Enter at Your Own Risk: Politics Over Talent Every Time - Software Developer OpenGov Employee Review

1.0
Dec 9, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

No any pros to describe

Cons

1. Management prefers obedience over skill or ideas. 2. Managers avoid responsibility and push mistakes onto juniors. 3. A culture of blame, not learning or support. 4. Promotions are based on favoritism, not performance. 5. Career growth depends more on politics than merit. 6. Lack of transparency in decisions and processes. 7. Work-life balance suffers due to unrealistic expectations. 8. Toxic workplace culture—more blame than appreciation. 9. No work-life balance-Poor work-life balance with weekend work becoming normal at times.

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OpenGov Response
7mo
Thank you for sharing this feedback. We’re sorry your experience didn’t reflect the culture we work hard to build at OpenGov. What you describe is not acceptable to us and not consistent with what we hear from most of our team members, but we take your concerns seriously. We’re committed to a culture where people feel supported, trusted, and encouraged to learn. Over the past six months, we’ve expanded management coaching across the company, and we have additional programs planned for 2026 to ensure every leader is equipped to help their teams grow and do the best work of their careers.

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5.0
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Pros

Coming from a local government and MPA background, tenure has been fulfilling with more chances of expanding horizons and building a solid career in GovTech here. - Growth oriented culture - Encouraging and positive leadership (Manager and executive leadership encourages, listens and advocates for the team, 10/10 experience) - If you love the grind, this is the place to be - Excellent and fulfilling mission - Diverse team and strong team building culture

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1.0
May 21, 2026
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Recommend
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Pros

The startup-era culture here was genuinely good — collaborative, energetic, people-first. As the company grew, so did the ego. Leadership lost what made the place work and replaced it with a top-down, my-way culture that has driven out some of the best people.

Cons

I'm writing the review I wish had existed when I was researching this company. Not checking Glassdoor before I started was my single biggest professional regret. Promotion is positioned during recruiting as a near-term, achievable goal. In reality, the criteria are vague, inconsistently applied, and rarely result in actual advancement. KPIs are set at levels that ensure most reps will fall short — creating a perpetual sense of failure that serves management's pressure tactics, not your career growth. Advancement often appears less tied to clear performance metrics and more dependent on subjective favoritism, including maintaining close alignment with or “sucking up to” hiring managers and leadership, rather than merit alone. Transparency is essentially nonexistent. Turnover in the SDR org specifically is high and ongoing, but it’s never acknowledged or addressed internally. Candidates have no way of knowing the full picture going in. One more thing worth knowing: account executives are coached during training to post positive Glassdoor reviews. Please weigh that when you look at the overall rating. “Unlimited PTO” is also not as flexible as it may be presented. In practice, time off appears to be closely monitored and can be restricted, even for high performers, based on internal perceptions of fairness across the team rather than true flexibility or performance-based trust. This makes the benefit feel more like a recruiting talking point than an actual employee perk.

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