Terrible workplace for females avoid this company like the plague. Don't say i didn't tell you so. - Anonymous employee Avanade Employee Review

1.0
30 May 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Pay adjustments and bonuses but still very much under market. Seems to hire bottom of the bell curve employees but someone has to hire them smart people often leave for a larger pay.

Cons

HR is a JOKE. Has told many females leaving that they are liars upon complaints and exit interview findings. With senior staff not even getting a slap on the wrist which is funny cause no one else but Avanade would retain people like that. They wouldn't get hired anywhere else. Toxic bullying gossipy work culture. Can't sell projects to save their lives somehow becomes your problem to beg, grovel and b for a role. I've had a few roles since leaving this company and the quality of my life has improved 10 fold. So thanks but no thanks. Also oh the misogyny! Recently heard through the grape vine that the female GM whom i personally very much liked was asked to leave because people didn't "like her" very much so it's back to the 1950s for women at this company. I like to judge my future employers by the number of ex employees banging on the door to come back in. No one wants to come back to work here ... terrible junior staff retention they put together a panel and everything to "investigate" but all they did was get defensive and after HR is done with them at their exit interview people make excuses to leave this place no one tells you the real reason they're leaving. I sure didn't.

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Avanade Response
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Thanks for taking the time to leave your review. At Avanade we pride ourselves on our diversity and establishing a workplace culture of inclusion. We were recently recognised as an Employer of Choice by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) and additionally have just achieved Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) Bronze status for LGBTI inclusion. We have a well and long established Code of Business Ethics that sets out the extremely high standards expected of all our employees, and the consequences of failing to achieve these. I would strongly encourage that you contact me to raise your concerns directly because I would not want them to go unaddressed. Please don’t hesitate to contact me at dion.walker@avanade.com for any matters relating to the Australia business, or alternatively richard.j.cook@avanade.com if you would prefer to address specific issues regarding HR. You can also share your feedback anonymously through our digital ethics hotline at 1-800-803-774.

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