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

Software 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 Software Engineer Jobs at OpenText now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Engineer interview questions at OpenText .

Does OpenText pay Software Engineer employees well?

Software Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at OpenText with 3.0 out of 5 stars based on 420 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 6.5% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Engineer salaries at OpenText.

How happy are Software Engineer professionals working at OpenText?

57% of Software Engineer employees at OpenText would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 6% in the past 12 months. Software 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 (80) , 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 742 reviews)); "Good benefits and perks Option to move to other products as well if you have any interest to learn that new product." ((in 350 reviews)); "Great people working for a company that cared about them less and less every quarter." ((in 344 reviews)); "Friendly and good culture." ((in 230 reviews)); "good experience and you can definitely learn something new in the organization the work culture is good." ((in 170 reviews))

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

"Poor management and people tend to take things personally." ((in 299 reviews)); "frequent layoffs and uncertainity prevails" ((in 197 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 179 reviews)); "Managers have so much put on them that they don’t have capacity to develop and coach employees." ((in 115 reviews)); "Bad leadership and bad CEO." ((in 76 reviews))

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3.2

57% would recommend to a friend

(420 total reviews)

Ayman Antoun

Not enough data to show CEO approval

48% positive business outlook

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

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420 reviews

2.0

Mar 22, 2026

Okayish

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good for starting career Work life balance can be good

Cons

Frequently laying off Strict timings Old tech stack Micro management

3.0

Mar 11, 2026

Work life balance

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work life balance is okay, might get hectic during releases

Cons

Too much politics and bit aggressive

2.0

Mar 10, 2026

Do not join

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good work life balance. Less politics

Cons

No good hikes No timely promotion They compare themselves with Adobe, Google, Amazon and follow their steps for firing but will give hikes worst than any low service based company.

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