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Avalara

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Avalara reviews

3.1

49% would recommend to a friend

(1,567 total reviews)
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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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Reviews by job title

2K reviews
2.0
Aug 6, 2013

Can't decide which way to go

Senior software developer
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Pros

There is a very good group vibe. You can make Avalara a very large part of you social life - in a good way - IF you live on the island.

Cons

It a very face to face culture. It's very hard to get decisions out of people without a face to face meeting, which means that people spend a lot of time in meetings. And that telecommuting is not as effective as it needs to be. Things tend to get done because someone has the authority to demand it - not because it's the best thing for the company as a whole. This means priorities change quickly and a lot.

4.0
Aug 2, 2013

I never thought I would enjoy tech...or tax...but I'm still here!

Sales
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Pros

The people are really great. It's like a big goofy family. The culture is great and they definitely make a major effort to help you enjoy work and know your colleagues. Executives are open to employee feedback but you have to be willing to speak out and be ballsy enough to request time with them. Flexible work place (home or office) is great for families with two working parents.

Cons

- If you don't fit in here, it's kind of obvious...meaning, if you are an introvert or have no sense of humor, you might not get a lot of recognition or have a lot of growth opportunity. - Recently, they haven't promoted much internally. Understandable as they need experienced executive leadership to steer the ship where it needs to go... however, they should start a career development/mentoring program so they CAN promote within as the company fills out. - Growing pains with infrastructure trying to support such rapid growth..but this seems to be getting better with some of the new leadership on board. - PR isn't great...but is getting better.

5.0
Jul 21, 2013

I'm bullish on Avalara

Anonymous employee
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Pros

I feel lucky to have joined when I did (about 3 years ago). We are bringing a technology solution to bear on key business processes still in the dark ages of manual processing. That's sales tax and other indirect taxes. We are leading the way in defining a category -- and that's exciting. The fact that it still feels like a ground-floor opportunity is icing on the cake.

Cons

Historically, the salaries have been on the low side, but I think the company is trying to address and is becoming more competitive. Options are nice, and given to everyone. It's great that every employee gets stock options. But it's also natural that people would like to have more. I believe they grant new options to employees every two or three years or so. Hard to know for sure. The offices were not so great when I started, but we are in a nice new building. But we are growing fast, so it's crowded. I think that's a good problem to have.

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