Most dysfunctional organisation ever! - Software Development Engineer Amadeus Employee Review

1.0
Jul 12, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

You'll never get fired. If you want to earn money without much effort, this is the place. If you speak French, you progress very quickly within Amadeus!

Cons

I dont know where to start! Projects are never completed on time and still no one cares. Management is very incompetent. There is hardly any lateral hiring so you dont find fresh ideas coming into the organisation. Some people have been there since decades and just want to retire there. Not at all ambitious. Absolutely no career progression, the management doesnt even encourage it. There is no transparency, often we get to know things from customers rather than our own management. Office is horribly located and facilities are terrible. If you complain about food or toilet facilities, you are told not to use them! The only way to progress is by speaking French and often thats what they speak during meetings even if not everyone present speaks French. Training catalogue never has any new trainings but just a list of old, overly-repeated ones. Work done in Amadeus has no value outside, it only helps within Amadeus products. During my job interview, I was promised a lot of things and NONE of those were true. Management is highly racist and sexist as well.

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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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