Is Avalara a good company to work for?

Avalara has an overall rating of 3.1 out of 5, based on over 1,767 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 8% over the last 12 months. 49% of employees would recommend working at Avalara to a friend and 49% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Avalara have been left by employees working as Implementation Consultant , Analyst and Customer Account Manager .

Does Avalara pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Avalara employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Avalara. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Avalara?

49% of Avalara employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Avalara 3.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.2 for culture and values and 3.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Avalara?

Software Engineer (80) , Senior Software Engineer (69) , Tax Analyst (39) , Technical Support Engineer (37) , Account Development Representative (35) , Analyst (34) , Manager (25) , Customer Account Manager (24) , Compliance Analyst (19) , Sales (19) , Sales Executive (19) , Implementation Consultant (18) , Director (17) , Sales Development Representative (SDR) (17) , Product Manager (16)

What are the pros of working at Avalara according to real employee reviews?

"Great people and teams" ((in 136 reviews)); "Good work life balance and ease of work" ((in 89 reviews)); "Benefits were good" ((in 86 reviews)); "The pay is good for starting out and if you push yourself then the pay only gets better." ((in 65 reviews)); "Great work culture and ethics" ((in 61 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Avalara according to real employee reviews?

"Bad management from the US" ((in 74 reviews)); "Senior leadership is a bunch of talking heads and have no clue what they are doing." ((in 53 reviews)); "5. India level managers have no voice and all decisions are made by US counterparts." ((in 50 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs and forced exits" ((in 49 reviews)); "There is no job security here and no consideration for your commitment and hard work." ((in 20 reviews))

What are employees saying about Avalara layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Avalara layoffs and their outlook for job security at Avalara in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Avalara locations?

Seattle , Durham , Bainbridge Island , Raleigh , Houston , Paso Robles , Chicago , Falls Church , New York , Los Angeles , Rocklin , Dallas , Denver , Austin , San Francisco , McMinnville , Elizabeth , Jersey City , Charlottesville , Culpeper , Saint Louis , Monsey , Green Bay , Scottsdale , Lincoln , Louisville , Charlotte , Fort Worth , Lewisville , Indianapolis

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3.1

49% would recommend to a friend

(1,567 total reviews)

Hugo Sarrazin

55% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Diversity & inclusion

3.4

Work/Life balance

3.2

Culture & values

3.0

Career opportunities

2.7

Senior management

Avalara has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,567 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Avalara employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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2K reviews

5.0

Nov 18, 2013

Brilliant product with huge potential in the growing e-commerce space!

Program manager

Recommend

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Pros

A brilliantly conceived product with very little competition in a marketplace, poised for explosive growth! Combine that with a team that is smart, passionate and driven to success, and you can understand why Avalara remains one of fastest growing companies in the country.

Cons

In a company of this size, you've got to be agile and flexible enough to handle quickly changing priorities, with enough tenacity to get the job done. If you can't handle ambiguity or multi-tasking, or require a highly structured environment, this would not be a good fit.

2.0

Nov 10, 2013

Not a startup, not even a startup approach, but they sure think they are.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Opportunity to shine. There's a lot of work to do and very few people who can do it.

Cons

Legacy code base is crumbling and new code is so far in the future that it might not matter. Belief that they are a technology company, but technology takes a backseat to everything else.

1.0

Nov 1, 2013

Do not join this company

Software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Friendly environment.Every month company shows one movie from com

Cons

They could cut your salary into half at any point of time by giving performance reason.Team leaders are from 6 years and MD came 2 years back so tug of war between these two. Team leaders do not want juniors to stay for longer duration to safe their place.

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