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Outsourcing to India, US company culture dying - Senior Software Engineer Avalara Employee Review

2.0
Jul 10, 2025
Senior software engineer
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Great work life balance - Realistic goal setting - Fully remote - Nice Seattle office (although usually empty) - Allows to work remotely from anywhere in the world, including other office locations - They might be going back to public before end of year. If this happens, things might get better?

Cons

- Compensation. After being acquired in October 2022, they stopped provided RSU's as compensation. All RSU's for current employees ended in February. For me, this effectively reduced my overall comp by 25%. Absolutely zero response from leadership to this - Most teams are forced to take early/late meetings with engineers in other timezones (India mostly) - Permissions are siloed. You will experience blockers that from teams 12+ hours ahead - Difficult to stir communication because nearly everyone (in engineering) is camera off in Zoom meetings and unresponsive on Slack - Engineering expertise is quite low. Although this has always been the case for Avalara. They are unable to entice top talent because comp is low - Engineering all-hands meetings are laughable from CTO Danny Fields. It's a strategy of "throw AI at the wall and see what sticks"

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Avalara Response
12mo
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. We’re sorry to hear your concerns and appreciate your detailed feedback. If you’re open to sharing more so we can continue to improve, please contact us at avalisten@avalara.com.

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5.0
Jul 13, 2026
Sr. director, engineering
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Pros

Cutting edge technologies Very Smart colleagues Great business model

Cons

High hiring and performance bar

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Avalara Response
5d
Thank you for sharing your experience at Avalara. We’re glad to hear the technology and your teammates have made a positive impact. We appreciate your feedback and your contributions.
4.0
Jul 17, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Is Avalara a great place to work? It depends on the team you are on. Pros: - I love my team. I have great co-workers. I feel like leadership to the VP level understands the value we bring and advocates for our work throughout the company - I like being able to go into the office and see people and bounce ideas around - My manager is always pushing me to learn new things and get out of my comfort zone - We just got a new CEO and I am super excited about him and his vision. Everyone who has actually been in meetings with him is excited too.

Cons

It depends on the team you are on. Cons: - Some teams are not as curious/helpful as others. I often have to check and recheck the work they do, after I have chased them multiple times to even complete the work - The layoff fear is real, the idea that at any point your position could be eliminated because they want to keep that revenue per headcount KPI down is everywhere

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Avalara Response
1d
Thank you for taking the time to share such thoughtful insight. We're glad to hear your team and manager have had a positive impact on your experience, and we're encouraged by your optimism about Avalara's future. We also recognize how important it is for that experience to feel consistent across the company, and we appreciate you sharing your perspective.
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