Optiv reviews

As consultants, a good portion of income comes from utilization bonuses. These bonuses at Optiv were paid quarterly and is what made life on the road away from family worth it. At the end of the first quarter of the year, just about when we were to get paid, management send out a new “bonus policy” basically slashing these bonuses to nothing. Had this been done at the beginning of the quarter it wouldn’t have made me so mad, but waiting until we all worked our butts off expecting the bonus we agreed to is just plain wrong. Once the new policy went into effect, the scheduling of engagements changed to get you to miss the bonus altogether. This truly shows that KKR only cares about their own bottom line and not about their employees. They stole nearly $10k from me in the first quarter alone.

Where to begin. When KKR purchased Optiv from Blackstone the true intent of KKR was revealed. As consultants we were paid a base salary with an increasing bonus scale based upon productivity. My Q1 2017 was stellar. I was expecting the bonus, as promised for my hard work and dedication. Two days prior to paying out our earned bonuses, Senior Management cancelled them. Their excuse: "We've spent too much time and effort on the sale to KKR that we dropped the ball on sales." So.... let me get this straight.... you admit that you cannot manage properly and then make your most productive employees pay the price? I resent Optiv and it's management. In my heart and mind they still owe me $8,000. TL:DR Optiv management is a bunch of liars.