Decent Corporation To Work For - Cyber Security Threat Analyst Optiv Employee Review

3.0
Feb 13, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Guaranteed annual raises, for all roles, with a clear understanding of exactly what you can expect percentage-wise for the increase each year -Guaranteed annual bonuses -Good leadership in the Services org (Jason Lewkowicz is awesome, as are his leadership team members) -"Unlimited" Recharge (PTO; there is a limit to annual PTO allowed, but it's higher than I've ever even gotten close to) -Optiv has been consistent with forward progress, with growth and improvements, while I've been employed (~5yrs)

Cons

-Undesirable health insurance options; Only one PPO choice (UHC), and only from one insurance provider, of the two providers offered. Choices are UHC or Kaiser. UHC has a fine print in-network tiered system. If you choose UHC, be sure to read ALL fine print about the "blue heart rating system" that designates which in-network providers are tier 1 and tier 2, and after you read the fine print, keep researching/reading a little longer to be safe. Cigna was dropped this year (2023) for UHC, under the pretense the change was in the best interest of employees. -It can be very difficult to change orgs within the company. For example, going from Sales to Services, or Services to Internal IT Operations, is almost never done. -The percentages on the annual bonus awarded to you, is based on the company's success as a whole, for the applicable quarters. You could be granted only a tiny fraction of your possible bonus maximum target (i.g. hundreds instead of thousands).

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5.0
May 27, 2026
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Pros

Great work-life balance in the company

Cons

There have been many layoffs over the years

2.0
Jun 9, 2026
Recommend
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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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