my honest opinion - Anonymous employee Avendra Employee Review

I am glad that you see Avendra as a friendly, flexible work environment. It seems that many of our associates agree with you and do stay in their role for a long time. We recognize this issue and strive to create career advancement possibilities that are uncommon at a company of our size. We suspect you may be overlooking opportunities that may be available to you and encourage you to speak with your manager or with HR. Even with our limited size, we do strive to promote from within. We have had 11 promotions so far this year and in 2014 we had 25 promotions! Last year we added a new “Promotion in Role” process for the majority of our non-manager positions, which enables an associate to be promoted within their current role – thus recognizing them for their growth within their current job. When associates stay in their role for a long time this sometimes causes their salary to creep up in the salary range. Avendra uses a broad salary range for each position that reflects the duties, education and experience requirements as well as location of the job. These salary ranges are evaluated every year to ensure that they are in line with the market. Even when an associate has reached the top of their salary range, we continue to reward our associates with a merit bonus in lieu of a merit increase – therefore continuing to reward our associates for their hard work. Should you have questions about your particular situation, I would encourage you to speak to our Director of Compensation and Benefits.