I think it isn't fair call us bitter ex-employees when we leave a negative review. I am not a bitter employee and I left on great terms. I made friends and chalked my experience up to a learning one. I learned a lot about what I am capable of because I figured things out. I was actually quite impressed with my capabilities. The truth is the environment was really toxic when I was there. I understand the stress others are talking about because I experienced the same myself. I still have friends that work at Avetta and from what they say things have not gotten better. I am not saying that the entire company is bad. There are really great people there that will take the time to teach and mold you. However, this is not a company you will be able to retire from. You could possibly get promoted but a lot of that is short lived. I noticed the downfall when John Herr took over. I am sure there are reasons for the constant lay offs that are business related. I understand that there will always be difficult decisions that an executive team has to make. My personal experience was that environment is not a warm one and a lot of people were scared. I decided that I personally could not take living in fear longer so I decided to part ways. I wasn't around when the founders had control over the business, but from what I was told it is like night and day. In my opinion, I would not apply at Avetta.