Okta

Okta is a leader in Cloud Identity and Access Management and is expanding fast into several markets, including Federal, EU, and APAC. The product offerings are also steadily increasing and growing. Overall, a good company to work for.

Engineering line and middle managers work hard and, in some cases, are not compensated well. Managers are expected to be highly technical, collaborate well with all functions, and interact with customers. All of which takes a lot of time, leading to managers working after-hours and weekends. Manager promotions are very hard compared to engineer promotions, and there needs to be improvement in the manager promotion process. Some managers were promoted and compensated well in certain engineering organizational units, while others suffered.

Reward efforts, not outcomes.