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      Optiv

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      Optiv reviews

      3.4

      54% would recommend to a friend

      (734 total reviews)
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      Kevin Lynch

      47% approve of CEO

      38% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.7

      Work/Life balance

      3.4

      Culture & values

      3.3

      Career opportunities

      3.2

      Compensation and benefits

      2.9

      Senior management

      Optiv has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 734 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Optiv 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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      734 reviews
      1.0
      Feb 7, 2016

      A dinosaur living past it's time.

      Security architect
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      Pros

      A place to camp until you find something better or to get some experience if you're a recent grad or junior delivery consultant. It's also a greet place if you're part of the inner circle of executives. Optiv prides itself on being the biggest in the space but biggest is not always better. Certainly not for the vast majority of their employees.

      Cons

      Mismanagement & political turmoil within. Accuvant was a great company before Blackstone got involved. They were building something special and had some really talented people. Most of all they were a PEOPLE company. All that's left now are a bunch of greedy executives trying their best to paint a good picture for their employees while they work to fatten the pig hoping for a big IPO payday.

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      Optiv Response
      10y
      Dear Concerned Optiv team member, we appreciate your comments and value the opinions of all members of our team, whether they are current or former employees. Our goal is to maintain a valued working environment for each of our employees, but we realize this can be a challenging task in times of change. While there have been ups and downs in this process, there have been more positives along the way, and we are optimistic and excited about the future of our company. Thank you for expressing your concerns, as we believe it is important to listen to all feedback, whether it is positive or negative, and take it into consideration. We wish you best of luck in all your future endeavors.
      1.0
      Aug 30, 2020

      think twice

      Client services manager
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      Pros

      Great people and co-workers who care about the company

      Cons

      The company just seems to be slowly dying and cant get out of its own way

      1.0
      Jun 18, 2020

      Run away ASAP

      Anonymous employee
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      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Beautiful Denver Hq ( empty office ). $$$ should have gone into the business/people. Had some of the best people. Place to build relationships for your career after Optiv.

      Cons

      Not a meritocracy. Lack of advancement. As others have stated you will be a slave. New alignment and Sr Management every few quarters. New leadership seems to continually fail. This has been going on for over 5 yrs. No change in behavior. Instead of listening to long term employees who know the business better than anyone from outside. No investment in Services but they want to be a Services company. Not paid bonuses. Bonus data manipulation. Wholesale Pandemic layoffs of revenue generating, profit making employees. That says volumes about culture. Shows no care for the people who actually run the business. Founder/ CEO pushed out by PE. This company cannot compete and should be broken up and sold for its parts before there is no value left.

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      Optiv Response
      5y
      We appreciate the time you took to share your input and regret that Optiv was not a fit for your career. Change is never easy but the transformation completed last year was hugely beneficial to our clients and future success. To clarify, Optiv did not have pandemic layoffs and in fact we landed new clients and revenue streams by helping organizations manage new remote employee working structures. Lastly of note, our founder is still at Optiv and a huge benefit to our journey.
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