Beware the Bench - Senior Consultant Avanade Employee Review

1.0
Feb 13, 2016
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

You get to work with some very bright people in your field. The sign-on bonus and extended benefits monies are a nice lure - but risky.

Cons

The staffing process can be a pain, especially if your region's pipeline is nonexistent. I was at Avanade for 8 months, and was only staffed for 3 months total, with extended bench time in between. Accenture (parent co) has an unwritten rule that if you're on the bench for 8 weeks or longer, they let you go. Four weeks notice, and they take back a pro-rated amount of your sign-on bonus if you're <1yr. Beware Accenture-sold projects. They tend to implode.

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5.0
May 7, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Company really cares for their employees, development, and culture Recognition for good work

Cons

Consulting in general is not what it used to be Accenture big brother is quite bureaucratic and obnoxious managing 'profiles' CEO is in London but HQ is Seattle

2.0
Jun 17, 2026
Recommend
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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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