Optiva reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(285 total reviews)

Robert Stabile

91% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

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).

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285 reviews
2.0
Aug 19, 2018

Redknee or Optiva

Anonymous employee
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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
Jul 16, 2018

Approve

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible Timings Good Learning Exposure Great Team Good Customers

Cons

Management Decisions Pay Imbalance No value for skilled resources

2.0
May 15, 2018

Solutions Architect

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

Good salaries Interesting customers and projects

Cons

Too much managers Too much irresponsible acquisitions Ineffective R&D

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