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      Meat grinder with crippling politics and ineffective leadership - Product Manager Avalara Employee Review

      1.0
      Jul 27, 2021
      Product manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      There are individuals who take their roles seriously, and serve their teams with humility and true leadership. There are some team members that take their roles seriously as professionals, making it easy to achieve common goals.

      Cons

      Avalara is full of incredible turnover, toxic culture, crippling politics and open drama. Managers fabricate crises to artificially 'motivate' their teams. Senior leaders focus on building their own corporate brands rather than supporting their teams, and the rest of the troubles trickle down from there. There are constant mean-spirited Internal fights and hollow posturing over resources, funds, and priorities (debate and discussion is good, sabotage and drama is not). Quite literally every individual contributor I worked with behaved as if they were about to be let go, which makes for a difficult environment to achieve just about anything meaningful. Of all the public companies i've worked with, this one showed me a new low for culture, camaraderie, and effectiveness. If you're thinking of trying this place out, just be ready for all of this, on top of the massive workloads you'll get and the constant priority and resource churn you need to navigate.

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      Avalara Response
      4y
      I am sorry you feel this way. I couldn't disagree with you more and do hope that you shared your views during your tenure or exit interview with the People and Culture team.

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      5.0
      Jun 2, 2026
      Senior enterprise ae
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good org Solid product Good middle mgmt.

      Cons

      Like every SaaS org direction as a whole is a bit turbulent Needs to figure out how to properly lean into Enterprise

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      Avalara Response
      4w
      Thank you for sharing your experience at Avalara. We appreciate your perspective and are glad to hear you’ve had a positive experience with the team and the work. We also value your thoughtful feedback as we continue to improve and grow. We’re grateful to have you on our orange team.
      4.0
      Jul 13, 2026
      Seal executive
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Avalara truly has great people working for the company. The culture is strong, we wear orange and are out in the market having fun which is appreciated internally but also by our prospects, customers and partners. There is potential to make very good money along with enjoying many other great benefits that other companies i have worked for have not offered. Avalara does not hesitate to invest in software and other tools that help their employees do their jobs more efficiently and effectively.

      Cons

      There has been a lot of turnover at all levels which is not a bad thing because it brings new ideas and perspective to the company. With these new ideas and frameworks there has been a lot of change and shifting goals so you need to be adaptable to keep up. The loss of longtime employees also leaves a gap of institutional knowledge which can make finding answers to questions challenging.

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      Avalara Response
      2d
      Thank you for taking the time to share your experience at Avalara. We love hearing that our culture, has had a meaningful impact on your experience, and we also appreciate your perspective on the pace of change across the business. Feedback like this helps us continue building on what is working well while improving how we support employees through growth and transition.
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