OpenText reviews

OpenText has been going through a shift in the last two years, a shift that has seen many long-time employees leave the company. The new culture is focused on the top, with decision-making and investment very much focused on the whims of a few executives. In the trenches, investment has been on a steady decline despite record revenues and people are struggling to get their jobs done as everyone is asked to do more with less.

OpenText priority is to acquire (expensive) new companies and no longer to improve acquired products. Integration of the various acquired products under a same umbrella stopped years ago. The EIM message is well broadcasted outside, but inside, it's a different story : products are distributed between different business units, who do not cooperate and sometimes compete against each other ; solutions adopted for internal purpose don't even leverage the content management solutions of the company (CRM, expenses management, marketing assets management...).