Thread regarding Open Text Corp. layoffs

i would never do OT work on my personal phone.

Don't install teams/ sign into outlook on your personal device, the profile that is required on the phone has full access and the device can be wiped from Intune. It's a terrible setup compared to the standard profile other companies deploy.

Lol. OP sounds like ELT or HR trying to source ideas for cost cuttings from the employees themselves as AI slop is hallucinating again. ELT can't possibly be that malevolent, could they ?

@fn no they didn't. It's clearly stated that if you use your own phone then OT can block work apps but cannot delete the phone

OT wanted me to hand over admin rights including remote wipe on my personal phone as a condition of installing Teams. They have to be out of their freaking minds if they think I'm going to do that. Whatever it is, it can now wait until the next business day.

I am more than happy to use my own phone. I tried this for a while but IT flagged my device as being non OT. and blocked access, non OT mobiles will never happen.

@cw english ? Are you not able to speak correctly ?

@cn Yes. Really you just have to look into who customer-wise gets pi---d off by the decision. There are customers in the US that want US exclusive service. It's contract level, be it for data security or just a preference. We also do shipping here. Doesn't mean it can't change, it's your (CA's) company. You guys are free to cut and move as you please as long as you get paid. But if you choose to do it better tell those who mandate it before you get sued.

Yes, people overall respond better to people like them, but at the end of the day if the EU or APAC out earns us I won't blame you. It's not free market for me but not for thee ts. You have the right to. And the reorg on top of prior account shuffling already shows you're not guaranteed the same face. OT is already showing that's not a priority unfortunately. I imagine we'll see some of the consequences as times goes on; some of the other teams will absolutely get tired of carrying everyone else for nothing.

@OP agreed and confirmed 100%. No cost cutting in progress. We have a revenue problem, not a profit problem

Everyone will keep their company phones, we need all our people for all the new customers

@cd OT board and ELT don't care. Most of the decisions that have been made focus on the survival of the company (at least temporarily) instead of success.

The lack of investment and wfr over the years has caused a large increase of customers leaving as they can see the writing on the wall.

If OT could get rid of US teams easily, they would. They believe anyone can be easily replaced. They don't understand that they don't just make and sell software, they support it too and with this comes relationships with customers (sales, support, renewals). If you get a random person each time dealing with the company, their connection will be weak and they will likely leave at moments notice.

OT thinks they can "manage the company to success" - but how often does one person drive a whole company to success? Not often(especially tech in canada), and it also requires good, happy employees who believe in the goal. This has not existed in quite some time.

@OP The problem with the everyone to Canada/India is the question of what to do with Micro Focus teams that are largely in the USA?

1. Portfolio surgery, formalized and announced in Feb when Ayman and the board share publicly as promised in Ayman's announcement.. Entire business units but also specialized niche products. That means less people - the sellers, product people, engineers, support. People get WFrd, then the slim remaining pre identified team goes with the sale.
   2 Major overhaul of sales. The basic GTM model stays, changes to leadership, new operating culture, IBM style managers and leaders. Strict control over pipeline and results with next quarter consequences for any under-performers. Culture of fear.
   1. Aggressive efficiency program around all operations including several waves of WFRs. Spans, layers, shared services all remodeled. Fewer managers across all functions with more reports, fewer leaders, centralized teams to manage functions across the footprint, which we are seeing start with top alignment with Ayman's recent announcement. In addition to cutting headcount, it also takes power away from the ELT. They have no say over anything. That's the IBM model.
   2. Major direction change on cloud strategy.
      OT will announce a cloud niche and drop everything that doesn't fall into that.

Ayman goes to the board with the details in November. He announced that. Means the plan is already in place now in late October. Board gets a few tweaks in and then announced in February as stated