A teenage company trying to grow but hampered by bureaucracy and its parents - Anonymous employee Avanade Employee Review

3.0
May 8, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

If you are in consulting or delivering projects at Avanade, you will find a great network of employees and management. They have a commitment to training and clear tracks for advancement for their delivery team. Given the nature of work, they strive extremely hard to help their employees achieve a great work-life balance. Benefits are amazing. Personal time off is respected and there is a great sense of teamwork.

Cons

If you are in sales, you will encounter a company trying to develop a brand identity and with limited account relationships. A seasoned sales person joining Avanade will encounter a management team that has never managed a world-class sales organization and with very little leverage to make things happen. Compensation plans are not aligned and if you are selling on Avanade paper, you will encounter channel conflicts with the parent company, Accenture.

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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
Jun 17, 2026
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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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