Thread regarding Open Text Corp. layoffs

Proud to work at OT - sales perspective

Firstly in sales you have to believe in what you sell, for me unquestionably Opentext are a leader in the information management space , and we should have full confidence in telling that story to our customers.

The old adage of no one got fired for going with IBM(poignant with new CEO), for me is the narrative that we should be using at OT(we are big enough to carry this)but we need help with messaging, let's get crisp and slick with this.

I know there has been change in marketing(needed) how did we get to the point of having a few fancy dress Teddy bears, dressed up involved in our core messaging(this is embarrassing) . We are talking about a small group of people who were paid millions of dollars per annum, and that is the best they could do, surely someone must have thought wtf is this!!

It is time to get serious, we all know change is a foot. I am in a non core part of the business and could be gone next quarter(this core /noncore needs boxed of ASAP, horrible for morale) but I wouldn't hold that against OT if I left the business, that is the world we live in. If iam here and I hope I am, let's get our ** together and start working together.


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Post ID: @OP+1kh6q33h0

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@OP trying is the first step towards failure.

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Post ID: @1r3+1kh6q33h0

This one def hurt to write

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Post ID: @179+1kh6q33h0

We need simple comp plans with overlays on cross-sells. We need to work together vs all fighting for a sale of product I get comp credit for. As for all the marketing puppets, if I am a CIO, I don't want a friend and not impressed with OT characters. I want a partner who ensures I pass my audit and increase profit margins.

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Post ID: @c6+1kh6q33h0

@aq cant even understand the plan to begin with.

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Post ID: @ba+1kh6q33h0

I was on a BN cloud deal. AE got a new logo, 3yr contract and blew his number out. Was the highest selling rep that year.

His commission went to Mark++ and the committee, and was denied. 7 fig payout for the rep was ki-led. Why work in sales there if you don't get paid your plan?

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Post ID: @aq+1kh6q33h0

"...change is a foot..."

You're barely literate. Typical for sales. It's "change is afoot."

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Post ID: @aj+1kh6q33h0

@a8 Would be nice.

I've seen more and more AEs get chewed up. I've also seen the wrong AEs not getting punished for messing up.

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Post ID: @ac+1kh6q33h0

@OP The only way out of the mess is for OT to hire specific industry sales expertise from outside, listen to them and plan accordingly.

OT’s approach of onboarding quality people and then ignoring them is why we are where we are.

Most of the current managers and their managers are in place because of the Peter principle. They have to go.

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Post ID: @a8+1kh6q33h0

Get lost. OpenText isn't worth saving

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