Unfair and uncompetitive wages. Lack of direction and future for the team. - Cloud Business Analyst OpenText Employee Review

2.0
20 Oct 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You can do very little work without any consequences. The work is very easy. If you have common sense then you will perform well. Unlimited sick time.

Cons

You can do very little work without any consequences. Mark++ always finds ways to remind us he had cancer. The company pays for useless guest speakers that cultist, religious or the extremely wealthy find enjoyment. In 2020, they let go 600 employees out of fear of the pandemic. This was unwarranted. Then they hired a "nutritionist" and a "trainer" for the company so we could stay "healthy at home". They also cut salaries for at least six months, though that was mostly paid that back to employees that were kept. However, OpenText claimed to have had record profit/revenue, as they do every year, which is not surprising if you cut jobs and salaries. Then Mark++ announced we had over 800 positions open. Gee, I wonder how... Worst of all, you are not valued for your contributions unless you have an experienced manager, or are on an important team like engineering or product development. Upper management lies to customers and bend over backwards; they have no backbone. Promotions do not exist. Your title does not dictate your pay, your pay dictates your title. I know employees that are very intelligent and put in more effort than 90% of the team and are worth L2 or L3 pay, but because they are at the median L1 or L2 pay they have to wait for many 1-5% performance review increases until they can be considered the next level title. Unbelievable. Don't even get me started on the "Center of Excellence". The majority are incompetent and unable to provide any real value, but cheap labor is all the rage right now. They cause more headaches and rework than anything, and guess who is responsible for fixing it all?

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5.0
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Pros

Friendly management, no hierarchy management , support for employees during sick

Cons

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1.0
26 June 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You get a paycheck. Some of the people are nice but don’t trust anyone.

Cons

Exec leadership is awful. Always putting out the positive party line but it is all lies. Products are so far behind competitors. No investment in product or marketing. Senior executive leadership team shuffles around their “good old boy” comrades to new roles instead of retiring them or holding them accountable. The internal politics with everyone back stabbing each other to manage up and keep their jobs. Leadership is just doing what the board chair tells them to do. It is all about self promotion vs doing the job. They like to blame the previous CEO but he has been gone a year and it has only gotten worse. OpenText likes to brand itself as top company to work for , I say STAY AWAY!

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