Avanade reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(3,818 total reviews)
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Rodrigo Caserta

50% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Avanade has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 3,818 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Avanade employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informatique industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Mar 28, 2014
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Pros

Fair work life balance for most projects

Cons

Recruiting is terribly misleading toward non-technical hires. I was concerned that my lack of a technical background would put me at a disadvantage working at Avanade and the recruiter told me verbatim "that will not affect your ability to get staffed or promoted, because you're being hired to a role that doesn't require technical knowledge going in. Anything you need to learn they will train you for." So I take the job. Then, there's a complete lack of opportunities for non-technical BA's in my area that don't know SQL. They say..OK, go learn SQL to get stafffed. Their version of 'training': provide me with a SQL review book that ON THE FIRST PAGE actually says "you will need at least 2 years of prior direct experience with SQL in order to be able to pass the MIcrosoft certification exam, THIS BOOK ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH" so....I take the exam twice and don't pass both times. They seem surprised by this even though I show them the book THAT THEY SUGGESTED and how it says that approach would never work. This led to lots of time not being staffed which makes it next to impossible to get promoted. HAd I know this, NEVER would've taken the job.

1.0
Mar 25, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Great training program. They have a great training program/team who truly cares about building your career

Cons

Unfortunately project execution is a joke. All projects I was in were in some way screwed up either by the Accenture relationship or by poor management practices. They promote based on how hard you work on your last screwed up project so the people that end up leading projects continue the vicious cycle of having to marry your job to get the project done.

5.0
Mar 25, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Great access to training Company is filled with experts in all Microsoft technologies If in the right region, the travel benefits are amazing

Cons

Salary isn't competitive Really hard to travel if you live in a high growth area

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