Would not Recommend - Anonymous employee OpenText Employee Review

1.0
Apr 24, 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

My immediate team are excellent. Annual allowance for training and development.

Cons

- this company treats you like nothing more than a number and not a human being - CEO behaviour towards women is appalling. He was interviewing a professional female athlete on Livestream as a part of the annual sales kick-off and he repeatedly 'jokingly' offered to massage her thighs when they were sore after a match. She was noticably uncomfortable, and even if she wasn't, there is absolutely no place for that in the workplace. No apology or even any acknowledgement that it happened from upper management. - insane levels of approval means that even the simplest task takes unnecessarily long to do. You get the feeling Big Brother is watching. - don't trust upper management for one second. They have been known to swoop in and steal deals off sales reps by taking the customer out for dinner and offering them a gigantic discount behind the sales rep's back - U-turns on messaging from upper management are extremely common. There was a huge 'return to office' initiative where Mark (CEO) told people they would be at high risk for redundancy if they do not go to the office. Not only is this illegal in UK law, but over a year later when questioned on it, HR said 'oops, Mark sometimes gets a bit carried away and says things he doesn't mean'. People have significantly altered their lives and way of working because they were told they were at risk of their jobs if they didn't, and the best HR can say is 'oops'. I could really go on, but everything else I have to say has already been covered in other reviews.

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OpenText Response
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Thank you for your feedback. At OpenText, we provide continuous development opportunities for our leaders, to ensure they support and manage their teams efficiently to foster progression. ​ Overall, we hear that team members work closely and efficiently with their managers, so we are sorry to hear that this has not been your experience.

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Pros

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Cons

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