Actuate Reviews

Pros

Great environment Fast growing company

Cons

Not much room to grow Not much mentorship

Pros

Good place to work if you are just starting out of college. If your prove good work, management will in trust more responsibilities to you. Relatively easy going environment, not a lot of pressure outbreaks on of projects are completed as expected.

Cons

Low pay. Management doesn’t offer much in terms of career growth and planning. Management really doesn’t seem to know what they are doing or inspire a lot of confidence in employees as far as vision and direction of the company. It feels like a place where talent gets wasted. Employees get comfortable and so the feeling of new challenges and growth disappear.

Advice to Management

Very poor decision making on the part of who gets promoted. It all seems political and linked to a buddy system. Personally had some shocking experiences in the way my direct manager treated me and coworkers. HR also seems to ignore problems or issues raised. In the end I felt I was in a negative work culture. My advice to management is to promote and hire better managers and don’t be lazy with your vision.

Pros

Smart people. Very good products

Cons

very top down and some of the decisions at the top are nuts.

Advice to Management

a long term plan would be great

Pros

Great people - if you move to california

Cons

not good at acquiring companies

Advice to Management

not much to give since they were acquired by opentext

Pros

Good people to work with.

Cons

Management has changed a lot as I heart from the people still stayed.

Pros

It was a fun group of employees and the company had a solid product. The job was low-stress. The company had fun outings and events.

Cons

No career path for Sales Development. Very hard to transition into another role. Management team was hit or miss. Some managers in certain departments were great while others were miserable. Because a huge amount of employees sat together in the same room, it was at times a very intimidating work environment and extremely competitive.

Advice to Management

Managers need to be more involved with their team. The manager needs to be more invested with coaching and less focused on metrics/numbers.

Pros

A regular paycheck. Casual attire. A job title.

Cons

If you take a job with Actuate (and, from what I understand, the following will apply to all other OpenText logos as well), do it for the right reasons. Make it a short-term move intended to improve your income and job title. Stay no longer than necessary - as soon as you are ready to advance your career, start looking for that next job again. For entry-level folks: Go for it! Just don't drink their Kool-Aid.... OpenText is the WalMart of software. However, since their goal is to hire college grads only, the entry level wages aren't too bad. Get a year or two of experience in the industry and then move on.

Advice to Management

None. Absolutely none. The OpenText management team knows exactly what they are doing. They are creating an imbalanced multi-headed corporate beast, and, with each acquisition, the beast grows. It's a pity that this team can't find a way to grow its employees' careers and wages as well.

Pros

Lots of learning corporate culture Good Support Team

Cons

20-25% lower than market rate on Salary Odd working hours

Advice to Management

No Advice