The Worst Compensation Plan Ever - Senior Account Executive OpenText Employee Review

1.0
May 18, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Large installed customer base and broad product portfolio.

Cons

Management is trying to cheat the field organization. For license deals larger than $2m you only get reduced commission rates. Also the incentive plans is not aligned with what the company is trying to achieve. For cloud deals only 50% of the deal amount is recognized, what a funny thing!

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Jun 26, 2026
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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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