Unhealthy Culture, Dominated by silo'd decsions from Executive Leadership - Customer Support OpenText Employee Review

1.0
Jul 31, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Many good people, trying to execute on company initiatives. Flexibility to work hybrid.

Cons

Toxic relationship between middle maangement and Exeuctive leadership. VPs scared to speak in fear of retribution or job loss. Exeuctive leadership sets unreasonable goals, while front line scramble to execute to meet deadlines that were set using a dartboard. High turnover from burnout and fear of being targetted for project deadlines misses. Antiquated techology bought from declining companies with not core strategy on how to execute on vision.

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5.0
Apr 5, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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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
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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