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3.1

39% would recommend to a friend

(746 total reviews)

Wellford Dillard

49% approve of CEO

30% positive business outlook

Avid Technology has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 746 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Avid Technology 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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746 reviews
1.0
Jul 21, 2010

One Avid vision...straight out of the Matrix

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Pros

I am in it for the money....salaries are competitive.

Cons

4 years ago I thought I had struck the jackpot when I was hired by Avid (still Pinnacle then but already bought by the Big fish) The atmosphere was unlike anywhere else I had worked before. The people were passionate about what they did and Team work was at the core of our values. Flexibility on working hours made the place look like a second home and many employees saw it that way.....THEN our CEO "resigned" and it all went downhill from then on. The new CEO, Gary Greenfield, has no vision and is only worried about numbers. This is transmitted to his executive layer below and that layer passes that onto the next one. The One Avid vision exist only on the surreal world. Teams that used to work together have been isolated now, managers have been hired that have no people's skills, marginating employees further. NOBODY is talking with one another and trying to get some work done can be QUITE frustrating nowadays. Everyone is afraid that they might be next on the furlough list as the outsourcing increases. The managers that were brought in to run the company are all incompetent and ONLY care about showing numbers and pleasing the guy above them. NONE of the concerns from employees are really addressed......EVER. As if some sort of buffer exist or has been put in place to isolate employees. It is really sad what is happening to this company......

1.0
Jun 17, 2010

No vision - No future

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Pros

Is still ok place to work for for not very ambitious people. Some talent is still here to learn from. .

Cons

Generic management - no leaders or visioneries. Most people have no clue about innovation. Employees who could contribute will not do that due to distrust in management and zero incensitives.

2.0
Jun 14, 2010
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Pros

* The people - we are like a family. It's rare that you see software engineers working with the same company over a decade. * The products - the stuff we make is used to make the most watched and listened to entertainment out there. * A couple of our recent acquisitions could be very potent if their integration is executed properly.

Cons

* How many many more VPs can we hire while still not allowing for new positions in necessary areas like QA. * Management has hoped for significant attrition in order to move more development offshore. * Management doesn't understand how challenging it is to develop real-time audio and video processing products like ours. This is probably the largest contributing factor to my previous 2 cons. * Employees spend too much time complaining about management and the company, taking focus away from the products and technology. * The appearance of innovating through acquisition, only.

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