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Avid Technology

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Run, don't walk, away from Avid - Principal Software Engineer Avid Technology Employee Review

1.0
May 23, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Avid offers careers in the professional video and audio industries. If you want to work in this field, you will probably include Avid as a potential employer.

Cons

As others on this site have detailed, Avid is in decline. The board of directors brought in a turn-around CEO in Dec 2007. He has made more wrong turns than right ones. Despite the C-level staff's expertise at spinning their actions to appear positive, they are still losing money, and sales are 65% of what they were two years ago. The general belief is that the company is being dressed up to be sold. Whoever buys Avid is going to be in for a surprise when they figure out what they purchased. The product lines are crumbling under the weight of technical debt, and employee morale is at rock bottom.

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5.0
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Pros

Worked with really smart, level-headed engineers.

Cons

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1.0
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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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