I would rather work for Bill Lumbergh at Initech - Sales Representative OpenText Employee Review

1.0
Feb 22, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- New Sales leaders every 3 months. - Change the names of our solutions every 6 months - Occasionally get the option to stay at an AirBnB since hotels are not approved for travel. - HR reports to Finance. - Exit Interviews are done on Survey Monkey not with a real person. - AP takes 4 weeks to approve and pay expense reports. - AP wants itemized receipts for two coffees with a customer. - Get to fly coach to customers and stop at three cites before you get to your destination. - HR tells you what to write on sites like this. - Leverage awesome cutting edge collaboration technology like Microsoft Lync, to make job easier. - CMO asks for input from the field on what to market. - If your lucky, some leaders remind you they can't multi-task. - We change senior leadership every 6 months, so its always fresh. - Our CEO never has sick days. - Bonus occasionally arrive if you threaten to quit. - There are annual RIF's, so there is always more work for you to do. - You get to make 5 version of a report for 5 different people. - We love under performers that plan to stay at OT for a long time. - Fax solutions will comeback! - 600+ job openings and growing! - We always like to reinvent things that already exist, so more work if you like. - Nobody knows the "OpenText" brand. - You can perform OK and get promoted up three levels to an unqualified position for the same salary. - We are "cost conscious" when it comes to account development and marketing. - There are physical team outings once every 4 years and virtual ones every other day. - Attend meetings with 85 people virtually.

Cons

- There are some really, really talented teams and individuals here. - These 1 Star reviews are accurate.

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5.0
Apr 5, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

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

Cons

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1.0
Jun 26, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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