I came to OpenText through an acquisition, as most people do. (If you're thinking of joining OpenText - see my review title - "Run, don't walk".)
Post acquisition the leaders visited our site, they told us what we wanted to hear, but in reality, they don't care about the people or the products they acquire. Their job is to acquire, cut costs, and try to ride the maintenance revenue out (aka laying off those that know the products, and moving the work to India).
Post acquisition, the benefits got worse and were more expensive.
Pre acquisition, our products were great innovative products. However it's not possible to keep up with customer demand as they lay off the most experienced developers and testers. Those remaining are picking up codebases they didn't know and are doing what they can with the limited resources. Product Managers outright lie to customers, give unrealistic timeframes and then get mad when the development and deployment teams can't deliver on the Product Manager's commitments.
We had a very successful internship program for years. It was shutdown post acquisition without any local input. We were told that Mark Barrenechea personally ran the internship program. Then he promptly told us to close down our successful 20+ intern pool.
Previous to acquisition, we were able to be flexible, work remotely. However Mark B read of other companies like X and Amazon mandating RTO and followed suit. He's mostly a follower without many original content.
Mark thinks he's a big tech leader and loves to follow real tech company's policies. RTO is an example. He spins it that we need to be in the office for "moments that matter" - but it's just a mandated RTO, most likely to help with attrition.
I stayed longer than I should have post acquisition. If you're thinking of leaving, do it - live is much better on the otherside.
Customers of OpenText, you should look for other solutions. In a few years time, you'll be glad you jumped ship now.
