Avanade reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(3,807 total reviews)
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Rodrigo Caserta

50% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Avanade has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 3,807 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Avanade employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0
Sep 24, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

The good: microsoft technology, benefits, competitive salaries in peridos boom. The opportunity to work with Accenture and Microsoft as an external collaborator or incorporated into the template of one of them (requires leaving the company because they have signed non-aggression agreements).

Cons

Avanade is a good company to start work, if there is no experience profesional.Un good place to start as a consultant or developer in Microsoft technologies, although it is true that such experiences do not provide the group itself but are obtained through collaboration or the work undertaken with Accenture and Microsoft. The main business of the Spanish subsidiary, is to transfer staff to the aforementioned companies (commonly known as bodyshopping) The Spanish subsidiary has nothing to do with the work done at Corp, which is considered by all pretty good and professional. The business model of the company is based on reactive management, the bulk of profits are derived from projects that Accenture yields and the remainder of the assignment of consultants to Microsoft. For this reason, show little competitive with experienced partners, as there is any initiative to generate business because everything is already given. Their fees are too high for the level of work they can develop, so in periods of "crisis" can not withstand the pull and fired indiscriminately. The support of this model is a hierarchical pyramid which, curiously, has a rather low vertex, the number of commercials, managers and presales is below desired levels in a company that tries or be sold in Spain's leading technology projects rarely Microsoft.En lead projects, staying in the background after their big sponsors and when they do they are small-scale projects, so they lack the experience to work for themselves in large accounts. The working environment is very sterile and offices are very small. The project development is based on the lack of planning and technical approval of tenders. 90% of their own projects "Avanade is executed on the basis of hours extra unpaid or compensated" from consultants or developers. Account Managers and Directors inefficient and affluent business model more like a consultant than an ETT, lack of vision and market strategy (this year have raised rates to their customers so unreasonable, why no projects have left many of the employees who were fired after), no career, professional work environment and not too friendly if you work on proprietary projects. The higher the position you hold, the worse your reception, because the lack of professionalism is defended tooth and nail. Indifference will be the reward of lower levels. Let every man lay in the balance their interests and decide for yourself.

1.0
Sep 20, 2009

good place to work...until the lay-offs

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

good name in the industry GREAT consultants staff aug work through accenture good opportunities with Microsoft experts in Microsoft and good contacts in Redmond

Cons

red-headed step child to Accenture poor name recognition difficult back office risk adverse used car salesman management difficult direct sales proceedures

3.0
Sep 18, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Avanade is a strong global player in the Microsoft space. It has very strong relationships with Microsoft and Accenture that lead to significant implementation projects. Avanade has the potential to be the market leader in Microsoft implementations, if it hasn't achieved that position already. If people want to work on these big projects then they will have a hard time finding a better organization. Avanade has been blessed with strong talent that has remained throughout the company's existance. There are very strong friendships throughout the consultant base that facilitate both business and delivery. Avanade is currently reorganizing itself around the realities of the new market conditions as of 2009. This reorganization is probably a wise move.

Cons

Avanade tends to panic a bit when it appears financial goals will not be met. There has been an increasing focus on short term revenue generation at the expense of longer term consultant training and business development when the finances look to be in trouble. Avanade's reorganization is focusing the company more on commoditized work but there is little understanding within the company for how to execute on the reorganization plan. Avanade has gone through several rounds of RIFs this year as a result of the changed market conditions. Unfortunately, this has led to the release of many of Avanade's most talented consultants. The remaining senior people primarily focus on business development or other management functions. Those senior people live in fear for what will happen to their jobs and morale at this point is low. Meanwhile, Avanade has probably RIFed too many employees and will likely have to restart hiring again. This whipsaw effect tends to disorient consultants and build much less loyalty than management assumes. As an aside, the severance packages offered to RIFed employees is surprisingly low. This implies a lack of respect for those who have built the company and an inconsistency with stated company values.

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