Optiv reviews

Still growing and changing from an MSSP to a services company. Making great strides, it’s just a matter of time, but change is difficult and sometimes you run into old culture and pre-existing roadblocks internally.

My manager was narcissistic and abusive. He would tell me I was aggressive and had “emotional baggage” that I needed to deal with. He would hide my good performance from other leaders and take credit for my hard work. He would encourage other male leaders to make sexual jokes toward women. He laughed when I told him what I wanted my salary to be. That should have been my warning sign. Working for this person diminished my confidence, and ruined my personal outlook on my career. I was petrified to tell HR because he was so well liked by those that didn’t report to him, and he was friends with the HRBP. No one was sad when he left. There was a sigh of relief, even. Optiv hired this person. Keep that in mind as you at evaluating your own hiring manager at optiv.