Great perks, but struggling to keep up to date - Anonymous employee Amadeus Employee Review

3.0
23 Apr 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Great location for the R&D site (Sophia Antipolis); - Possibility to have a real work/life balance (unless you want to progress fast in the company); - Competitive salary for the region; - Good perks, including 30 days vacation (plus 5-10 days of additional vacation - RTT - as per French law); - The company is really pushing itself to be innovative and catch up with new tech companies, but it may still take long to reach this goal;

Cons

- Currently, there is a clear lack of engineering culture. Amadeus has a strong focus on finding the best business solution for the customers, but technology and software engineering comes as a second class activity. Hopefully the company acknowledges it has to improve on this point and is pushing hard for changing; - Heterogeneity: it is common to see some teams with a great working environment; while others are struggling with huge technical debt and lack of resources. Chose well your team if you join the company; - General "big company" problems such as bureaucracy and inertia to implement changes.

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2.0
27 Oct 2025
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CEO approval
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Pros

- Learning opportunities, every day brought something new to tackle or explore - Decent benefits package that covered the essentials - Competitive salary relative to industry standards

Cons

- Management is aggressively enforcing a hybrid model, even for remote employees, and is rescinding previously agreed upon contracts. There's a glaring lack of strategic vision from leadership. - If you're based in Europe or North America, job security is virtually nonexistent unless you're in upper management. Roles are being shifted to India, Colombia, and the Philippines, with cost-cutting prioritized over talent, experience, or loyalty. - The forced migration to Azure, compounded by poor planning, is draining resources. And employees are paying the price — not just through increased workload, but by being let go in recent layoffs (October '25). With many of the positions eliminated quietly transferred to offshore. - Layoffs are being justified as “market alignment” and financial necessity. Yet at the same time, the company continues to absorb small to medium-sized companies, raising serious questions about transparency, priorities, and long-term stability.

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