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Updated Mar 28, 2023

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Found 3,210 of over 3K reviews
3.6
58% Recommend to a Friend
Avaya CEO Alan Masarek
71% Approve of CEO

Found 3,029 of over 3K reviews

3.6
58%
Recommend to a Friend
71%
Approve of CEO
Avaya CEO Alan Masarek
Alan Masarek
536 Ratings

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Being a woman in tech, I only recently started advocating for myself at work about advancement opportunities. Because of this I wanted to ask this question to my male counterparts. When you have 1:1's with your direct reports and talk about career growth / aspirations what is your managers’ response typically? I’d like to gauge how my experience (negative) differs from others. For instance are you met with blockades, enthusiasm, dread, etc?

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  • "Great people and a few left that came from the original spin from AT&T to Lucent to Avaya.(in 296 reviews)
  • "Good work life balance and space for learning(in 187 reviews)
  • "Provide good benefit(in 140 reviews)
  • "Very flexible during work times and good salaries.(in 134 reviews)
  • "Good pay and group of very talented and dedicated employees.(in 124 reviews)
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  1. 5.0
    Current Employee, more than 3 years

    Computers

    Nov 24, 2022 - Sales Associate in Norfolk, VA
    Recommend
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    Pros

    Good pay and sometimes travel

    Cons

    Shift in management and changing developments constantly

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  2. 4.0
    Former Employee, more than 8 years

    Used to be an excellent company

    Mar 25, 2023 - Business Development Manager in Miami, FL
    Recommend
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    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Still within the fortune 100 companies supporting their communications and contact center infrastructure. Updating its technology to be cloud native for private and public cloud requirements.

    Cons

    Late in the market for cloud solutions on their top contact center business. Two chapter 11 in less than 10 years. Massive layoffs removed great talent. Channel ecosystem is suffering from several bad business decisions from previous CEO Lack of confidence from employees

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  4. 4.0
    Current Employee

    Decent

    Mar 27, 2023 - Global Procurement Manager 
    Recommend
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    Pros

    WFH, good leadership, decent work life, good coworkers

    Cons

    it is unstable company financial structure

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  5. 4.0
    Current Employee

    Channel manager

    Mar 27, 2023 - Senior Channel Manager 
    Recommend
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    Pros

    Not micro managed and good management depending

    Cons

    Lols of turnover in management

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  6. 2.0
    Current Employee, more than 8 years

    Destination Place to Work - Some Day!

    Mar 23, 2023 - Product Management Director in Morristown, NJ
    Recommend
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    Pros

    Financially, Avaya is coming out of bankruptcy as one of the most financially sound companies in the sector.

    Cons

    Shedding much of the talent and plans to continue to make way for a cultural change. Going to be a lot of pain over the next few+ years as the investments in AXP will become a market competitive offer.

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  7. 5.0
    Former Employee

    Great recognition, but poor accounting and stock performance

    Nov 8, 2022 - Customer Service Manager 
    Recommend
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    Business Outlook

    Pros

    I have spent many years honing my call center skills, setting standards for remote call center agents, and initiating work-flow schemes for the effective performance of virtual teams. I have lead projects charged with constructing complex models for high-tech solutions and installation, with a focus on competitive prices. Within these positions, my focus has also always been on Customer Service excellence, Process Refinement and Tool Advancement. During my career, I’ve also worked within a technical contact center, utilizing the advanced customer satisfaction skills acquired from early AT&T training, and honed during my AT&T to Avaya career I will shine as a customer service representative as well

    Cons

    Sometimes managing restricts your ability to shine. You are measured based on the performance of your team. I was highly regarded in this role, but my passion was aroused most when I worked within project teams and planned for the future. As an individual contributor, I often lead the wave for modification of process, workflow and recognition. I missed these opportunities and felt under-utilized in this area.

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  8. 3.0
    Former Employee

    Avaya

    Mar 17, 2023 - Parts 
    Recommend
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    Pros

    Good Money, work from home

    Cons

    Lack product direction and absolutely no hesitation to cut labor costs due to mismanagement

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  9. 2.0
    Former Employee, less than 1 year

    Great Client list, but digging out of previous leadership blunders

    Feb 22, 2023 - Global Marketing Manager in Durham, NC
    Recommend
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    Pros

    Nice people, the new CEO has a great vision, but can't get past the debt the previous leadership left him.

    Cons

    The company is living off old technology, but clients don't want to move on because it works. They are trying to dig out of a hole and move to the cloud, but its going to be slow push up hill as competitors are moving fast in front of them.

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  10. 4.0
    Former Employee, more than 8 years

    Avaya's work load balance

    Jan 5, 2023 - Senior Director, Channel Sales in Miami, FL
    Recommend
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    Pros

    Executive sponsorship, very close to the top decision makers at at company level WW. High visibility with the partner community. Tremendous opportunity with the large installed based. Partner base very loyal to the brand

    Cons

    There is an internal conflict between sales with the channel versus selling direct. Avaya competes head to head with their partner community. Lack of R&D investments have cause products misses on new features.

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  11. 2.0
    Former Employee

    Poor management and no direction

    Feb 23, 2023 - Material Planner 
    Recommend
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    Pros

    Lots of great employees and a good work life balance when they offered remote hybrid environment.

    Cons

    Constantly changing business rules and partnerships. A carousel of managers coming in and out, giving different opinions and ideas. Still dependent on 20+ year old technology for revenue.

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