OpenGov Reviews

3.4

48% would recommend to a friend

(389 total reviews)

Thiago Sá Freire

52% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

OpenGov has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 389 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The OpenGov employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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389 reviews
1.0
16 Aug 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

There's a paycheck I guess.

Cons

It's been 6 months since I worked there and I'm still recovering. The Leads will legitimately gaslight and devalue you, making you believe you're a bad worker while they overwork you. They will promise you vacation days or promotions, then rip them away from you and call you "abrasive" or "bold" when you ask for a reason, and that it's "out of their hands." They've removed entire insurance plans to make sure they aren't paying too much of your medical bills, so disabled employees beware. They'll make unreasonable demands and then ask why you're acting out when you point out the flaws of their plans. They will pit you against your coworkers. The female leads climbed up the corporate ladder and closed the feminist door behind them. I've been working in a healthy workplace since then, and I'm still getting comments at my new job that I need to restore confidence in myself, take better care of my mental health, and that I'm better than I think I am, and I again wish I'd never accepted a job offer with OpenGov.

1.0
26 Jul 2018

Most of these reviews are obviously "Fake News"

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- You'll meet some of the most kind-hearted, intelligent human beings in the Silicon Valley - The interview process presents you with the best people at the company, and on-boarding includes a volunteer day - Unlimited snacks

Cons

- HR thinks people don't notice that every time 1 bad review is given here, suddenly 3 5-star ones pop up - Turnover is grossly high (even developers run after a few months). Burn and churn - Lack of diversity - I'm a male and still realized how bad it was for women working here - Upper management is open about the fact that they voted for Trump - Perks being cut left and right for "operation slingshot"

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OpenGov Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We’re committed to making OpenGov a great place to work, and one where every employee has the opportunity to have fun, make a difference, and be successful. We’d love to hear more of your feedback so we can continue to evolve our culture in the right direction. Please email me at Shara.seligman@opengov.com with any thoughts!
1.0
22 Aug 2023

Oh, man.

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Some employees are pretty cool - Product is valuable (in theory)

Cons

- Long, arduous onboarding process - Racism - Bullies employees into writing positive reviews on Glassdoor - HR is condescending and unhelpful - High turnover - Large amount of pointless company calls Just look at the stark contrast of how many reviews either boasting OG as a great workplace, or exposing it for toxicity. You can't get that level of disparity without fake positive reviews or coercion. While working at the company I seldom met anyone who didn't bad mouth the organization when in a 1 on 1 setting. This company destroyed my self-confidence. No matter how much work I put in, or how great of a job I did, I would only hear feedback when it was negative and I was always made to feel replaceable. There were a seemingly endless number of days where I would wake up and question what I was doing with my life, only to have to put those thoughts on pause because I had 9 straight hours of back-to-back meetings. My schedule was not unique, however, as many employees were often forced to skip lunch or using the restroom because of the intense workload. Some of the lower level employees at the company were pretty cool, but upper management was abusive. Through their policies, different departments were pitted against each other for bonuses and were incentivized in very opposing ways. Furthermore, when I put in my resignation I was both guilt-tripped and threatened by management to stay. Sales people sell to customers who aren't a great fit for the product and the implementations team is blamed for customer dissatisfaction, numerous execs attempted to boot the CEO only to get fired, employees throw each other under the bus to get ahead, the work environment is quite cliquey, and the CEO continuously says things like "drink the kool-aid" and "1+1=4" which aren't necessarily awful things to say, but give cult-leader-like vibes. If you need a paycheck for a bit, by all means take the job. Just don't expect this to help your career down the line. The skills you learn at OpenGov are mostly applicable to only OpenGov, or maybe one of their competitors. My biggest takeaway from this company was to be more selective in the jobs I apply to in the future.

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