Lack of respect and structure - Senior Consultant Avanade Employee Review

1.0
Apr 20, 2020
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Access to Lots of Training, flexible schedule, good benefits, some (but rare) very good, knowledgeable people.

Cons

I have been working for many years now and I continually get disrespected by my colleagues. They try to give me 10% of the information, expecting 200% of the work that is due yesterday. They also don’t include their technologists when selling and solutioning. How does this work in a technology company? They are too reactive and not proactive. I’ve been raising my concerns to managers and leadership, they just sweep it under the rug. I feel not listened to. They talk about transparency and communications, yet they forgot it is a two-way street. The project environment structure is toxic, with your technologists at the bottom on the ladder. You end up doing the work of non-technical people because they prefer to a mange than to actually do the work.

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Avanade Response
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At Avanade, we believe that everyone counts and it's important to me that all our employees feel that. You're right that communication is a two-way street, and if you feel like your voice isn't being heard, I want to personally work to make this right. Please reach out to me at laura.p.sewell@avanade.com so I can address your concerns in a way that will result in meaningful change.

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