Software Engineer - Avoid (poor career prospects, poor culture) - Software Engineer Amadeus Employee Review

1.0
Nov 11, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Friendly colleagues Company in a good financial position

Cons

Terrible transparency - both between company and customers, and between management and employees. Problems are swept under rug. Little transferable knowledge - overall a lot of the stuff you learn is very specific to Amadeus. After few years you will find yourself hard to find a job elsewhere. Little time spent coding - A lot of bureaucracy, most time is spent activating features, fixing bugs, checking regressions tests. Consensus is that only ~20% time is spent writing code, or engineering new products / features. Poor engineering practices - a lot of new hires don't come from Computer Science background, and thus the code quality is dropping alarmingly, with pretty nasty bugs surfacing in production. Poor culture - management doesn't consider feedback from subordinates (even when there is an overwhelming majority against certain decisions)

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5.0
May 22, 2026
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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Oct 27, 2025
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Pros

- Learning opportunities, every day brought something new to tackle or explore - Decent benefits package that covered the essentials - Competitive salary relative to industry standards

Cons

- Management is aggressively enforcing a hybrid model, even for remote employees, and is rescinding previously agreed upon contracts. There's a glaring lack of strategic vision from leadership. - If you're based in Europe or North America, job security is virtually nonexistent unless you're in upper management. Roles are being shifted to India, Colombia, and the Philippines, with cost-cutting prioritized over talent, experience, or loyalty. - The forced migration to Azure, compounded by poor planning, is draining resources. And employees are paying the price — not just through increased workload, but by being let go in recent layoffs (October '25). With many of the positions eliminated quietly transferred to offshore. - Layoffs are being justified as “market alignment” and financial necessity. Yet at the same time, the company continues to absorb small to medium-sized companies, raising serious questions about transparency, priorities, and long-term stability.

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