Optiv reviews

3.4

54% would recommend to a friend

(735 total reviews)
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Kevin Lynch

47% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Optiv has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 735 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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735 reviews
3.0
Jun 25, 2017

Security Analytics Developer

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Smart and experienced staff to work with. The projects allow for working with some very exciting technologies.

Cons

Constant internal restructuring making it difficult to get excited and interested in projects.

1.0
Jun 25, 2017

The layoffs have begun

Recommend
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Pros

Lots of different jobs for people at various levels of experience and in my areas of specialization.

Cons

The KKR squeeze is on. The second round of layoffs occurred in mid June. Even people who are consulting are being cut. Morale is low and it is worsening. This is all because Optiv is missing its sales numbers - missing them big. This is because Optiv is being disrupted, even as it tries to hang on to its legacy VAR business. Optiv was once the dominant leader in the security solutions space, but it's quickly becoming a has-been. Key leaders have left the business, and they took Optiv's vision with them. Innovation has slowed to a crawl, while nimble and visionary competitors are leaving Optiv in the dust.

3.0
Jun 21, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Unlimited PTO program, great people in the Denver office, good experience for newer professionals, exciting position in the industry, has so much potential to be an amazing company to work for.

Cons

Executive strategy execution changes constantly (hard to align any planning), cross-team collaboration/strategy is non-existent, no value on employee potential/contribution, company struggles with committing to a long term vision or making tough decisions.

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