Good intentions, currently on a transformation path, but a long way to go - Consultant Avanade Employee Review

2.0
6 Dec 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good projects are great, staff are engaged, and you can be supported. Great focus on collaborative tools, and knowledge is shared across the company - people don't hoard information. Very flat culture, you can talk to people at all levels, and they will be respectful and friendly with you, always happy to help where they can.

Cons

No real training outside of Microsoft vouchers, and in house delivery methodology courses. If you're stuck on a bad project, you'll be there for the long haul, and although you're told you can raise issues, in practice this isn't true - not out of malice, but hands are tied. Very much a culture of who you know, not what you know. The short term incentive 'bonus' program is paid out based on how the company has done in sales, which realistically, most staff can't affect - though the mantra is to mention sales opportunities whenever they occur... There isn't much investment in future technologies - technology is trained and taught when it's already becoming a little outdated; unless Microsoft has mandated it as a standard. New technology is mainly disseminated when people donate their time for free. Many good staff leave quite quickly, leaving the company full of long term employees, those happy to work within bureaucracy, those in the old boys club, or those without experience of other companies.

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5.0
7 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Company really cares for their employees, development, and culture Recognition for good work

Cons

Consulting in general is not what it used to be Accenture big brother is quite bureaucratic and obnoxious managing 'profiles' CEO is in London but HQ is Seattle

2.0
17 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The projects are really large so you'll get great experience. The benefits are good. The people are, for the most part, really nice at the lower level.

Cons

Always restructuring. You don't actually work for Avanade you work for Accenture under the name of Avanade. Accenture is always trying to absorb or downsize Avanade and even the execs don't have real power there. Plus all work and decisions are also controlled by Microsoft, so if they're doing extremely well then Avanade does and then Accenture fights for their share of the money in some shady way.

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