Avalara reviews

3.1

49% would recommend to a friend

(1,567 total reviews)
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Hugo Sarrazin

55% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Avalara has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,567 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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5.0
Oct 14, 2014

Exciting and Challenging, Never Boring

Anonymous employee
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Pros

I've been at Avalara for several years now and as time goes by I love this company more and more. We are literally on the cutting edge of a basically green field; sales tax automation. The problems are challenging and yes it's sometimes difficult when you're the one cutting the path, but I'm excited to see where we are going as a company. If you like a fast moving start-up, high level of responsibility / ownership type environment, you'll like it here. If you like to conceptualize and bring to reality truly complex, beautifully coded software, you'll like it here.

Cons

There's been a lot of exciting progress but there's a lot more work to do. It's not really a con as it represents opportunity to come in and actually build something that will affect a lot of users.

2.0
Oct 5, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Good job building culture. People genuinely love working here. I wasn't as rabid about it as my peers, but i enjoyed coworkers and events.

Cons

Very poorly thought out and ill defined compensation plan. No accelerators for over perfirmance and not market competitive. Sales. I enjoyed the events, but booze played a little to central a role.

5.0
Oct 3, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Great people, work hard/play hard culture, a lot of opportunity to learn and grow professionally. Fantastic products, lots of potential for growth.The culture can vary fro team to team, but from what I'e seen, there's not a group wouldn't work with.

Cons

Constant change, it can be hard to keep up. The company has grown so fast that they've run out of room, so everyone is crammed in together. I enjoy the ferry commute, but it makes it a long day.

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