Avalara reviews

3.1

47% would recommend to a friend

(1,566 total reviews)
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Hugo Sarrazin

35% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Avalara has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,566 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Avalara employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0
Apr 20, 2018

Stay away

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Pros

Great views/free coffee. Colleagues I’ve been with over the years are great people Great concepts of products and a ton of potential, if management cared about anything but IPO potential

Cons

Management cares nothing about the people..lotta talk and zero action..the culture has changed to the point no one trusts anyone.. Pay across the board in all departments way below comparable companies

1.0
Apr 12, 2018

I Can See The Writing On The Wall Early.

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Pros

New building, and free coffee. Offered a decent salary

Cons

New employee and everything else to this point has been mediocre to this point. Training was terrible, if you even get training. Most people are just thrown into the water with an anchor tied to there feet. It truly is a good ole boys club and some of the women have joined. You’ll be able to identify who is who within the first week. He company has been around since 2005 and just hired a diversity director in 2018. In training we were told that Avalara was a sales organization. That’s really all I needed to know. If your looking for a serious career in tech this isn’t the place.

1.0
Feb 9, 2018

Lost Its Way

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Pros

Free beer, nice offices, a few really great people. The best "pro" is that I no longer work there. I am actually grateful that things were so deeply dysfunctional and intolerable because it ultimately motivated me to find a new job with higher compensation in a company that offers better working conditions, potential for growth and superior benefits. I bless every day since I have left, and grateful that I had the sense to leave before hopelessness and malaise overwhelmed me.

Cons

Too many to name. Management clearly views employees as disposable commodities, despite the measurable and significant contributions made by numerous talented employees. Most of the highly skilled, committed and mission-focused employees have left. I have personally witnessed dedicated employees treated with indifference, disrespect or disdain simply dependent upon the changing whims of newly hired upper management. Management is exclusively focused on self preservation and the potential realization of personal financial or professional gain. One might surmise that inauthentic or manufactured reviews are posted in order to bolster the ratings and artificially offset what is clearly a downward trend. There are certain VPs/SVPs who are nothing short of mean spirted, malicious, egotistical, grasping and avaricious. Just look for the departments with the revolving door of employees who have taken their expertise elsewhere and left a gaping hole. The company has lost its way and the culture has devolved dramatically. It's rather sad, especially if you had witnessed the company at its peak, when there was a sense of shared mission and delight in the boldness of this new venture. We were almost giddy with the possibilities before us, and eager to tackle every challenge. That feeling is entirely gone.

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