Advent Software Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Advent Software full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – - Stable company that's been around for 30 years.
- Great work life balance.
- Dedicated Management and employees.
- Allows dogs.

Cons – - Lots of manual processes.
- Lack of upward movement

Advice to Senior Management – - Sometimes the company seems to be more reactive than the industry leader.
- Our company objective is to help other companies be more effective with our software but the technology we use internally can definitely use some improvement, such as electronic billing, an online payment system and reduction of multiple software platforms for normal everyday operations..

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Advent Software full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great work-life balance. Sales quotas are realistic and follow a reasonable standard deviation (eg. 70% of reps make their number, 15% blow it out, and 15% aren't making it). If you work hard you will make your number.

Cons – Compensation is below standard packages seen in the Silicon Valley

Advice to Senior Management – Bring in fresh blood --- go out there are look for bright minds with fresh ideas and actively recruit them.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Advent Software full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – We come, we work, and we go home to eat dinner with our families. Dinner should never be eaten at work! Work/Life Balance is greatly appreciated and respected here. We effort to be great, we say it enough; we drink the Kool-Aid, nothing wrong with that. We want to move from good to great. We might never be great, but are trying. Everyone is trying.

Cons – Fresh characters and new personalities are good. Fresh skills and current work experiences are good. We need to have a little more turn-over of the old guard. Sales team needs a shaken up, Professional Services needs to be shaken up, Product Development/Engineer was just re-org’ed, so we will see about Advent in the Cloud.

Advice to Senior Management – Managements relationship with Sales concerns me.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Advent Software full-time for more than a year

Pros – -Great co-workers!
-Allows Dogs!
-Occasional team events

Cons – -No career growth opportunity
-Average tenure is 6+ years
-Can get easily tied down to a single career path.
-You get to learn about one product and one process really well and not much cross platform training.

Advice to Senior Management – Invest in your employees, it'll help in the long run.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Advent Software full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Its a great company to work for. They hire a diverse group of innovative, smart and friendly people who are fully vested in making the company successful. They take care of their employees. They promote a good work life balance. The work environment is a lot of fun even though we work really hard.

Cons – A little behind on electronic invoicing and on line access to invoices and payments for clients.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Advent Software as an intern for less than a year

Pros – -Great work environment
-Pets at work
-Great workspace
-Everyone is very friendly and helpful
-Established company in the industry
-Expanded internship program

Cons – -Not as youthful or energetic environment as other tech companies in the cities
-Doesn't have the upward momentum of other tech companies

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Advent Software full-time for less than a year

Pros – Advent has one of the best cultures in terms of training and team-building that I have ever encountered. I appreciated every day that I was employed by Advent and am sorry I took a gamble with a former co-worker to leave. Advent has things going in line with a fantastic workplace and people.

Cons – Lack of upward mobility and advancement opportunities due to longevity of co-worker employment.

Advice to Senior Management – Open up avenues for advancement.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Advent Software full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great work life balance for the Company. As a consultant you are on the road almost every week, so its very hard to have a work life balance. The people there are great. Its a very fun atmosphere. They know how to have a good time. You wont find a mean person in the company.

Cons – As a consultant you travel every week. This will burn you out in about two years. Middle management is not very experienced. The salaries could be better, there are barely any raises and we just had layoffs, yet all of the executive this year got promoted. They need to adapt to client needs faster. There is not much career growth here. It seems like when you are in consulting, they don't like you to leave.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Advent Software full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Autonomy, challenging tasks, intelligent peers

Cons – To many list owners, not enough do'ers

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Advent Software full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Hire and retain really smart people. Friendly, collegial atmosphere. Ambitious projects that make them the leader in a niche market globally. Focused on keeping things balanced rather than burning people out.

Cons – Sometimes projects seem overly ambitious given time and resources.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep listening to your people. They know a lot.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company