Avalara Reviews

Pros

Growing company ever changing. It's a fun place to work for a company this is growing at this pace.

Cons

Some growing pains, but the company is proactive with addressing these issues. Senior management is digging into issues and addressing.

Pros

I joined Avalara 3 years ago and I thank my lucky stars every day on my decision. The culture, pace and opportunity are incredible as well as the industry we serve

Cons

The pace is incredibly fast so you'll struggle if you're not organized and lack much needed energy!

Pros

My experience at Avalara has been incredibly positive. This has been my most favorite place to work so far in my career, which is saying a lot because I have worked with some amazing people in the past. I will highlight some of the things I particularly enjoy about Avalara below. The leadership team at Avalara is highly engaged, motivated, enthusiastic about the business and responsive to feedback from customers and employees. There is a clear leadership hierarchy, but at the same time it's not a purely top-down approach. Ideas from all levels of the org are encouraged and heard. Avalara has a growth mindset and they are always learning and improving. They are never satisfied with the status quo and it's clear this is a very ambitious company. Scott, the CEO, is very kind, empathetic and involved. His response to Covid-19 and systemic racism issues around the world in 2020 has been very impressive. The company has not been silent on these issues. Scott encourages and supports various employee resource groups and task forces, which allows everyone's voice to be heard on these very important topics. The people I work with on a daily basis are very passionate, intelligent, friendly, productive, driven and diverse. The culture at this company is not something I can even put into words, except to say it's amazing.

Cons

Prior to Covid, I would have said lack of physical office space was a con. The company has been growing quickly, which led to somewhat cramped and noisy conditions with little privacy. However, since Covid this is not a problem with so many people working from home.

Pros

Company culture, great incentives, caring executive management with extensive communication, a company trying to do what they feel is right socially, long term viability and surviveability.

Cons

Multiple changes every few months to compensate for massive growth. Be ready for change and agile to adjust.

Pros

Leadership has shown a tremendous amount of care for their employees during the COVID-19 pandemic and Black Lives Matter movement. We've had open dialogues with Executives, received tools to make working at home easier, have activities each week for kids of Avalarians who are home from school that are educational and fun, a very thoughtful roll-out plan for moving back into offices when it is safe, and many other small items that have led me to truly feel valued. We work with very intelligent, competent people who all want to do the right thing every day. I am more proud of my company today than I have ever been.

Cons

We move very fast so it can be high-stress at times.

Pros

The people here are the best. Very smart, fun, hard-working, folks care about doing things the write way... I haven't met anyone who sucks yet. Leadership actually does seem to care about everyone, I've never worked somewhere where they've gone to this extent to make sure everyone is looped into the mission, happy with their work environment, etc. Great aesthetic in the offices. Free (good) beer on tap. And we're somehow growing in the middle of a global pandemic, so that says something about our business.

Cons

There are a lot of teams inside the building and they're still learning how to work together, but everyone seems to be moving in the right direction.