Beware of the bench - Anonymous employee Avanade Employee Review

3.0
Aug 10, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Avanade is a great place to work and consulting gets you exposure to many types of industries. This goes a long way with just about any employer that will come after them. The people are great! They're backed by two powerhouses so the access to training and resources is pretty good.

Cons

Avanade is extremely political. Promotions are supposed to be fair, but the process is not. The bench warnings suck. You can get one as a "seasoned" employee that has been with them for a while and get the choice between begging someone to put you on a project (not for performance, but lack of work) or a severance package. Meanwhile, the people they just hired are still employed.

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5.0
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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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