60%-80% of time is due to maintenance, since Amadeus hosts everything
50% of people are external consultants, needless to say that a consultant's salary is way lower than a regular empoyee. They are now at a point where they can not hire easily people that have been working there as consultants for years, because that would be a financial problem for the consulting companies.
Because of this crazy policy to hire through consulting companies, people tend to leave soon, and there is a huge turnover. Management doesn't push enough for hiring consultants, and in some cases you can end up in a team where only your team leader is a regular amadeus staff.
There are also cases of full teams/products being developed by external societies within amadeus premises.
To recap: you will be working your ass off, for less money than what a regular employee is payed, and you will not get hired easily.
Going up in the ladder is no more fun, team leaders just don't care about their products, all they do is trying to have some more budget to do maintenance. There are internal fights between departments, and if you need another team to do something for you, you will have to wait months for just a minor change.
People in general are not proactive and all they want is their paycheck at the end of the month.
On the other hand, if that's what you're looking for, Amadeus might be the place for you. You can do 9:30am-6pm, with nice 2h lunch break and no one is ever gonna bother you.
There is a cantine, where, if you are a consultant, you will have to pay around double what a regular employee pays.
Most of the engineers are new grads, ie. not experienced and not trained
In conclusion, if you can not find anything else, or if you enjoy a lay back culture, this might be the place for you. If you want to work with smart people, in a company that cares about you, drive away from Amadeus.
