OpenText reviews

Pays are general 10k-20k below average for the sector and some of the lowest for the field. The company itself is nothing but one giant acquisition engine. They buy up successful companies doing great then tank them through their junk integration process until whatever original software was provided is so far degraded it's worthless. If you're used to profit sharing or kindness from executives, or even regular pay increases and bonuses, look elsewhere. Certainly none of that here. Raises are an abysmal .5%-1% annually. Haven't seen a bonus for years and doubt we ever will despite record profits 2 years in a row. Expect to make the same as or less than Starbucks pays. The "Culture" is very much one of work or die. There is no humanity, just act according to your role and do the work. There is no effort put forth by the company or management to make people feel valued nor are there any opportunities to move up as the roles are constantly changing. Lastly and most egregious is the pay system they use. They will cut 15-30 minutes from each of your clocks as the automated clock system rounds down all uneven clocks in the companies favor. This is basically wage theft.

- Nonsensical, outdated policies from C-level leadership including remote work. Everyone has to go back to the office in Jan. 2022, but exceptions will be made for newly hired "top talent" who want to be remote. At least now we know what they think of current employees! - Stingy. During the onset of COVID, some of my coworkers were unable to get a webcam which is pretty essential for remote work. It was chalked up to pandemic austerity. Fast-forward a year and after the best year in company history, not much has changed and the CEO toots his own horn while the majority get raises that -just- keep up with inflation. - CEO Mark B. best described as aloof, aggrandizing, and surrounded by sycophants. - Noncompetitive benefits for a tech company (.25% per 1% 401k match, up to a max of 1% with a 4-year vesting schedule) - Bureaucratic to the point of stifling innovation and lacking common sense. Policies are applied company-wide without thought to the effects on all teams, especially small ones. Additionally, my team has been attempting to increase headcount for over a year and a half now but apparently requisitions always gets stuck on the desk of some senior manager - it seems the C-level team wants to sign off on everything. This bureaucratic culture trickles down, making even the "COVID response team" totally ineffectual. They take 3 weeks to send out a general alert if an employee in your office has COVID. - Their website is a mess. My team had a broken, outdated webpage on the opentext domain for a substantial time. How TF does that happen at a self-professed tech company? The disorganized intranet isn't any better.