Great product idea, terrible execution and management - Anonymous employee Avanoo Employee Review

1.0
4 Aug 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Great product with a lot of potential. - Great vision and core values. - Great teammates, that genuinely care about each other.

Cons

- Very bad management, specially the CTO. They often say that they care about you (which is one of the company's core values), but they actually don't. - The things I worked on are totally unrelated to the job post I applied to. - No work-life balance, even though they say they respect that. - The product that is built is rarely even used by the company itself, even though it claims it improves performance! there has been several attempts to fix this but it never worked. - The product itself is very old and have a lot of issues going years back. I often hear the response "it's always been like that" when I open some ticket about an issue I faced. I don't know how it's still functional. - They "lie" about the numbers they report to their customers. They use every trick they can to inflate the numbers and make them seem legit, without actually lying. - I've never seen a happy ex-employee, and for sure I'm not one.

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5.0
29 Dec 2019
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Pros

- People here like, trust, care about each other. - We get to advance the art and science of storytelling. - We help people, teams, and organizations grow. - Much of our technology is cutting edge (AI, NLP, deep insights). - We believe in the impact we are making, and want to make more of it. - Few people on the team are content with status quo. - "Building a rocketship while flying it" [often-used refrain here] - Growth mindset from C-suite to interns. - Listening, feedback, sharing of failures and successes from C-suite to interns. - Leadership is inspiring, transparent, openly seeking feedback to grow. - No blame culture. Self responsibility, even failure, is encouraged. - Fast moving and tons of real-time innovation. - Constant focus on creating great customer experience. - No team member, past or present, who I don't like and respect.

Cons

- It's a startup. Changes, learning, and growth are constant, and sometimes frustrating. I love this (it's a big part of why I'm here). But the environment would be hard on anyone who has perhaps seen easier successes in the past, and comes in with the expectation of similar ease here. - High expectations. It's not enough to be talented, or even a great person - although you won't get in the door without both being true here. Results matter. I expect and need this in a workplace, especially one in which I care about the vision. But it's not for people who don't want an intense focus on results. - Ownership, self-responsibility, and comfort with ambiguity are necessary strengths here. There is so much innovation and opportunity for growth, but it demands that we go after it. I love this, but I wouldn't recommend Avanoo for people who need someone else to provide structure and clarity, and who need their job description to remain the same for longer than six weeks. The ask here constant invention and reinvention.

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4.0
31 Mar 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Interesting tasks, fast decision-making, and opportunities to learn multiple things

Cons

Financial issues — lack of funding, unclear company direction, occasional Sunday work

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