No growth opportunity - Software Developer OpenText Employee Review

1.0
Sep 3, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good advantages, flexible hours, nice people to work with. You can work remotely when needed so work-life balance is easier even if you do need the extra hours, which you definitely do even to get a measly "meets expectations" on your performance review.

Cons

Corporate message on values is completely opposite to reality. Development staff is considered cost that needs to be reduced, not as investment that makes money. Growth is exclusively through acquisition, no innovation from internal teams, only attempt to apply technologies at least a decade old which came from cheap acquisition to solve modern problems. Forward looking vision is actually frowned upon and only immediate problems of existing customers are considered having any kind of value.

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5.0
Apr 5, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

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

Cons

Kind of Still old rules for management

1.0
Jun 10, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pros was that you had a job (and not for long if they find a way to outsource your position in the company).

Cons

Cons are so many to list, but from the leadership in this company being so out of touch with his/her employees, the restructuring done in their company to save some bucks on their end was crazy brutal, firing all of their talented workers to implement automated programs that did not function properly. Overall, horrible experience with OpenText, lies upon lies when it came to growth opportunities and keeping teams in the dark, no communication what so ever. Their business practices were just plain terrible.

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