OpenGov reviews

3.3

50% would recommend to a friend

(404 total reviews)

Thiago Sá Freire

55% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

OpenGov has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 404 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The OpenGov 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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404 reviews
1.0
Aug 13, 2025

Avoid Unless You Love Puppet Managers and Boot-Lickers

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Nothing - Good techies are stuck due to job market here

Cons

Puppet leadership — Indian managers have zero decision-making power; they just follow orders from elsewhere. Boot-licker culture — Senior/principal engineers survive by pleasing management, not by delivering value. False promises — Told during hiring you’ll have 2–4 WFH days; after joining, forced into office 8 hours daily. Excessive work hours — Expected to work another 5–6 hours at night for US teams. No appreciation — On-time delivery ignored; reviews always find a “negative” to block bonuses/VCP. Innovation is a façade — Buzzwords with no actual innovative work happening. Toxic bureaucracy — Even basic leave approvals are a fight. Arrogant, outdated mindset — Operates like a service company pretending to be product-based.

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OpenGov Response
10mo
Thank you for sharing your perspective. While your experience differs from what we typically hear in Pune and across OpenGov, we take all feedback seriously and want every team member to thrive. This October, we’re excited to launch our Leadership Development Program in the Pune office for managers, part of our broader investment in supporting our people and culture.
1.0
Jun 5, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Good for people who don't have any personal life. - Stay in the office till 10pm and get praised by leadership.

Cons

Toxic work culture with zero respect for work-life balance - Extended working hours are expected daily; this is the norm, not an exception. - Weekend work is effectively mandatory; not participating is noticed and is held against employees - Extremely aggressive and unrealistic timelines for building a full ERP system, leading to sustained burnout and bugs - Management pushed employees beyond reasonable limits with promises of strong appraisals and bonuses. After successful delivery cited “budget constraints” - Clear disconnect between leadership commitments and actual outcomes Pune Office Specific Issues: - Extremely weak local leadership with no decision-making authority - Employee concerns around commute, traffic, and parking are well known but consistently ignored - Strong pressure to return to office regardless of practical challenges - Local leadership is always focused on pleasing overseas leadership to keep their jobs safe, even at the cost of ignoring employee concerns and practical realities (commute challenges, work-life balance, and on-ground constraints) - Leaders taking stand for employees and work from home policy are fired

1.0
May 31, 2026
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Pros

You will realise how good your last company and manager was. If you have bad marriage/family, join opengov. You will not have to make vague excuses at home to avoid your family and it will be appreciated by leadership.

Cons

• Workoholic culture, weekend working normalized, taking leaves are considered as unproductive. • Weak Pune leadership that never stands up for employees or effectively represents local concerns. Just forcing policies to save their own job. • Favouritism in wfh policy, selected employees are still wfh while others are pressurised. Bootlicking and buttering wins. • Fake anonymous surveys, with no interest to implement outcome. • Unfair promotions, What gets one person promoted under one manager may not be enough under another, creating frustration and a sense of unfairness.

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