Dodge the Layoff Bullets If You Can - Technical Writer OpenText Employee Review

2.0
Apr 29, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Over 17+ years, I worked with an incredible team of coworkers. I started working there when it was Hummingbird, and then when bought out by OpenText, the team of eight was reduced to one. Me. I did all the work for over a decade myself (that seven others used to do). I had a great manager. Benefits were EXCELLENT. Time off was EXCELLENT. Teamwork was EXCELLENT. My work performance, because I absolutely loved my job, was never an issue. I thrived there.

Cons

Imagine working at a company that regularly buys other companies, which those acquisitions are ALWAYS followed by layoffs. I can’t tell you how many bullets I dodged while seeing our original team diminish to a handful. Then one day I got a phone call from HR. My reward for 17+ years? Layoff. Thanks.

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Cons

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1.0
Jun 26, 2026
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Pros

You get a paycheck. Some of the people are nice but don’t trust anyone.

Cons

Exec leadership is awful. Always putting out the positive party line but it is all lies. Products are so far behind competitors. No investment in product or marketing. Senior executive leadership team shuffles around their “good old boy” comrades to new roles instead of retiring them or holding them accountable. The internal politics with everyone back stabbing each other to manage up and keep their jobs. Leadership is just doing what the board chair tells them to do. It is all about self promotion vs doing the job. They like to blame the previous CEO but he has been gone a year and it has only gotten worse. OpenText likes to brand itself as top company to work for , I say STAY AWAY!

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