Seemingly Great Company, Very Little Direction - Account Executive OpenText Employee Review

2.0
Sep 30, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

OpenText has a worldwide reputation that presents a seemingly great view of their company with tons of high profile customers. The CEO provides a very inclusive atmosphere. Managers are realistic and understanding. Pay is on par with many organizations.

Cons

Company is a giant wad of chewing gum, consisting of smaller wads of chewing gum smashed together with the hopes that no one will see the different colors and types. Information systems are an absolute mess and a disaster, especially if you are in a smaller business unit. Its impossible to find your way around and tools are not adequate to make sense of the mess. Many times, because of the sheer number of business units, there are specific client circumstances where a salesperson from one unit is forced to sell against a salesperson from another business unit. Expenses and travel are tightly controlled and there is not an atmosphere of fun or togetherness. For a business that is reporting record profits, it seems like they do not have a direction or a plan for their sales team to grow as employees.

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5.0
Apr 5, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

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

Cons

Kind of Still old rules for management

1.0
Jun 26, 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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