Is OpenText a good company to work for as a Principal Software Engineer?

Principal Software Engineer professionals working at OpenText have rated their employer with 3.0 out of 5 stars in 47 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of OpenText employees being 3.2 out of 5 stars. Search open Principal Software Engineer Jobs at OpenText now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Principal Software Engineer interview questions at OpenText .

Does OpenText pay Principal Software Engineer employees well?

Principal Software Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at OpenText with 3.1 out of 5 stars based on 47 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 3.2% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Principal Software Engineer salaries at OpenText.

How happy are Principal Software Engineer professionals working at OpenText?

23% of Principal Software Engineer employees at OpenText would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 60% in the past 12 months. Principal Software Engineer professionals have also rated OpenText with a 3.8 rating for work-life-balance, 4.3 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.5 rating for culture and values and 3.0 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at OpenText?

Software Engineer (445) , Senior Software Engineer (261) , Associate Software Engineer (145) , Account Executive (119) , Lead Software Engineer (113) , Software Developer (100) , Intern (80) , Manager (77) , Senior Consultant (63) , Sales (62) , Consultant (60) , Project Manager (58) , Engineering Intern (57) , Senior Account Executive (57) , Cloud Applications Consultant (50)

What are the pros of working at OpenText according to real employee reviews?

"1) Will get a chance to work on various tech 2) Good work life balance" ((in 739 reviews)); "The benefits are good and huge" ((in 350 reviews)); "Great people working for a company that cared about them less and less every quarter." ((in 345 reviews)); "Friendly and good culture." ((in 221 reviews)); "good experience and you can definitely learn something new in the organization the work culture is good." ((in 170 reviews))

What are the cons of working at OpenText according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and people tend to take things personally." ((in 310 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs and product divestification" ((in 201 reviews)); "when people complained about low salaries among other things they prepared a plan to blame employees for been less friendly and negative towards eachothers... whatever..." ((in 169 reviews)); "Managers have so much put on them that they don’t have capacity to develop and coach employees." ((in 112 reviews)); "Leadership and Management decision making is poor" ((in 81 reviews))

OpenText Principal Software Engineer reviews

3.0

23% would recommend to a friend

(47 total reviews)

Ayman Antoun

Not enough data to show CEO approval

33% positive business outlook

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Principal Software Engineer employees have rated OpenText with 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 47 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Principal Software Engineer professionals have an average working experience there. OpenText is rated 22% below average by Principal Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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47 reviews

2.0

May 30, 2019

Too much organizational change

Principal software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

> Work life balance > Transport

Cons

> So many acquisitions and organizational change impacts the team productivity > Some products have very old tech stack , no plan of upgrade > Negligible hike ,sometimes even 0%

3.0

Mar 22, 2019

Full of learning opportunities

Principal software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Diversity in the product portfolios in EIM domain and crave for adapting new technologies makes OT stand apart from other mid range product companies. Work-Life balance. 8:30-5:30 office timings. To-and-Fro transportation. As long as one contributes responsibly and more than reasonable, one doesn't need to look back.

Cons

Slightly micro management happens from leadership group

3.0

Mar 10, 2019

Offers work life balance,

Principal software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Defined work, planned sprint tasks. no weekend slogging.

Cons

Not to expect aggresive hikes in appraisal. No career growth options.

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