Is Okta a good company to work for?

Okta has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 1,805 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 61% of employees would recommend working at Okta to a friend and 59% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Okta have been left by employees working as Senior Customer Success Manager , Sales Development Representative and Sales Development Representative (SDR) .

Does Okta pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Okta employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Okta. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Okta?

61% of Okta employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Okta 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Okta?

Account Executive (131) , Sales Development Representative (SDR) (109) , Sales (62) , Software Engineer (56) , Senior Software Engineer (39) , Solutions Engineer (35) , Customer Success Manager (28) , Director (25) , Enterprise Account Executive (25) , Sales Development Representative (25) , Business Development Representative (BDR) (24) , Staff Software Engineer (22) , Sales Representative (20) , Manager (19) , Marketing (18)

What are the pros of working at Okta according to real employee reviews?

"Co Founders Great products Great people Widely accepted in marketplace and crushing competition" ((in 163 reviews)); "Great Benefits and Comp" ((in 141 reviews)); "Pay is good except for this year the stock portion of salaries was eroded by the stock prices slump." ((in 90 reviews)); "Good work/life balance (for now)" ((in 76 reviews)); "Has a great leadership that cares about the business and the individuals." ((in 70 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Okta according to real employee reviews?

"Bad management all around." ((in 63 reviews)); "Some of the Managers have no clue on identity but still allocated Director title" ((in 36 reviews)); "Annual layoffs followed by huge cuts to commission." ((in 35 reviews)); "Upper management has lost the plot." ((in 17 reviews)); "A bit bloated in middle management and the BT org could use an overhaul." ((in 14 reviews))

What are employees saying about Okta layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Okta layoffs and their outlook for job security at Okta in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Okta locations?

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Okta reviews

3.6

61% would recommend to a friend

(1,672 total reviews)

Todd McKinnon

69% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

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Okta has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,672 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Okta 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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2K reviews

2.0

Oct 29, 2024

Extremely fast-paced environment

Marketing

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Salary and benefits were great! Many resources for full-time employees

Cons

- Passive aggression from management - An extremely fast-paced environment makes it easier to burn out - Not set up for success in the role - No work/life balance, common to work more than 40 hours a week

1.0

Aug 9, 2024

Look elsewhere

Customer success manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-product improves every year -Auth0 and Spera purchase good -they’re looking into ID proofing to be more well rounded -intelligent teammates -has ESP -has big logos -big federal customers

Cons

-upper manager and middle management sinking the ship, all upper management received a promotion in titles -Splunk hires in management are awful -lots of toxicity in CSM and AE worlds -lots of bad deals were made post c*vid resulting in current churn and slow YOY growth -no transparency -lay offs are new normal, 1-2x a year, expect another for new fiscal -HR is bad -little to no upward mobility -pay stagnant -AEs are revolving door, many awful hires -Microsoft eating our lunch due to company’s consolidation -new review system for contributors to stack rank is creating a lot of brown noises. -work loads have increased tremendously

2.0

Jul 1, 2024

Not the same company as before

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Coffee barista. Office location is nice.

Cons

A lot of patch work to fix the security breach.

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