Software consolidator with top heavy management. High turnover and Corporate Restructuring resulting in layoffs. - Inside Sales Representative OpenText Employee Review

2.0
Feb 22, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Allowed for flexible work arrangements for employees not within commuting distance to a Corp office, and then all of a sudden a revision to their "workforce arrangement policy" deemed the majority of the roles would be strictly office based moving forward. Interesting spin! -Decent health benefits if you're a single participant -Very streamlined approach to acquiring and on-boarding acquired companies

Cons

-Miromanagement stems from the top here. Everything starts and ends with the CEO and the ELT -They claim there is quantifiable organic growth, but most don't believe it. Only interested in the next acquisition target with healthy maintenance revenue base. -The hardly recognize top performers and there is an overall sense they do not value people's contributions or feel it's important to retain good people. -Frequent layoffs that typically target employees that are virtual and part of an acquired company -They do not empower their people to make business decisions. Multiple levels of approval required for simple requests. -All about increasing customer renewal fees and positioning unrelated software from other struggling business units. Very much a sense it's all about further investments in ECM and holding a slight edge against other competitors.

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Pros

Very Friendly workplace and good management

Cons

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1.0
Jun 26, 2026
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Recommend
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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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