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    OpenText Reviews

    Updated 24 March, 2019
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    OpenText CEO and CTO Mark J. Barrenechea
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    • "No standard process and work life balance" (in 34 reviews)

    • "Sometime senior management does not response" (in 39 reviews)

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    1. "Great work-life balance, awesome perks, amazing culture"

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      Current Employee - Marketing Program Manager in Richmond Hill, ON
      Current Employee - Marketing Program Manager in Richmond Hill, ON
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at OpenText full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      - Pay: my pay is on par with colleagues in similar industries at a similar position
      - Work/Life: in at 9, out at 5. Never have had to check an email after hours and projects are very predictable
      - Perks/Benefits: pretty good, on par with the industry
      - Culture/People: being a large organization, this is highly dependent on your group - i can say that my team and extended group is fantastic. People are honest, supportive, and have integrity

      Cons

      The work is mundane. Very repetitive projects and lack of executive direction. Strategies change on an annual basis with little time to implement.

    2. "Finance department"

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      Current Employee - Finance Department in Waterloo, ON
      Current Employee - Finance Department in Waterloo, ON
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at OpenText full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Nice people, treat you with respect. Buildings are nice, good cafeteria offering variety of food at decent prices, free Starbucks coffee, teas, kombucha. Company is always acquiring companies and restructuring which means it is a very fast pace environment, you learn a lot of things every day, which at times could also be frustrating. Due to the size of the company your responsibilities are concentrated in only one small area, but there are opportunities to move and growth.
      Benefits are average of a big corporation, however, education assistance and wellness benefits has been the same amounts for the past 6+ years.

      Cons

      No training, basically you sit down and start asking co-workers how to do things, but managers expect you to deliver things on-time. The number of Directors had increased but not staff, too many executives with no knowledge of the area causing additional work or non-value added tasks to their staff.
      Salary is way below market, benefits are not great, work-life balance was good but not so much right now.

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    3. "Finance"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at OpenText full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      The people here are great, benefits are great, vacation time is great. Salary good be better.

      Cons

      Salary could be better, but it could also be worse

    4. Helpful (3)

      "Needs improvement but it works for now"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at OpenText full-time

      Pros

      Relatively good work life balance.
      Friendly environment and supportive culture.

      Cons

      There is room for improvement in the compensation department. Doesn't hurt to earn slightly more given that there is no growth prospects here.

      Advice to Management

      Actually focus on your human capital then sing about it in your company calls.

    5. Helpful (1)

      "Consultant"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at OpenText full-time

      Pros

      Great culture, people and location

      Cons

      The negatives are outweighed by the positives

    6. Helpful (2)

      "Comfortable place to work"

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      Current Employee - Specialist/Analyst in Waterloo, ON
      Current Employee - Specialist/Analyst in Waterloo, ON
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at OpenText full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Great benefits
      Good workplace perks (Oktoberfest/summer festivals)
      Great location (next to parks so there are good paths)

      Cons

      Large company can mean that it's difficult to get things done.
      Constantly having to onboard new acquisitions which means our culture isn't stable.
      After 2 years here, I still don't know what our company does.

    7. "Privacy Specialist"

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      Current Employee - Privacy Specialist in Toronto, ON
      Current Employee - Privacy Specialist in Toronto, ON
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at OpenText full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Good benefits and work-life balance provided

      Cons

      Not in Toronto, not enough networking opps there.

    8. "Great for career growth/development"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at OpenText full-time

      Pros

      Growth opportunity, experience opportunity, challenging but rewarding, positive culture, social activities

      Cons

      Recognition not always awarded fairly, unpaid overtime (on-call), heavy workloads

      Advice to Management

      Raises are very marginal and not always awarded annually.

    9. "Good Place to work"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at OpenText full-time

      Pros

      Great place to work, great people and good life balance.

      Cons

      Salaries, some management, that are no longer there.

    10. "Good company to work with"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Kitchener, ON
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Kitchener, ON
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at OpenText full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Great personal & Work Life Balance.
      Salary is good
      Good Benefits

      Cons

      Nothing that I can think of right now.