Potential, but... - Senior Software Engineer OpenText Employee Review

2.0
Mar 21, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. Work from home 2. Competitive benefits 3. Opportunities to be involved in projects 4. Activities (Christmas party, Oktoberfest etc.)

Cons

1. No promotions (Promotions are for friends of top management) 2. No or little recognition for top employees 3. Finger pointing if something fails instead of fixing or improving it as a team 4. Bad jokes by top management to motivate employees that actually demoralize employees 5. Managers and supervisors have no clue how to manage and motivate people (since too many first time managers who were promoted because they were friends with Directors and/ or VPs) 6. No work/ life balance 7. No bonuses 8. Too much internal politics to the point of damaging team environment 9. Management being indifferent to employees problems (acting as if everything is perfect in the heaven) 10. Vacation leave max out after 4 weeks 11. Top management and team making fun of other employees 12. Managers are rarely in their offices 13. No announcements when new people join and/ or people resign

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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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