great work-life balance in the company

      Cons

      There have been many layoffs over the years

      2.0
      Jun 9, 2026
      Client operations specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Unlimited PTO Supportive Management Depending on who you get Good work life balance as long as you don't take the job with you after hours Work from Home Hands on Training - could still use improvement Annual pay increase

      Cons

      2 layoffs in a year when they keps saying everything was fine.... Laying off core contributors so now everyone who is left is doing the work of 2-3 people and not being compensated accordingly Only way to get a worth while pay increase is to move up in the company the annual increases are not inline with inflation or cost of living

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