none of them are regular software engineer positions :-(
Layoffs going to be heavy
This layoff round is taking a large amount of causalities. US/CA/UK/EMEA/India Good luck to all
March 23 Targets
Who is the target next week ? Virtual / managers or everybody
$100 says the Mar23 layoff will be “due to AI”
Following block , OpenText will use this at its new narrative Before it was “Covid” then it was “tariffs/trump” now it’ll be AI This is the only option they know
RTO
Is this being reported on? Four days in the office is too much, the low morale in the office is ki-ling me.
They cut half of us last year
Now the people left are doing twice the work. Every single day.
What's happening in India
Over 8000 people in India and only 12 job openings Are Opentext shrinking India ? If so, why
March 23 is the day
Yearly spring cleaning time at OpenText. Brush off your resumes !
Marketing at OpenText is officially over…
After 90% of the MLT was let go in December. Whether you liked them or not everything has gone to sh-t. But today embarks on the official end. The last person standing in Marketing ALedgister was let go. For all of us left in Marketing and are... — read more
No layoffs in India
India is the most important region to OT, they are hiring and completely committed to India No layoffs there
Cut the middle people
We have so many people whose whole job is collecting updates from those of us who do the work and presenting them somewhere else. They don't add anything. They don't do anything. They just take the work, repackage it, and hand it up. Cut them all and... — read more
The bounce is over
Hearing to 15 bucks a share
Please lay me off
Oy with this cr-p company for 7 months so prob wouldn't severance but I can't stand this place, I dread every day What are my chances
The stock is dropping yet again...
It's down to $25 usd. That's a 28.8% 6 month low. Someone in ELT is going to push the layoff button because they don't have any other buttons.
US COBRA benefits
I am "offboarding" this wonderful place in the US. Of course, the links to the offboarding processes do not work or time out. All I really care about is COBRA (they can take their surveys and shove them). Has anyone that has recently ejected... — read more
March 23
People are suggesting this date but would they pick the last week of quarter ? If it's true, is it just India or everyone ?
thoughts on ai leader
what are your thoughts on shanon as the new AI leader compared to savnay? do you think she has a vision to turn it into a core flagship offering or will it remain optional feature with limited adoption?
The knowledge drain
We spend decades learning how to do this work. Layoffs can erase all of that in a day. That's going to hurt us eventually.
Layoffs before or after ceo
Will be do layoffs after joining or will they be done before ? Seems likely they will be done before in my opinion
Manager acting strange - what's up ?
My manager isn't engaging with the team at present, I pinged the other day and not even an acknowledgement Not joining daily calls etc Are there changes coming ?
Dead end for women leaders
After years of working hard and doing everything possible to earn a director role, I eventually realized I was being strung along. My director repeatedly made promises about promotion that never came through, while simultaneously expecting me to... — read more
My earnings prediction
From where I sit in the company. I see lots of customers leaving and almost zero new ones With that evidence and the currency headwind with the stronger dollar and the fact we made last quarters numbers with two lucky unexpected last minute deals... — read more
Getting worse and worse
I hate this company. Micro managing is becoming intolerable Luckily I have 3 years savings so can walk out and likely will
Layoffs in India
I’ve seen heard of layoffs in India on Monday, is that accurate ?
Not worth it
Boss has no life outside work and expects the same from me. He's paid well, I'm not. Even if I was, I wouldn't sacrifice everything for this place. Starting my search.
Upcoming layoffs
Anyone know when the round is coming that James spoke of in the all hands , he said "we still have 150 million to go to right size the company " Does he mean in fy 26 or fy 27? Will they wait for the new CEO to do it ?
Next week 4 days
Is next week just for people going from 3 to 4 days? Or is it affecting people who were remote and not remote anymore Also what happens if we don't do the 4 days
Career week is amazingly cringe
Does anyone actually get anything out of this other than disgust and insult? This has to be one of the most bizarre corporate nonsense campaigns I have seen across at least 7 employers. Is anyone following this directive?: " And don’t forget to... — read more
Remote Employees Forced Back
It's recently come to my attention that any remote employees that live close to an office they are able to travel to will be told to go back to office again. There are teams that are remote only that will be told the same thing that do not live... — read more
OTEX Stocks getting dumped
I wanted to sell off all of my PSU and holdings, I made in last decade over employment. With constant low performance, when I should sell off. Analysist are too brutal about OTEX #1. wants investors to sit tight and collect a 4% dividend while the... — read more
No layoffs according to Shannon
Someone asked in the all hands, could they expect any changes to operational activities etc and Shannon said no Looks like we are good
Password Change Time Again
Cloud Service team should be fired. What a terrible account system they designed or managed…. Why is so complicated… And people in the team are rude, lazy and ignorant
Need AI Producer instead of AI Speaker
The 1st question Elon Musk will ask Erica Dhawan is what product did you create? Please please do not hire those people.. They are just good at talking instead of doing. In AI world, we need someone can actually create something
What happened to the Menlo Park employees?
US billing and payment is moved to Provo. Did those employees get canned or are they expected to move to Provo?
April layoffs
I've heard there are none, can anyone confirm or deny ?
The new workforce is different
Apparently you can't just tell someone to do something anymore. You have to wrap it in praise and compliments or they think you're attacking them. I'm not yelling, I'm just asking you to work. When did that become a problem?
RTO enforcement
Will this be enforced ? I mean why bother complying ? By not complying you will prob get at least a year before being laid off
I still have a job, why?
Why? Seems strange, is Stefan still thinking about Content Server? Why Directory Services and not just OpenLDAP?
Not much talk about layoffs lately
Should I take that as a good sign? Or is it just the calm before the storm?