Anaplan reviews

3.6

66% would recommend to a friend

(1,081 total reviews)
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Charlie Gottdiener

71% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Anaplan has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,081 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Anaplan employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.6 stars).

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5.0
May 8, 2018
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Pros

So many Pros. But top of the list is people and culture. I couldn't be happier about the people I get to work with: smart, professional, incredibly capable, but also supportive, helpful, collaborative, authentic and fun. There's a real sense of teamwork: people here really care about each other and the company and it shows in the way we get stuff done. I also love the sense of forward momentum we have at Anaplan. It really feels like a company that's going places and bringing its people with it. We're growing fast, learning fast and refusing to sit still. And growth engenders opportunity. So there's another 'Pro'. There's enough going on that it's hard not to spot opportunities to get involved in any number of different aspects of the business. There are plenty more Pros, but in short, I genuinely wouldn't want to work anywhere else right now.

Cons

Some of the processes can be a little obtuse and opaque, but that's par-for-the-course for a company adapting to having to scale at the rate that we are, and the will exists at all levels of the business to fix those processes.

4.0
May 8, 2018

Culture A++

Recommend
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Pros

Leadership, even senior, is open and honest, fairly fair. There are regularly Q&A sessions with teams, sometimes in person with the CEO. Teams work in fairly atomic ways, and subscribe to scrum. Employees are given a few hours a week to work on personal development and expanding skills. There is a large amount of independence and contribution - the scrum team (inc the PO) are in charge of what is coming into the sprint and pretty much all implementation detail. There is no real product management; no hard deadlines, no weekly reports. At least not for the software engineers - team leads may supply these details.

Cons

There is still a fundamental split between back and front-end teams that hasn't yet been rectified for truly independent teams. Forming a bit of a management-philosophy cult behind a friend of the CEO's, Cy Wakeman. There are bits of her philosophy that clash with the friendly, open culture of the office, and with our core values, and this hasn't yet been explored by the company. The releases of the software are still very waterfall, despite scrum/agile development. This is something the teams are aware of and the company has budgeted towards changing, however. Careers are not well managed - there is no formal support or guidance from HR on what criteria you need to fulfil before being moved up. However, they are working on this and should have deliverables by the end of the week.

5.0
May 6, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

This is an amazing growth company who has some of the most passionate customers in the industry. I've been blown away at how energized our customers are about Anaplan, its products and how laser focused we are on customer success.

Cons

With growth comes an opportunity for increased discipline and focus as we scale to our aspirations. But with a large addressable market, super-sharp talent, awesome products, and a strong customer base, we'll scale to new heights.

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