Worst place to work for minorities, diversity in Canada. - Anonymous employee Avanade Employee Review

1.0
Mar 22, 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

1) Access to Accenture trainings 2) Microsoft stack focus

Cons

Particularly at Avanade Canada - 1) Director+ roles mostly belong to a certain demographic (90+% white and/or french). Canada wide internal pulse survey results 2022 pointed to the need for ‘Diversity in Leadership roles’. 2) lack of growth avenues for all other demographics in leadership roles in Canada, Regional leadership and HR pay lip service to diversity. 3) Majority of employees laid off in Canada from late 2022 and first quarter 2023 have been from visible minorities 4) Lack of clarity on responsibilities and availability of roles across projects, sub standard sub contracting work for Accenture. Mostly public sector projects and a heavy bench 5) Limited office space for employees

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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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