Pros
This was a great company to work for before they were acquired for a low price due to a global pandemic (Should be regulations preventing this). When I was there, it was a great company to advance in. I started at the bottom and made it near the top by the time they axed me. They hire from within often, which is why they are great for advancing your career. When public - stock went from $30 initially, all the way to $189 three times, but averaged about $160. We were bought out at $60 per, thanks to covid. Benefits exist Thankful for the time I had there, pre-acquisition. After that, it was just a waiting game as to when will they terminate me/us.
Cons
Acquisition k*lled the culture. Money is culture now. Moving too many roles to India. Bought out during a global pandemic for a steal. There is a mass removal of employees 10 years+ to recycle wages and move roles to India. Stack ranking us out. 401k not matched. They had to up my pay multiple times to meet the market and were still under market 100% of the time. Half-done products make life difficult for everyone involved. High workload vs other companies. Products are released as GA, but expectation is for customers and partners to create requests for new functionality that should be defaulted since it's tax compliance. They are also using anything they can to try and give people PIF's which allows them to skip out on severance. I almost got one due to GOALs. Goals are what they used to terminate my role. Since when did Goals affect work and performance? What a shady excuse to use to stack rank someone off a great team! CEO is denying the culture is dead, which is why I can't recommend them. I know of at least 10 others that had their roles "terminated" that are 10 or more years with the company. Is tenure discrimination a thing because it feels like tenure discrimination? Many of the people I started with, that were loyal for 10+ years are also gone as if they were just a stat too. Maybe he's meant the culture after they have removed all the OG Avalarians. But hey, after the acquisition I guess we are just numbers now. Too rich to care, : (. Acquisition.
