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
5.0
Sep 12, 2025

Mission-driven company with smart people, meaningful work, and room to grow

Anonymous employee
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CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Extremely mission driven, passionate, hard-working and thoughtful people. Company is growing with a ton of potential and opportunity ahead. Great products and customers.

Cons

Not really a con, but the company has very strong values that represent the culture and drives alignment across the company, and this type of rapid growth and change isn't for everyone.

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OpenGov Response
10mo
Thanks for sharing your perspective! We’re so glad you feel the strength of our mission, people, and the opportunities ahead. You’re right that our values drive alignment and fuel rapid growth, and we're grateful to have you with us as we keep building together.
1.0
Sep 5, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Good tech stack to work with. - Few of them working here are really nice as a colleagues/friends. - Pays well w.r.t market standards. - Has a lot of work to do as company expanding their product. - Good group health insurance. - Location (pune). - Good techies continuously helping to improve the working environment, to ease the process. - Use of AI tools provided by company.

Cons

- Management is not very streamlined. The decision always keep changing that impacting employees. Roadmaps of projects are not concrete. - They will promise you one thing and give you the exact opposite thing. - People could ask you for good rating on GlassDoor and other platforms. - Salary hikes or promotions are not based on your skills, hard/smart work. In short, you won't be able to get good value here. - Your happiness index while working here depends on Manager you are working with. Some of them are slaves and expects you to be a slave too. - Overtime. - There are no estimates before starting on any project/task. Manager might come to you asking this should be done within a week. Such things countered during salary hikes. - Employees expressions and opinions are crushed here. - No extra benefits. - No appreciation, motivation to improve your job while being here. Selective people are appreciated here all the time. Show-off is the key to survive. - Increase in "load of responsibilities" and "salary" is very contradictory. - Employee surveys are just part of routine, no actions seems to be taken.

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OpenGov Response
10mo
We appreciate your thoughtful feedback and the years you’ve spent contributing at OpenGov. Your experience with management and employee recognition isn’t what we want for our teams nor what we typically hear from employees, and we take it seriously. This year we’ve expanded our leadership development and promotion-from-within programs, and we remain committed to turning employee survey insights into action. Your input helps us keep improving.
1.0
Sep 4, 2025

Toxic leadership, poor culture, high attrition

Anonymous employee
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CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Smart, hard-working colleagues who genuinely care about doing the right thing. The mission of serving government customers is meaningful in theory.

Cons

Executive leadership is immature and fosters a toxic, male-dominated culture. Attrition is extremely high (easily 30% or more). - a reflection of burnout and lack of trust in leadership. Work-life balance is unsustainable; long hours and unrealistic expectations are the norm. Compensation and benefits are not competitive compared to industry standards. Rampant micromanagement and little autonomy or empowerment at any level. Significant outsourcing of software engineering jobs to India (which is not a good look for a company that sells software to U.S. government customers). Mandatory 4+ days in uninspiring offices undermines flexibility and morale.

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OpenGov Response
10mo
We’re grateful you shared this perspective, and we’re sorry your experience at OpenGov wasn’t the one we strive for, or the one most employees tell us about. Our mission to power more effective and accountable government only works if our teams feel supported, and we remain committed to building a healthy, empowering culture where every employee feels valued and can thrive. Compensation is part of that, and we regularly benchmark our pay and benefits against market standards to stay competitive. And we hear your concerns about attrition. We closely monitor these numbers, and while our attrition rates remain in line with the broader tech industry, we always want to push ourselves to be better. Your feedback helps us get there.
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