Good place to start and leave after two years. - Software Development Engineer Amadeus Employee Review

2.0
Jun 10, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

A good place to start as a graduate since you learn a lot about industry and working in a critical application. Also, as a graduate you get raise every 6 months so after two years you will earn more than £40k. The place is really easy going and as long as you do the required work, no one cares how much time you spend on a break etc. Bonus around 8%-10% 28 days of holiday per year

Cons

Location is really bad. It's located near Heathrow Airport so nothing around besides a pub, really noisy outside the building and it will take a lot of time commuting to get there even from west London. There is not much room for development. You may be lucky and work in a new project but most probably you will be 90% maintenance - 10% development. After two years when you finish graduate scheme and are promoted as Software Engineer, you will take yearly raise in the region of 3.5%. No training is provided. They expect you to figure out everything yourself. Code is really messy, we are talking about methods having thousands of lines of code.

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2.0
Oct 27, 2025
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Pros

- Learning opportunities, every day brought something new to tackle or explore - Decent benefits package that covered the essentials - Competitive salary relative to industry standards

Cons

- Management is aggressively enforcing a hybrid model, even for remote employees, and is rescinding previously agreed upon contracts. There's a glaring lack of strategic vision from leadership. - If you're based in Europe or North America, job security is virtually nonexistent unless you're in upper management. Roles are being shifted to India, Colombia, and the Philippines, with cost-cutting prioritized over talent, experience, or loyalty. - The forced migration to Azure, compounded by poor planning, is draining resources. And employees are paying the price — not just through increased workload, but by being let go in recent layoffs (October '25). With many of the positions eliminated quietly transferred to offshore. - Layoffs are being justified as “market alignment” and financial necessity. Yet at the same time, the company continues to absorb small to medium-sized companies, raising serious questions about transparency, priorities, and long-term stability.

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