The politics and favoritism runs deep - Anonymous employee Okta Employee Review

3.0
8 Aug 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The office is nice, great people, always having fun with co-workers. Okta has a great product offering that is easy to believe in.

Cons

The senior management is so political and favoritism is at the heart of everything. It makes it so hard to actually do your job! Its definitely killing productivity and causing really great people to leave. Most of us just want to accomplish things for the greater good of Okta- I wish management would let us.

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