Is OpenText a good company to work for as a SSoftware Engineer?

SSoftware Engineer professionals working at OpenText have rated their employer with 3.2 out of 5 stars in 420 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of OpenText employees being 3.2 out of 5 stars. Search open SSoftware Engineer Jobs at OpenText now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked SSoftware Engineer interview questions at OpenText .

Does OpenText pay SSoftware Engineer employees well?

SSoftware Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at OpenText with 3.1 out of 5 stars based on 420 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 3.2% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about SSoftware Engineer salaries at OpenText.

How happy are SSoftware Engineer professionals working at OpenText?

57% of SSoftware Engineer employees at OpenText would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 7% in the past 12 months. SSoftware Engineer professionals have also rated OpenText with a 3.8 rating for work-life-balance, 3.3 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.2 rating for culture and values and 3.1 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at OpenText?

Software Engineer (445) , Senior Software Engineer (261) , Associate Software Engineer (145) , Account Executive (119) , Lead Software Engineer (113) , Software Developer (100) , Intern (79) , Manager (77) , Senior Consultant (63) , Sales (62) , Consultant (60) , Project Manager (58) , Engineering Intern (57) , Senior Account Executive (57) , Cloud Applications Consultant (50)

What are the pros of working at OpenText according to real employee reviews?

"1) Will get a chance to work on various tech 2) Good work life balance" ((in 743 reviews)); "The benefits are good and huge" ((in 342 reviews)); "Great people working for a company that cared about them less and less every quarter." ((in 334 reviews)); "Friendly and good culture." ((in 232 reviews)); "good experience and you can definitely learn something new in the organization the work culture is good." ((in 163 reviews))

What are the cons of working at OpenText according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and people tend to take things personally." ((in 292 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs and product divestification" ((in 201 reviews)); "when people complained about low salaries among other things they prepared a plan to blame employees for been less friendly and negative towards eachothers... whatever..." ((in 170 reviews)); "Managers have so much put on them that they don’t have capacity to develop and coach employees." ((in 103 reviews)); "Senior leadership needs to be future focused rather than relying on what they have done in the past." ((in 78 reviews))

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3.2

57% would recommend to a friend

(420 total reviews)

Ayman Antoun

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47% positive business outlook

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SSoftware Engineer employees have rated OpenText with 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 420 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most SSoftware Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. OpenText is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by SSoftware Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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420 reviews

3.0

Jan 12, 2026

Was a good company

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work life balance is good, transitioning to AI, good well being benefits

Cons

Many acquired products, legacy code, quarterly lay offs

1.0

Jan 8, 2026

i would not recommend

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- free lunch and breakfast - free cab at 7:30 AM & 5 PM

Cons

- lay offs every month - at max hike you will get is 1 lakh PER ANNUM - micromanagement - they want to control you in everything including taking sick leaves - service based companies are much better - became even more toxic environment after Sa vinay Berry came in

2.0

Dec 23, 2025

The review

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work life balance is good

Cons

Lots of favourism by the managers

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