Pros
It's a great place if you want to hone your development skills on the Microsoft Technology Platform. As a Microsoft Gold Partner you have good access to get your hands on and work with their latest technology. Salary is pretty good for a programmer, benefits are decent as well. Training and conferences are available, but its about timing and who you know.
Cons
-Avanade is essentially an Accenture workforce, they run the show on projects as well as create the organizational strategy as they comprise 80 percent of our Board of Directors. -Sales force is ineffective, so all our work comes from Accenture, which makes it tough to control your own destiny. -Sr. Management is so focused on hitting financial goals that they overlook investment into the future. This is probably because most of management come from technical backgrounds and don't have business aptitude. -The layoffs over the past year seem to have no pattern, so they may have been personal. -Diversity seems to be an issue, don't see many women, blacks, or Latinos in the company as well as high level positions. Most of the workforce is white or from India.