Used to be a fun company, laying off the wrong people - Anonymous employee Avanade Employee Review

2.0
Jan 17, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits If you have a good career manager, you will be happy Some fun work events Opportunities to learn more about Microsoft technologies

Cons

Mainly male upper mgmt Hard to get promoted Sometimes the life/work balance is tough Not enough important senior level communication to the company wide Laying off the best people to better upper mgmt bonuses People were happier years back under the old executive team

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5.0
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Pros

Company really cares for their employees, development, and culture Recognition for good work

Cons

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2.0
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Pros

The projects are really large so you'll get great experience. The benefits are good. The people are, for the most part, really nice at the lower level.

Cons

Always restructuring. You don't actually work for Avanade you work for Accenture under the name of Avanade. Accenture is always trying to absorb or downsize Avanade and even the execs don't have real power there. Plus all work and decisions are also controlled by Microsoft, so if they're doing extremely well then Avanade does and then Accenture fights for their share of the money in some shady way.

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