Avendra Reviews

3.9

73% would recommend to a friend

(70 total reviews)

Wolfram Schaefer

87% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Avendra has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 70 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Avendra employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management and consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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70 reviews
3.0
17 Aug 2015

my honest opinion

Anonymous employee
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Pros

A flexible work place. A friendly atmosphere. You become attached to your co-workers because they are warm and inviting. The company activities are engaging and help to foster a "family-like" feeling. You tend to want to stay because of that.

Cons

To be able to be promoted within your scope of responsibility is extremely limited. There is a lot of movement as employees have worked in a certain area for a long time and feel the pinch of being salary pinched in their position or the lack of growth opportunity sitting in a certain position. There is limited growth potential or moving up within the company. Employees who have been with the company for some time have probably been in the same position all that time. There is that cloud that hangs over your head as you max out on your salary within your "grade" or "band" or employment.

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Avendra Response
10y
I am glad that you see Avendra as a friendly, flexible work environment. It seems that many of our associates agree with you and do stay in their role for a long time. We recognize this issue and strive to create career advancement possibilities that are uncommon at a company of our size. We suspect you may be overlooking opportunities that may be available to you and encourage you to speak with your manager or with HR. Even with our limited size, we do strive to promote from within. We have had 11 promotions so far this year and in 2014 we had 25 promotions! Last year we added a new “Promotion in Role” process for the majority of our non-manager positions, which enables an associate to be promoted within their current role – thus recognizing them for their growth within their current job. When associates stay in their role for a long time this sometimes causes their salary to creep up in the salary range. Avendra uses a broad salary range for each position that reflects the duties, education and experience requirements as well as location of the job. These salary ranges are evaluated every year to ensure that they are in line with the market. Even when an associate has reached the top of their salary range, we continue to reward our associates with a merit bonus in lieu of a merit increase – therefore continuing to reward our associates for their hard work. Should you have questions about your particular situation, I would encourage you to speak to our Director of Compensation and Benefits.
4.0
1 Nov 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Great supporting culture out of the hospitality industry, mostly driven by your coworkers and teammates and some leadership. Strong focus on sustainability and DEI.

Cons

Since Aramark's purchase, Avendra hospitality heritage is diluted to focus on purely profit, driving client and customer facing roles to become sales individuals vs trusted procurement advisors.

5.0
21 Dec 2017

Great place to work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Small company, great collaboration and true "open door" policy at all levels

Cons

advancement can be slow because many long term associates not going anywhere soon

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Avendra Response
8y
I like your comment about staying agile. It certainly does apply here at Avendra. As for career growth, we certainly try to provide as many opportunities as we can for our associates to gain experience and move around the organization. Some of our positions have promotion opportunities built into the role. With the acquisition by Aramark, we are hoping for different opportunities to now be available. Thank you for taking the time to write about your experience at Avendra.
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