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nyse:avlr
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=116638
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Apr 25th, 2024 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Avalara
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Senior Software Engineer
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Durham, NC
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Hostile and toxic work environment with silent layoffs
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It's a job
Paycheck comes on time
Flexible hours
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Avalara used to be a good place to work at. Now things have changed for the worse and it’s not getting any better.
Stack ranking is destroying teams and work morale. Instead of focusing on collective goals the team members are prioritizing less important but individual achievements to outperform their peers anyway they can, resulting in a toxic work environment. Managers are scrambling to come up with senseless ways to avoid their employees to end up on the forced “low performer” ranking. Avalara is moving most roles to India in the disguise of “performance management”.
The constant and detrimental changes have created a culture where nobody is speaking up any more for the fear of retaliation and be labeled as “low performer”. This toxic work environment has spread to all teams now.
The internal Gallup survey doesn’t mean anything anymore and is used as a tool to fire managers or target teams that can be candidates for “low performer” investigations to meet the 10% layoff quota.
The new CPO and the HR organization have reached the highest level of incompetence with the constant contradictions and ever-changing information. HR people managers are completely ineffective and can’t give any clear guidance on any topics anymore. Our India HR is the most passive-aggressive organization I have ever experienced.
Random executive initiatives with random deadlines are forced on teams with no feedback whatsoever. This has created an unhealthy balance of what is really important versus product development.
C-levels and SVPs seems to be completely oblivious to the detrimental changes and are more interested in performative high-fives dances in the public forums instead of addressing the abyss the company is heading towards when it comes to work culture.
The CEO and CPO are never on the same page on stage and CEO looks very awkward when they have to contradict each other in public forums.
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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DISAPPROVE
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2.0
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1.0
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2.0
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1.0
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1.0
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2.0
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1.0
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1.0
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116638
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
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4.0
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Open
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Apr 28th, 2024 07:00PM
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Apr 28th, 2024 07:00PM
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Avalara
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nyse:avlr
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=116638
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Apr 23rd, 2024 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Avalara
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Overall good company
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Flexible, growing, career-growth, company growth minded.
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The pay has dwindled, it’s difficult to be paid what you are worth if you are an internal hire, a lot of employees wear many hats.
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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APPROVE
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0.0
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4.0
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4.0
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4.0
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5.0
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3.0
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4.0
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4.0
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116638
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
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6.0
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Open
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Apr 28th, 2024 07:00PM
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Apr 28th, 2024 07:00PM
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Avalara
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nyse:avlr
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=116638
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Apr 23rd, 2024 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Avalara
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Regional Sales Manager
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Bengaluru
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Awesome company beware if you taking role in India Sales
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Awesome company and great work culture, good pay.
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Don't join if you get offer to work with India Sales
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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APPROVE
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0.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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3.0
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5.0
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116638
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Open
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High time of not taking any action against India Sales Director. Left more then 9 people under his leadership. Pls do refer last 3 years of atteration.
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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No
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4.0
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Open
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Apr 25th, 2024 09:05PM
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Apr 25th, 2024 09:05PM
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Avalara
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nyse:avlr
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=116638
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Apr 22nd, 2024 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Avalara
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GSO
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Brighton, England
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Ineffective leadership in Brighton
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Great office but waste of money as people just come to work once a week.
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There is no leadership or seriousness to create healthy environment. Leaders are just using their contacts ( you rub my back and will do the same for you) to save their jobs. Low cost jobs are moving to Pune while high cost ( directors ,Sr. Directors , VP) jobs are getting promoted and getting huge bonuses. One removal of VP or Sr director in Brighton can lead to saving atleast 5 jobs in Brighton. And these 5 people will add REAL value rather just BIG talk by these so called leaders
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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DISAPPROVE
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0.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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116638
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Open
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Vista needs to think why they need redundant or useless leadership in Brighton when all juniors are being let go . Why so high priced individuals are being retained???
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
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4.0
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Open
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Apr 25th, 2024 09:05PM
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Apr 25th, 2024 09:05PM
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Avalara
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nyse:avlr
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=116638
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Apr 19th, 2024 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Avalara
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Indirect Tax Researcher
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New York, NY
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People and Culture Company
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Salary scale and benefits were good
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Centered more on what came after your name (CPA, etc.) then the person.
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1.0
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4.0
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3.0
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4.0
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3.0
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5.0
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3.0
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4.0
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116638
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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No
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4.0
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Open
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Apr 23rd, 2024 07:00PM
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Apr 23rd, 2024 07:00PM
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Avalara
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nyse:avlr
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=116638
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Apr 19th, 2024 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Avalara
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Security Engineer
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Get Out While You Can
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Pay was good.
Benefits were excellent.
Perks were nice to have.
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They were bought by Vista and everything was over at that point.
Gallup polls that are meaningless and are all show no go.
All this OPAH stuff this is all a we have a culture.
The silent PIP's that are taking place really is why not pay severance no reason to stress quit all they employees since February.
Stop with the stack ranking you brough out this year.
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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DISAPPROVE
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0.0
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1.0
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5.0
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1.0
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1.0
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4.0
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1.0
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5.0
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116638
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Open
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They are sheep. Yes men that will undercut you to save your own skin.
They will respond to this saying oh reach out to us lol. To say what your still a bad place to work now.
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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No
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4.0
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Open
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Apr 24th, 2024 01:35PM
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Apr 24th, 2024 01:35PM
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Avalara
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nyse:avlr
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=116638
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Apr 18th, 2024 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Avalara
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Progamador
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São Paulo, São Paulo
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Empresa ótima de se trabalhar
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Ótima comunicão na entrevista, ótimos funcionários do alto escalão e ótimos beneficios
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Atraso na entrega de algumas informações
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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0.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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116638
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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CONTRACT
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No
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No
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1.0
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Open
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Apr 26th, 2024 12:33PM
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Apr 26th, 2024 12:33PM
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Avalara
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nyse:avlr
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=116638
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Apr 12th, 2024 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Avalara
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Very “Taxing “ place to work
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Your coworkers, some of the best people I’ve ever worked with. They care about you. Avalara was wonderful until Vista took the reins.
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Leadership, the directors in the compliance practice are absolutely untrustworthy. They don’t understand the business, they don’t care about the staff, and hilariously coach you through Gallup surveys to get a good scores. All of the jobs are going to India, and they have this mindset that all tax is built the same. It’s not a McDonald’s, you can’t make the tax fit into a terrible platform and expect .10 employees in India to do the same level of work. People are getting laid off after years of service, to be replaced by overseas employees. Managers are made to lower rating of decent employees to show they are “low” contributors so leadership can find excuses not to give raises and to put people on performance plans.
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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DISAPPROVE
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0.0
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2.0
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2.0
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1.0
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3.0
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3.0
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1.0
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5.0
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116638
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Open
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Trusted my leadership to protect me from a bad boss and they used it against me later. Disgusting behavior, allowing people who helped build the business to what it is today get let go. With absolutely no empathy- didn’t even get thanked for my service.
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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No
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4.0
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Open
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Apr 24th, 2024 01:35PM
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Apr 24th, 2024 01:35PM
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Avalara
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nyse:avlr
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=116638
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Apr 17th, 2024 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Avalara
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Software Engineer
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Pune
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Work Culture
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Avalara provides a good work life balance
Team culture is very nice
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The techstack used here was quite outdated, it may vary team to team.
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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0.0
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NEUTRAL
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0.0
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NO_OPINION
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0.0
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4.0
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4.0
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4.0
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4.0
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4.0
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4.0
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4.0
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116638
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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No
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2.0
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Open
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Apr 20th, 2024 07:15PM
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Apr 20th, 2024 07:15PM
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Avalara
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nyse:avlr
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=116638
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Apr 16th, 2024 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Avalara
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Technical Architect
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Pune
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Great place
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Avalara is an amazing place to work at. Very inclusive with no politics or discrimination.
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Onsite travel is very less
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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APPROVE
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0.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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3.0
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5.0
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5.0
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116638
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
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20.0
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Open
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Apr 20th, 2024 07:15PM
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Apr 20th, 2024 07:15PM
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Avalara
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