Stay away from this Company - Account Executive OpenText Employee Review

1.0
27 Apr 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Colleagues and some social benefits.

Cons

Since the new CEO is on Bord, at Open Text all is on money, money, money and money. the people below the SVP's are only numbers. i never worked for a company like this before whre all is on the money, the shares and the micromanagement from the CEO! The Managers are must lie to their AE's and are not willing to prevent them from getting fired. AE's are running away from Open Text (mee too soon), because they can not reach their goals and their Managers are not able to manage them. People Management does not exist here at Open Text. it is a slow sinking ship as long as the CEO is on Bord. Spoken words are nothing when it comes to get commissions paid and agreed deal splits will decreased afterwards. Why would you work for a company where in the last two months at least 15 AE's left the company? There is no reason to start at Open Text. Marketing does not exists and if there are campaigns, they are stubid and against the market, because the CEO thinks that Open Text is the Bigest and best company in the World...... if AE's trying to aquire a new Customer they have to explain "Who Open Text is" because they are only Known by the products of the aquired Companies like Ixos or Reddot or Vignette..... Stay away and get hired by a company with future and CEO and manager who takes care about their people. Hopefully the CEO has to leave the company soon, than there is a chance to get it back on track for the people. Money is all for the CEO, thats in his contract.

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5.0
5 Apr 2026
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Pros

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

Cons

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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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