Okta

• Solid product; still a leader in identity management.
• Weekly Town Halls with the leadership team.
• Excellent work-life balance.
• Great place to start your career.
• Still mostly remote-first (team dependent).

Politics between teams is at an all-time high. A lot of infighting and endless meetings where nothing is accomplished.

Meeting fatigue is real. So many meetings, and meetings to plan more meetings. Most of them are unnecessary.

Several managers I worked with were well underqualified and unfit to lead their own teams. They were micromanaging, constantly tracking status, and overusing processes without adding much, if any, real value.

Managers are under so much pressure to appear that their teams are in order at the cost of concerning themselves more with managing up than actually supporting and listening to their own teams.

The values of integrity and transparency were once at the forefront of the company culture. Sadly, this is no longer the case.

A lot of churn in the C-suite and executive leadership teams; they seem to come and go on a regular basis.

Knowledge gaps exist everywhere. Many experts and Okta veterans have left the organization, which has created huge voids within teams.

The fixation on constant growth over the years has resulted in too many hires, leading to layoffs and annual company restructures.

The stock price is consistently low and underperforming.

Please provide better training to lower-level managers so they are better prepared to lead their teams and offer meaningful direction and purpose. Managers should also be held accountable for poor business decisions and be given feedback in a timely manner.

Consider bringing back a more positive, inclusive, and transparent work culture. That's what made the organization so incredible in its earlier years and what motivated employees to do their absolute best.

Refrain from perpetuating the culture of "endless reaction to X." The organization seems incapable of sticking to long-term planning. Instead, direction and vision change on a whim in response to customer feedback. This "reactive" mode hurts both the business and its employees, who struggle to keep up.