#LifeAtOkta

Yesterday evening, we sent the email below to all Okta employees, and wanted to share it with our customers and partners here. ++ Hi Everyone, On Friday, the Trump Administration issued an executive order that halts refugee immigration and bans immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries for 90 days. Since then, we’ve seen bravery from…

Nothing is more important than identity. It’s who you are as an individual and who we are as a company. At Okta, we’re proud to protect your right to be you. Every identity and every person is unique. They say great minds think alike, but we beg to differ. Great minds are great because they think differently, and they’re capable of incredible…

A job shouldn’t be reserved for the hours of 9-5. Success requires focus, continual learning and no limit to hard work. Whether it’s on the slopes or in the office, that’s sales-development-representative-turned-sales-engineer Akin Edwards’ philosophy. We were excited to sit down with Akin to hear more about his unique career path and passion for…

Before we head off to pop some bubbly and ring in 2017, we’re taking a few moments to celebrate the past year. #LifeatOkta means different things to all of us. From being a part of the 35 hackathon-inspired projects to running a collective 164 miles in the J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge, it added up to quite a year. Thank you for being part of it…

When we opened our first Okta office in London, nearly three years ago, it was a 100-square-foot room with eight desks. But times they are a changin’. We recently moved into our brand new office in the centre of London, which seats up to 100 people — a clear sign of our continued growth in EMEA. Because we could not have reached this milestone…

For most of us at Okta, it’s easy to put into words “why Okta”. Jiong Liu, Okta’s senior product marketing manager of business value, puts “why Okta” into numbers. Focusing on ROI and quantifiable results, Jiong tells the story of how Okta’s solutions lead to positive business outcomes for our customers. We recently sat down with Jiong to discuss…

At Okta, we strive to create and maintain an inclusive and collaborative community. We know that diversity is key to driving innovation, which is why we continue to actively support initiatives geared towards increasing and expanding women’s roles in the tech. So when the Grace Hopper Conference (GHC), the world’s largest gathering of women…

Here at Okta, we believe each individual has their own story to tell and a unique set of talents to bring to the table. Because we know building and cultivating an inclusive and open-minded workplace allows everyone to do their best work here and beyond, we created Women @ Okta or W@Okta, a group which provides a platform to educate, support and…

Sometimes the best work experiences come out of the unexpected twists and turns. Here at Okta, we think diverse backgrounds and unconventional career paths make a well-rounded team — in fact, it’s common to start on one team and end up on another. We recently sat down with a longtime employee who had that exact experience, Director of Sales…

At some companies, employees look forward to the annual holiday party, team happy hours and company retreats. At Okta, we certainly love those aspects of team bonding, but what we really count down the days until is our next hackathon. There’s nothing like some good old-fashioned friendly competition to keep us on our toes and keep innovation …