OpenText Software Developer reviews

3.2

57% would recommend to a friend

(506 total reviews)
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Ayman Antoun

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50% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated OpenText with 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 506 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. OpenText is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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506 reviews
1.0
Sep 3, 2015

No growth opportunity

Recommend
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Pros

Good advantages, flexible hours, nice people to work with. You can work remotely when needed so work-life balance is easier even if you do need the extra hours, which you definitely do even to get a measly "meets expectations" on your performance review.

Cons

Corporate message on values is completely opposite to reality. Development staff is considered cost that needs to be reduced, not as investment that makes money. Growth is exclusively through acquisition, no innovation from internal teams, only attempt to apply technologies at least a decade old which came from cheap acquisition to solve modern problems. Forward looking vision is actually frowned upon and only immediate problems of existing customers are considered having any kind of value.

1.0
Jul 20, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Still many good people, including clever people who could create great software given the chance.

Cons

Constant distrust and fear. A culture of bullying. A lack of integrity and values. All that matters to most managers is trying to avoid the wrath of upper management, by instead telling them what they want to hear and manipulating statistics. A culture of lies and dishonesty. No one believes what we hear from above nor the statistics we produce ourselves. Repeated aggressive take-overs of other companies, followed by layoffs (since I am considered a "top performer" I am never affected, but many great colleagues have been):

3.0
Jul 18, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

You will experience the great work life balance in opentext. The company is grown to the extent where it is by a lot of acquisitions. Consistent work culture across the product teams.

Cons

Not much scope for individual development. Low growth curve unless you are part of the team that works on a popular money making product.

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