Bad culture, micro management, no promotion - Lead Software Engineer OpenText Employee Review

1.0
3 Feb 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The upside of working at opentext is 8.30am to 5.30pm shift. You want work life balance then this is your company to work at.

Cons

If you are someone who simply works to love and doesn't talk much about your work then its not the place for you. employees who are ready to do the petty job for their bosses get good hikes, more leaves and frequent promotions, HRs- they are never available if you have any doubts about any of the policies. none of the policies is clear and available on the internal portal to read. Employees cannot even initiate their exits as it's solely in hands of the manager to initiate on system. Also HRs keep sending hiring messages on LinkedIN even if you already are working with them.

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5.0
5 Apr 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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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
26 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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