Bad and getting worse - Senior Technical Consultant Avaya Employee Review

1.0
9 Oct 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The only real bright spot at Avaya are your co-workers. Always has been this way. For whatever reason they seem to get really great and capable people. No so with management. Some of the first line managers are good. Others are complete automatons. It's a mixed bag. Best case is an engineer who is now a manager. They're generally okay.

Cons

Current CEO is a scumbag. We've had plenty of bad CEOs before this but Alan is the worst of them all. Countless broken promises. New edict: if you're within 40 miles of an office, he is now requiring commuting 5 days a week, no exceptions. Regardless of whether you've been virtual office or not for decades previously. Salaries are stagnant. They rarely do matching 401k contributions (they decide whether to or not for each period - "sorry, better luck next year"), and the pay rises have been below industry standard for years, with no sign of changes. The product portfolio (usually a strength) has never been weaker. They were late to cloud and the offers are immature beyond belief.

Explore other reviews about Avaya

5.0
9 Jan 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great people, highly skilled co-workers, flexible remote environment

Cons

Several layoffs during the last years

1.0
14 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The company used to care about customers, but they removed all the sales people who actually visited and consulted with customers to save travel cost.

Cons

The company's newest CEO, Patrick, only cares about getting back to a Cybersecurity company as fast as possible. Can't sell the company fast enough, but buyers can't get past due diligence periods.

See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All