OpenText reviews

For me, this was honestly the worst career experience I ever had in my life. 1) Key Staff always gone: Dept Head was absent 90% majority of time, but she did put huge effort into sucking up to the CEO. 2) Outdated Data: The only powerpoint presentation dept head gave in 2017 was dated from 2007. 3)Employee Churn: Within a 14 month period, 8 people on team of 15 left. 4) Profit is THE only goal: There are a large number of acquisitions (CEO buys mostly little cheap products that don't fit with OpenText products but we were supposed to stitch them together into some kind of Frankenstein fashion & it created an ongoing mess to integrate. The CEO thinks he is a brilliant business man, who typically welcomes then promptly fires 10%+ of acquired staff w/out warning. 5 - All sorts of Waste: The Gaithersburg office has 4 floors which are 80% empty all the time - they wasted a lot of time, space and money. 6. Technical Antiquated Products - Their products are technically dated so users are very unhappy a good deal of the time. Overall: Talented individuals do not stay here long.

Even though they offer a great vacation package and holiday shut down, you'll end up having to work. The pay is awful and there is currently a 2 year freeze on increases. Too many acquisitions that are not carefully planned out on a business prospective. The CEO does not care about the workers, he only cares about how much money he and the ELT get. I'm making less per paycheck every year for the last 3 years due to increased employee contributions for benefits and not getting any type of increase. Our 401K match has been decreased to 1% - what a JOKE! And I have always received a 4 or better on my reviews. Also, they do not classify job functions properly. After being here for almost 10 years, they continue to classify my job function as an M1, entry level. I'm far from entry level but this helps them justify the low salary!! More work, less pay, that's their motto. Sad because up until 3 years ago, OpenText was a great place to work.