Layoffs by another name - Program Manager OpenText Employee Review

1.0
17 Aug 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

As if anyone who works here would actually have a pro

Cons

The latest from the two faced CEO is to adamantly deny we are doing layoffs like all the tech companies are doing, while all his indications of our immediate direction point to just that. They will just call it something else like restructuring or right-sizing. He claims they are investing in employees when what he really means is investing in offshore resources to replace all the onshore heads they will be cutting. Or just another cheap bargain basement acquisition of a declining company. Plenty of talk about belt-tightening, and preparing for the coming hurricane, asking employees to consider if Opentext is the right fit for them, and the importance of the performance review process. Now a company wide push to have us use up remaining vacation time in the first part of September. This wouldn't have anything to do with severance pay, would it? Also at recent company conference he touted Opentext expertise in helping our clients move to a remote workforce. Then in almost the same breath justifying our own return to office mandate by saying "companies that stay remote will fail in five years". I hope our clients weren't listening, and if they were, I hope they don't ask for their money back.

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5.0
5 Apr 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
26 Jun 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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