It is what you make of it - Staff Site Reliability Engineer Okta Employee Review

3.0
Aug 20, 2025
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

It's far from perfect, but if you're dropped on the right team, this can be a great place to work. The tech stack is legacy, but evolving. The product is a core requirement to many companies, giving stability to the company and those performing well inside it.

Cons

Management pushed an "accomplishment based reviews" system which just means you have to track everything you've done in a quarter and write that back to your manager for them write "+1" or feed into an LLM and get your token cost of living raise. The pay is not great if you are not constantly jockeying for raises/promotions. They've been pushing India and Canada hires hard, leaving teams with no managers, or no ICs to work on their FedRAMP infrastructure. They love building their own software - which is a con because FOSS and paid services accomplish the job way better, such as their self-built deployment and CI/CD systems, and costs dozens of engineers and SREs to run them.

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5.0
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Pros

Fantastic team and work life balance

Cons

No contract renewal due to budget constraints

1.0
Jun 4, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Smart, talented, and supportive colleagues. Interesting products and the opportunity to work on technology that impacts many customers. Good work-life balance in most teams. Collaborative culture with opportunities to learn from experienced peers. Strong brand recognition and valuable experience for your resume

Cons

Cons Recognition is lacking, especially for individual contributors. Strong performance and consistent delivery do not necessarily translate into career advancement, promotions, or meaningful salary increases. Growth opportunities appear limited for ICs, while management roles seem to receive a greater share of advancement and compensation opportunities. After several years, many individual contributors may find themselves reaching a career plateau with few clear paths for progression. If career growth, promotion opportunities, and compensation advancement are important priorities, it may be worth evaluating other opportunities once you’ve gained experience here

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