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      Optiva

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      Optiva reviews

      3.7

      68% would recommend to a friend

      (285 total reviews)

      Robert Stabile

      91% approve of CEO

      58% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Optiva has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 285 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Optiva employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Telekommunikation industry (3.6 stars).

      Reviews by job title

      285 reviews
      4.0
      Aug 21, 2018

      Application Support Engineer L2

      Applications support engineer l2
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      work life balance used to be good

      Cons

      stability is not there now, there are only call outs weekly and ruin all weekends

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      Optiva Response
      4y
      Thank you for your service to Optiva. We are sorry to hear about your experience. ESW no longer has an interest in the company. Many new changes have taken place, including new shareholders, board members, CEO, CTO, and management. We invite you to check out the changes and consider Optiva if you look for new opportunities in the future.
      2.0
      Aug 19, 2018

      Redknee or Optiva

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Redknee tried to keep the start-up mindset. The domain is multi-disciplinary requiring both new technologies but also legacy stuff which makes it interesting both for beginners as well as for seasoned engineers. If you can get pass the hiring companies used like DevFactory they will pay you good and actually the environment is so much chaotic you just keep calm and get lots of money (if you are in a 3rd world country) otherwise see below.

      Cons

      Too much politics due to leadership constellations after each acquisition from Nokia Siemens and Orga GmbH and this in a very harsh competitive market... yield Redknee to nearly bankruptcy and (hostile) takeover from ESW group. As of now Redknee/Optiva does their internal works only using outsourcing companies. If you work for one of these companies and you are junior you have no time/chance to step in and learn/solve your work. If you are seasoned you are confronted continuously by delivery "continuous nonsense" due to metrics/KPI'S of these companies which eventually has nothing to do with the core business and finally you are in a limbo situation. There is an illusion of work being done especially in innovation but it is nothing more than achieving the internal KPI's of the engineering managers and marketing mock-ups or MVP's as finished products.

      1.0
      Aug 2, 2018

      Was good but not now

      Senior technical leader
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - company was on work life balance and other facilities.

      Cons

      - But everything changed after moved to ESW(Xover). - New management want to work everybody as contract employee on hourly basis. - They don't believe on working from office. - They always project fault data to stack holders. - etc.....

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      Optiva Response
      4y
      Thank you for your feedback. We are sorry to hear about your experience. Many new changes have taken place, including new shareholders, board members, CEO, CTO, and management. We value your input and will utilize it to shape ongoing improvements and continue to make Optiva a great place to work.
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