Employees fleeing the toxic, rule by fear culture in droves - Director OpenText Employee Review

1.0
Jan 24, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

There are a few good leaders spread across the company. If you are lucky enough to work for one you may have a decent experience.

Cons

The Opentext CEO micromanages top down through fear. Senior leadership is afraid to challenge or question CEO direction which has resulted in terrible morale, empty offices and a do as little as possible, just get through the day culture. New employees do not stay long as they are exposed to the toxic culture. The Opentext model consists of buying distressed companies, decimating work forces, firing the high paid experienced employees and milking the revenue............and as companies have been gutted and people trampled the stock price has risen.

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5.0
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Pros

Very Friendly workplace and good management

Cons

Communication could have been better

2.0
Jul 17, 2026
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Pros

While they claim to be "pro-employee" they are very much pro-Canadian employee. As long as you are a Canadian, your job should be safe. And US based role is in jeopardy.

Cons

Laying off all Americans. I do not see relevant data on location based statistics for the last 4 rounds of layoffs. The bulk of the "trimming" has been based in US. This is cost savings. Additionally, they post US based jobs for 24 hours then pull those and post H1B notifications that they could not find equivalent US resources and need to outsource for cheaper money.

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