Too many issues, not enough innovation - Manager OpenText Employee Review

1.0
Aug 16, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Great people and good work/life balance.

Cons

Software has lots of bugs and lacks real innovation. Many of the products look like left overs from the 1980's. They acquire other companies, layoff most of those employees, and then seem to have problems integrating those products into the existing mix. They need to focus more on having a small core of highly innovative products that stand above the competition instead of having hundreds of mediocre products lacking features and riddled with issues. Roadmaps rarely ever come to fruition. This company dreams big, but falls short. Althought it doesn't receive the same press BlackBerry does, they have had a lot of layoffs, while the current ELT and CEO make 4 times the amount the previous leadership team did.

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5.0
Apr 5, 2026
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Pros

Friendly management, no hierarchy management , support for employees during sick

Cons

Kind of Still old rules for management

1.0
Jun 26, 2026
Anonymous employee
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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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