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Avid Technology

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Avid Audio, formerly known as Digidesign, was once a dream job. It has become a nightmare. - Software Engineer Avid Technology Employee Review

2.0
Nov 5, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

All engineers have nice offices with quite working conditions. Employees at audio portions of the company are very passionate about the technology and music in general. Most employees are users of the hardware and software that they create.

Cons

Over the past 18 months, the executive management has been cutting costs mostly by laying off US workers and moving jobs to Kiev. Over 50% of the company will be overseas very soon. When the video and audio engineering groups work together on projects, the efforts are dysfunctional at best and completely adversarial at worse. In the process of the outsourcing, executive management has completely demoralized the employees. There has been a voluntary mass exodus of engineers which has caused significant brain drain from the company. Many key engineering contributors have left the company carrying their knowledge with them. The remaining engineers are left to figure out how to build, maintain, and resolve bugs in the software.

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5.0
Feb 26, 2026
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Pros

Worked with really smart, level-headed engineers.

Cons

A lot of leadership turnover.

1.0
Mar 29, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

• Some coworkers try to support each other despite the environment • You quickly learn how to handle stress (whether you want to or not)

Cons

• Toxic and reactive management style • Constantly shifting expectations with little to no clear direction • Unrealistic workload with pressure to meet metrics that don’t reflect reality • Lack of accountability from leadership—issues are pushed down instead of addressed • Poor communication across the board, leading to confusion and wasted time • Employees are not supported • Burnout is common and ignored

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