Avaya Employee Reviews about "pay"

Pros

Avaya has a wonderful Voice UC technology solutions. Most of Fortune 500 companies are using Avaya solutions as a whole or part of it. Employees are valued equally to customer for their Technical & professional career growth.

Cons

Bonus structure is bit constraint. For Pay rise or Promotions have to wait longer in the top of the records.

Pros

Good pay and sometimes travel

Cons

Shift in management and changing developments constantly

Pros

excellent work life balance decent pay ranges and at par annual appraisals low notice period

Cons

very little learning/growth opportunity lateral movement/internal jobs are rare frequent cost cuts/ hiring freezes Many HR policies are BU dependent and not consistent across all BUs

Pros

Decent pay and benefit packages

Cons

It is hard working for a company that acts like the sky is falling.

Pros

I like what I do there and the pay is great.

Cons

There is no future with this company in the Eastern US or perhaps anywhere in the US.

Pros

-Very large install base - customers tend to like Avaya and have a surprising amount of loyalty given the lack of recent innovation (though their patience is running out) -Good pay when hired and promoted (make sure to negotiate the best package you can before signing! No raises/cost of living adjustments.) -Finally got rid of Kevin Kennedy, though the damage may be irreparable. -Good people - I know everyone says this and it’s cliche but you’ll meet some awesome people amongst the rank and file. -Ability to deliver hybrid cloud .

Cons

-COMPANY CULTURE: -At Avaya who you know is far more important than the work you do. The pattern of seeing the wrong people get rewarded and recognized while the people who are getting work done are ignored has caused the morale of most employees to plummet. -Sales have been credited to a favorite TAM over the rep who worked the sale in order to burnish numbers regardless of affect on the TAM who worked the opportunitiy’s comp. -No real accountability for either effort or results. Management goes through the motions but doesn’t act. Instituted activity tracking for sales staff but never questioned what was entered (despite some of it being so obviously fraudulent) -constant fear of layoffs (due to constant layoffs) -technology has fallen behind and is not catching up fast enough -consistent failure to deliver on word - software releases/updates routinely committed too early and have to be delayed or do not contain promised features. This has become a running joke amongst the business partner community and prevents utilization of roadmaps by sales. -Penny smart/pound foolish - top to bottom pattern of decisions that will have clearly negative long term repercussions in order to deal with an immediate need. This is evident throughout the company as a whole, an examples the street comes from the lack of enforcement of our partner program (BPs know that they will get an exception for any certification they lack if it will bring revenue at end of quarter regardless of the cost Avaya will absorb due to a lack of ability to install or maintain the product). But this is evident at all levels up to the c suite where examples are abundant. -benefits - the heath plan is weak and I never had a 401k contribution from Avaya

Pros

The salaries are good and when they do pay bonuses they are good. At least, before the buyout they were. The future remains to be seen.

Cons

Silo mentality. Constant churn of upper management. No respect for old-timers. Outsourcing pressure just to make the numbers.

Pros

After 8 years of downsizing, the remaining U.S. people are truly some of the best around. The U.S. technical employee pay is very good and the employees are motivated to achieve results. There is a good sharing of ideas among different organizational groups. The U.S. technical management is experienced and incented to achieve strong results.

Cons

Avaya is now rapidly shifting the technical work offshore to lower the cost of R&D. If you work in the U.S., expect to see your coworkers vanish and prepare to say goodbye yourself.

Pros

Current team works closely together, with good support from first/second level management. I am empowered and expected to run with issues to resolution.

Cons

Dysfunctional organizations after years of cuts in employees and benefits. Crisis management is the new norm, as tier 1 through 4 support has been gutted, with overall skill levels dropping. Only through critical escalations do the right resources get applied...a vicious cycle as upskilling no longer exists. Accountability is almost non-existent, as everyone keeps head down for fear of showing up on the next FMP list. What has become plainly obvious is that long term employee investment has been sacrificed in order to support management levels above 40 (Dir). Senior executives have continued to enrich themselves through outrageous salaries and benefits while eliminating pay increases for the rest of the company. KJK himself now has a pay package exceeding $7M...well over 400% increase over the last year.

Pros

Avaya has some of the best solutions in the marketplace. The customers are loyal. And the pay is very good. Work/Life balance is extremely important to management and there is a lot of importance placed on the employees taking time to decompress and recharge.

Cons

The Avaya landscape can be hard to navigate and can be frustrating. While many of the benefits lack, it is compensated for with teleworker work life balance and excellent compensation.