How do you see your future at Avaya with the new leadership team? How is the new vision and strategy? Does it make sense to stay in Avaya?

One of the two Sr. Director at Pune Raman is leaving Avaya. Not sure if he has resigned or if he has been asked to leave. So it seems the other one will be the new site lead.

http://www.nojitter.com/post/240173026/broadsoft-fits-cisco-like-puzzle-piece Well that’s another nail in Avaya’s coffin. Cisco will now be seen as more agile and cloud ready than ever before, whilst Avaya tries to figure out how to make two VMs talk... — read more 

As part of reorganization, lot of non revenue generating products will be gone along with the people working on development and testing. Focus will only be on top 10 products. Avaya Aura testing will be completely outsourced. Expect reorganization... — read more 

Now we have partners telling us they cant install the new version of Aura because it doesnt allow remote staging. Anyone have an ear into T4 who can confirm? 3rd time Ive heard this ...

Noticed that all of the journos who have been critical of Avaya are now acting neutral / favourable of Avaya since GITEX? Can’t be a coincidence surely! Also the Blockchain announcement: BS at its finest - tell us Avaya, can we buy it, is it cloud... — read more 

Nothing from management but whispers "great new coming", "reorganisation coming", "increasing revenue" etc etc.... all crap! Real should be saying we haven't a clue what's going on or what will happen please don't resign and get better jobs.

I've been reading these threads for quite some time now and there is a lot of truth on this site, and of course a lot BS as well. What I can tell you from my time at Avaya, what used to be a great company, is no more. This company has been dismantled... — read more 

Law360, New York (September 14, 2017, 9:38 PM EDT) -- A creditor quarrel over proposed payouts in Avaya Inc.'s Chapter 11 restructuring plan is headed to mediation after a New York bankruptcy judge on Wednesday ordered the telecom giant and its... — read more 

Kevin has violated the basic principles of leadership by firing so many people just to safe guard and protect his own interest. Let's hope the new CEO is better........

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court issued an order assigning and appointing the U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Cecelia G. Morris as to conduct non-binding mediation concerning objections to Avaya’s Plan. The order states, “The Mediation conference(s) shall occur... — read more 

I need salary info for Avaya India - do you think that the numbers they show on Glassdoor are reliable?

Atlast I am leaving Avaya. I am very happy. In Pune I was working with the worst management and so called leadership team. Seriously, change the leadership at Pune if Avaya needs to increase the productivity of engineers. The best ones have already... — read more 

The capital restructuring is not the problem, it is the symptom. The reality is that Avaya has been losing installed based for over 10 years, first to Cisco and VOIP transitions, now to Microsoft, either as a transition, or more significantly as the... — read more 

Huge award in Omnichannel and Routing. So much for the "no new products" claim from the competitive trolls on this website! Oceana continues to get the recognition it deserves!... — read more 

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It looks like Avaya will exit protection still carrying a significant debt - that is going to weigh heavily on the company and restrict its ability to use revenue to fund development. The best sales staff in the world would be hard pressed to make... — read more 

Avaya to emerge from Chapter 11 in mid-October. Great news for Avaya and its employees. http://www.nojitter.com/post/240172828/avaya-takes-critical-next-step-in-bankruptcy-process

It's moving forward... Avaya took the next major step towards bankruptcy... For those ineterested in the company's future, this is a good read... http://www.nojitter.com/post/240172828/avaya-takes-critical-next-step-in-bankruptcy-process

Avaya is even more worthless now than 2 years ago, so now HPE should bite since they don't have to bite off as much. I'm sure they will not assume any outstanding debt from Avaya. With all the executive mice jumping ship, they know they will be cut... — read more 

Do you have any updates here. It's my understanding that there were no layoffs at Avaya Government Solutions back in 2015 and 2016. I left on my own in 2015 and I cannot complain about anything - it was a good 24 month gig for me - I am hearing that... — read more 

Time to stop your incessant cackling. Hope you're enjoying the egg on all of your faces.

Has anyone got any idea about how this is going to be done?

I was laid off in april after 37 years, high evaluations, acheivers club, 3 patents etc. i am so shocked that this is still unresolved. Me thinks kevin doesnt want or care if resolved. Honestly this is not rocket science, its corporate business value... — read more 

In order to provide end to end infrastructure services HPE is discussing potential opportunity to buy Avaya. Since HPE already had networking, Avaya sold its networking bu to Extreme. HPE was loosing lot of deals as against Cisco since the time Cisco... — read more 

Prospective future employers may question the judgement of someone who hangs on at Avaya through this period. If there is the possibility of a large severance package at the end, then you may be able to explain why you stuck around. But if you are in... — read more 

Certanly not 'work as usual' for a while now. People down the chain are finding it hard to meet customers' demand as 3rd parties decommit due to payment issues. We are on the high-risk band. Many atimes we are caught off guard and our planning fails... — read more 

Avaya killed the Norstar / BCM line which still has a lions share of the marketplace only to force them into an Avaya product or lose the business to competition. Same goes for the Nortel CS1000 and CallPilot. There are a ton of Meridian Mail and... — read more 

I just talk with a friend who works at Reuters and she confirmed that Shortel (with the help of bankers) will be buying Avaya's CC business. This should be come official early next week. Supposedly here are some synergies are expected but know major... — read more 

Its just as bad if not worse elsewhere. Tech as an employer is day by day becoming a risky place for a prolonged career. Just take a look at Cisco's layoff mesaage board. They have some of the same problems as we have (amplified though given the... — read more 

Sad to read the heartfelt comments but I too left as I saw the incompetence of the management team doing more damage. Avaya was great, with great solutions, but they didn't move on when they needed to. They also led by the worst management team I... — read more 

Future?

I got out in March 2017. I have nothing bad to say about Avaya. I worked on the Contact Center side. They should have kept the products making money and got rid of the ones that didn't, kind of makes sense to me. I was not laid off, but I was burnt... — read more 

Telecommunications company Avaya Inc is seeking an additional 60 days to file a Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring plan, arguing in court papers the extra time will help it craft a plan its stakeholders can support. An extension through Sept. 16 to... — read more 

Will Whatsapp for business change or occupy the current Unified Communications market? Is Avaya ready to fight this war? WhatsApp will use the strategy of selling very cost effective business solutions and will earn profit by high volume of market... — read more 

As previously reported, “The Debtors request entry of an order approving the Debtors’ 3Q-4Q 2017 Key Employee Incentive Program for up to 14 key employees for the Debtors’ third and fourth fiscal quarters ending June 30 and September 30, 2017... — read more 

Today, Avaya filed for yet another extension to the deadline for finalizing the C-11 plan with creditors. At this point, it should be obvious to anyone with 1/2 a brain that the creditors want to liquidate. Prolonging the inevitable by delay tactics... — read more 

Its not just Avaya. Revenues of major telecom companies have declined significantly in last few years. It's important for Avaya to diversify its business or merge with some infrastructure solutions company or service provider. I recently got chance... — read more