Not a good place to work - Principal Software Engineer OpenText Employee Review

1.0
Jun 10, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Stable company, so if you manage to convince you are essential, your job is secure. - 401(k) is good. It is with Fidelity and has minimal expenses. - Good work life balance.

Cons

- They pay at or below market rates with raises that barely cover inflation. - Company is focused on cutting expenses at the smallest level and on maintaining products. It is not focused on growth and innovation. The growth is mainly via acquisitions. - Health insurance is relatively expensive. 401K match is only 1%. - They do not treat employees well. For example, they told us their solution for "attrition" is hiring, with no mention of efforts to increase retention. - They are strongly based in India and Canada, so if you're US based you may find your job outsourced there. - CEO is a SJW with far left views he expresses in frequent e-mails sent to all 14,000 employees.

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5.0
Apr 5, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Friendly management, no hierarchy management , support for employees during sick

Cons

Kind of Still old rules for management

1.0
Jun 26, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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