Top heavy, can't stop being a consultant-based business - Anonymous employee Avanade Employee Review

3.0
31 Aug 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Decent pay and benefits. Good focus on inclusion. Good work/life balance with a lot of work from home positions.

Cons

VERY top-heavy. There are WAY too many people pulling down six figures whose jobs seem to boil down to vague hand-waving, being in meetings and pumping out PowerPoint decks for no real discernible purpose. Also, even though they've been trying to pivot to a *aaS model, they have trouble breaking free of their consultant mindset. Everything at the company revolves around consultants. I had a position of consultant and then senior consultant, despite never having consulted a day in my life: this is just how they break down their salary levels (e.g., analyst, senior analyst, consultant, senior consultant, etc.), but it influences everything in the company, where everything is seen as a project and there's not a whole lot of organization around creating sustainable products.

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Avanade Response
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I appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback. Delivering an exceptional employee experience – at all levels – is a key focus for us. This includes everything from the work you do to the benefits you receive to how you are recognized and rewarded for your contributions (and everything in between!). Your comments are valuable as we continue to improve the experience for our people going forward. It’s true that we remain a consulting business while exploring new ways to engage our clients and create new opportunities for our people.

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