Great People, Great Product, Terrible Management - Anonymous employee Okta Employee Review

2.0
16 Aug 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Okta has an awesome product and a lot of very bright people working there. You will be exposed to some very cool stuff here that will either force you to learn quickly and get up to speed or find the quickest exit. Not everyone can handle it.

Cons

For all the talk about how great it is to work here and how much the managers love you, it's nonsense and as soon as you go against the grain (meaning, think for yourself and express your opinion), you become enemy number one. If you are faced with any situation where there is a difference of opinion, you will either accept what management says or be shown the door. Okta is quickly, and I mean quickly, on the path to being a terrible place to work. It's not quite there yet, but I give it less than a year and we shall see.

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