Optimum reviews

2.9

41% would recommend to a friend

(519 total reviews)

Dennis Mathew

53% approve of CEO

30% positive business outlook

Optimum has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 519 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Optimum employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Telecommunications industry (3.6 stars).

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519 reviews
1.0
Nov 14, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You get paid, you work from home.

Cons

You're squeezed to death, every month the goals are very competitive to reach (purposely done to not pay their employees commission.) If you don't hit a goal threshold you won't be paid commission and zero out. Additionally the department is a DEI nightmare, they know the department has a culture issue. There's a total of 4 supervisors in the department and to which they're very opened to trash talk each other under the umbrella that it's being 'competitive' however they feed into a toxic work culture. The whole management (Manager > Director) in the department is incompetent not to mention we use systems that are outdated. They expect you to sell Optimum Mobile as the only real way to make commission in the department and you're faced against our horrible systems to process an order. The work culture in this department is so bad that their most veteran employees are looking for a way out and more to resign. The department will be shifted into an all BPO (Outsourced) and reps from Texas as this is cheaper labor pushing out all the seasoned Northeastern agents. The sales goals are adjusted monthly and they go by last year statistics and will never be adjusted even if the department has gotten a lesser Sales Traffic then anticipated from last year statistics. This is purposely done again so the ratio can be a 2:5 of paid commissions vs not paid commissions to save money for the company. As expected in any corporate job, management is oblivious about the work culture they have created. If you want to ride a sinking ship to the ground then join! If you're not desperate yet for a job I'd say look elsewhere as you'll be job hunting fairly quickly. Oh, also you will get 2 paid holidays off the whole year. Be prepared to work even on New Years Day.

4.0
Nov 13, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Solid training over the course of starting 3 months combined with shadowing and field sales Great culture. okay base salary and great offers to sell for great commission checks

Cons

They dont cover gas mileage or pay on your cars wear and tear so you end up driving a lot but no reimbursements. Thats one thing that might be a very negative thing for some people and actually end up in some leaving this role. If you are ready drive arou d 2-3 hours per day some times and okay with not being reimbursed this could be the best position.

2.0
Nov 12, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good executive team, Good working level teams

Cons

Challenging every qtr based on macro issues, and cable consumers leaving

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