OpenText Reviews

3.2

52% would recommend to a friend

(5,587 total reviews)
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James McGourlay

40% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

OpenText has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 5,587 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The OpenText employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0
13 Mar 2018

A Career Killer

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Pros

My division was acquired as a part of a deal in which the Enterprise Content Division of EMC was sold to Opentext. I've worked in the same team for the past 5 years. This is a description of my last 5 months, in which I was employed under Opentext management. - There is decent work life balance. - Brand new offices. - Unconcerned senior management, which means you can get away with anything.

Cons

- They have a service based company's attitude with ZERO spur for innovation. - Engineering managers who've never coded in their lives manage development teams. Their standards w.r.t tech knowledge is extremely poor. This translates in really pathetic team drive and a general lack of productivity and mistrust on the part of such "brilliant" managers. - There is this senior/junior developer concept. No matter how stellar your work is, you will be judged on the basis of your experience, not your work. You will be judged on the basis of your age. This is NOT a meritocracy. - Hikes and promotions are on the basis of seniority and not the kind of work you do. Let's just say that some people are more equal than others in this company. - HR is non-responsive and unhelpful. They will point you in the direction of your managers, who will point right back towards HR. You will be stuck in this endless circle for a few days before any resolution is to happen. - They are not prompt with their payments. This is a big deal. On-call payments for work outside office hours on escalations are not made on time. In my experience, I was credited the amount after 5 months. That's just unprofessional and probably illegal. - Senior management is unresponsive even if you ping them on chat. They say they're always reachable but when you actually reach out, they do not respond and avoid all forms of contact. - The cafeteria is absolute crap. So you'll land up eating somewhere outside of the office within EGL in case you want to eat something other than sludge. - There is no cab service. So make your own transport arrangements. - There is a massive resistance to innovation because you will pitch your innovation to people who will not even know the full-form of HTTP. They will rarely understand any technological change nor will they give you a platform to put your talents to good use. - There is clear favouritism by managers on the basis of state and seniority. The average age of the employees is 30+. I'd suggest freshers steer clear of this place. You will be surrounded by older people who are looking to coast through their jobs and have a chill life. Not by individuals who will work hard to innovate and make a dent in the world. TL;DR : Join the company if you want to chill and be unconcerned about your job while getting a steady albeit unspectacular paycheck. Turn around and run if you have any ambition associated with your professional career. There are places that are infinitely better.

1.0
29 Dec 2015
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Pros

Nothing except company Cabs. Could not find any motivating and supporting things.

Cons

- Lack of thought leadership - unprofessional culture - employees don't trust Senior leadership and local leadership. Unethical and homegrown headless leaders, not seen the outer world and always want to save their job - poor or negligible HR and other supporting functions - Slowly replacing the senior developers with junior and college out freshers ...as a strategy to contain the cost..rather than focusing on more sales and product penetration - Basic management style or mantra of revenue growth only through acquisition is fundamentally wrong.. - 150+ people leaving in this quarter out 400 in Hyderabad is simple indication of sinking ship and current status. Lot more to follow as company changed the culture from product company to service company culture..utilization, cost, etc..

1.0
26 Nov 2018

Not Employee based company

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good team mates. Flexible timing. nice environment

Cons

1) Sudden on blue moon day, they decide to change the appraisal cycle period by 6 months this year. This is the second time they have done in last 4 years.. Employees get the burn by bearing the loss of salary hike due to shift in period. 2) Though they claim every quarter they are in good profit but only 85% of VP amount was given to employees and no valid reason was given. 3) They used to provide Snacks like ONLY Biscuits but even that was removed due to budget constraint. 4) No work from home facility. 5) Our salary and experience are going parallelly which is not even close to salary standards. 6) No appreciation for good work.

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