Toxic leadership and culture - Anonymous employee Optiv Employee Review

1.0
Feb 14, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There are some solid performers. Good facilities throughout the company.

Cons

Inept and immature leadership throughout the company. Promotions happen at the highest levels only with the exception being "yes men" they put into place. Toxic and backstabbing leaders who can't stay focused for 1 week or agree on what their flavor of the month is. Consistent misses on bonuses. Insanely high medical premiums with lackluster coverage. Constant layoffs due to leadership not being able to forecast or manage appropriately. Turnover is at ridiculous levels with no accountability. Don't bother reaching out to someone in Human Resources more than once because they won't be there. The department can't keep a person longer than a few months. KKR is on prem which I thought would help but to no avail. Culture of Optiv is based on lies, poor leadership and deceit. Parking allowance is being stripped away but hey, you may get to share a seat with key leadership on the rail. Yeah right - don't expect leadership to practice what they preach. Work from home was advertised to attract a lot of us and now fully taken away.

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