Depends on the team and business unit - Lead Software Engineer OpenText Employee Review

2.0
29 Jan 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

There used to be more here, but currently the only upside I see is flexibility in terms of getting to the office and leaving the office.

Cons

The main disadvantage in my case is the chaotic way the product is being managed, the gatekeeping that some tenured engineers do to parts of product, the endless number meetings that start with let's have a meeting to discuss x issue and that end without a conclusion. It used to be a place where you were encouraged to come up with new approaches and ideas, but currently it is better to bow your head and move along. Don't disturb the calm of the team.

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5.0
5 Apr 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

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

Cons

Kind of Still old rules for management

1.0
26 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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