No growth opportunity - Software Developer OpenText Employee Review

1.0
Sep 3, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good advantages, flexible hours, nice people to work with. You can work remotely when needed so work-life balance is easier even if you do need the extra hours, which you definitely do even to get a measly "meets expectations" on your performance review.

Cons

Corporate message on values is completely opposite to reality. Development staff is considered cost that needs to be reduced, not as investment that makes money. Growth is exclusively through acquisition, no innovation from internal teams, only attempt to apply technologies at least a decade old which came from cheap acquisition to solve modern problems. Forward looking vision is actually frowned upon and only immediate problems of existing customers are considered having any kind of value.

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5.0
Apr 5, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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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
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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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