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Okta to Cut 300 Jobs Citing Overhiring, ‘Execution Challenges’

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Re: Okta to Cut 300 Jobs Citing Overhiring, ‘Execution Challenges’

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Okta gave me a verbal offer in November, and retracted it after 3 weeks of “we’ll get final approval any day now, promise!” Left a bad taste in my mouth, doubly so because I turned down another offer assuming that Okta would come through.

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Re: Okta to Cut 300 Jobs Citing Overhiring, ‘Execution Challenges’

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Okta gave me a verbal offer in November, and retracted it after 3 weeks of “we’ll get final approval any day now, promise!” Left a bad taste in my mouth, doubly so because I turned down another offer assuming that Okta would come through.

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Comparing a security breach to genocide is beyond tasteless.

Go outside.

Re: Okta to Cut 300 Jobs Citing Overhiring, ‘Execution Challenges’

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During my experience attending Okta events in hope of securing an offer, they accidentally said they would not be able to look over everyone's resume at the end, after assuring us that they totally would earlier on in the webinar. The HR lady forgot to end the webinar and somebody captured it as it went down here: https://streamable.com/c2ytj1

Quite funny on one hand, quite disheartening on the other.

Re: Okta to Cut 300 Jobs Citing Overhiring, ‘Execution Challenges’

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During my experience attending Okta events in hope of securing an offer, they accidentally said they would not be able to look over everyone's resume at the end, after assuring us that they totally would earlier on in the webinar. The HR lady forgot to end the webinar and somebody captured it as it went down here: https://streamable.com/c2ytj1 Quite funny on one hand, quite disheartening on the other.

This video is amazing. Can’t believe this actually happened IRL

Re: Okta to Cut 300 Jobs Citing Overhiring, ‘Execution Challenges’

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post #7

During my experience attending Okta events in hope of securing an offer, they accidentally said they would not be able to look over everyone's resume at the end, after assuring us that they totally would earlier on in the webinar. The HR lady forgot to end the webinar and somebody captured it as it went down here: https://streamable.com/c2ytj1 Quite funny on one hand, quite disheartening on the other.

Looks like it would straight out the show Silicone Valley
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