Dodge the Layoff Bullets If You Can - Technical Writer OpenText Employee Review

2.0
29 Apr 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Over 17+ years, I worked with an incredible team of coworkers. I started working there when it was Hummingbird, and then when bought out by OpenText, the team of eight was reduced to one. Me. I did all the work for over a decade myself (that seven others used to do). I had a great manager. Benefits were EXCELLENT. Time off was EXCELLENT. Teamwork was EXCELLENT. My work performance, because I absolutely loved my job, was never an issue. I thrived there.

Cons

Imagine working at a company that regularly buys other companies, which those acquisitions are ALWAYS followed by layoffs. I can’t tell you how many bullets I dodged while seeing our original team diminish to a handful. Then one day I got a phone call from HR. My reward for 17+ years? Layoff. Thanks.

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Pros

Pros was that you had a job (and not for long if they find a way to outsource your position in the company).

Cons

Cons are so many to list, but from the leadership in this company being so out of touch with his/her employees, the restructuring done in their company to save some bucks on their end was crazy brutal, firing all of their talented workers to implement automated programs that did not function properly. Overall, horrible experience with OpenText, lies upon lies when it came to growth opportunities and keeping teams in the dark, no communication what so ever. Their business practices were just plain terrible.

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