Is Appian a good company to work for?

Appian has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 864 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 3% over the last 12 months. 60% of employees would recommend working at Appian to a friend and 50% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Appian have been left by employees working as Associate Consultant , Consultant and Director .

Does Appian pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Appian employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Appian. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Appian?

60% of Appian employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Appian 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Appian?

Consultant (59) , Account Executive (55) , Software Engineer (34) , Senior Consultant (32) , Associate Consultant (27) , Senior Software Engineer (23) , Sales Development Representative (SDR) (17) , Solution Engineer (15) , Sales (14) , Director (11) , Principal Consultant (11) , Software Engineer II (11) , Marketing (10) , Software Engineer(Internship) (10) , Enterprise Account Executive (9)

What are the pros of working at Appian according to real employee reviews?

"People are great and love helping in any way they can" ((in 119 reviews)); "Great culture and room to grow" ((in 110 reviews)); "Work life balance is good" ((in 53 reviews)); "Good Company and Benefits for Entry Level Job" ((in 45 reviews)); "Great company culture and perks" ((in 28 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Appian according to real employee reviews?

"Appian has experienced growing pains and tensions with senior leadership, leading many culture carriers and builders to seek opportunities elsewhere." ((in 38 reviews)); "Layoffs or "reorganisation" twice in 2 months is destroying employee morale and leading to voluntary resignations across the department." ((in 12 reviews)); "Upper management is a closed group" ((in 10 reviews)); "Appian Academy is a 3 week training course all technical and consulting employees go through." ((in 7 reviews)); "CEO repeatedly praised record productivity during the pandemic but then quickly changed tune once RTO became an option." ((in 6 reviews))

What are employees saying about Appian layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Appian layoffs and their outlook for job security at Appian in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Appian locations?

McLean , Reston , Tysons Corner , Washington , New York , Arlington , Dallas , Denver , Vienna , Indianapolis , Chicago , Los Angeles , San Jose , Boston , Jersey City , New Brunswick , Salt Lake City , Warrenville , Alexandria , Ashburn , West McLean , Minneapolis , Sacramento , San Francisco , Arlington , Seattle , Miami , North Andover

Appian reviews

3.6

60% would recommend to a friend

(789 total reviews)

Matt Calkins

54% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Culture & values

3.4

Career opportunities

2.9

Senior management

Appian has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 789 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Appian employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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789 reviews

2.0

Feb 28, 2011

Weak management team

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Pros

Good people with a lot of camaraderie. Flexible schedules.

Cons

They pay their top people very well to keep them and the rest of the employees get paid under market. You will work long hours and get very little recognition. Not a lot of career growth unless you are one of top employees. They play favorites by promoting people they like and making excuses to not promote other deserving employees.

1.0

Dec 22, 2010

A total letdown.

Senior sales engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

The coworkers are great though there has been about an 85% turnover in the last few years. Peers in engineering are great to learn from and share information with - good programming skills to take to another job. Management is desperate to keep employees now so you can negotiate salary.

Cons

Senior Management including founders are egotistical and have yet to be profitable. They run their employees ragged with ridiculous hours and then don't appreciate them at the end of the day. They now appreciate those who dedicate their lives to their work but there are better options out there for a couple extra bucks. Customers and employees are generally dissatisfied with the product and Appian in general but the Sales team is great and continues to sell.

3.0

Oct 22, 2010

Company Has Big Goals, but Poor Execution

Senior consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Your peers are generally good people. Smart, easy to work with. Generally pretty reasonable with work-life balance and easy to take time off whenever needed. Work is also low to medium stress after the initial shell shock boot camp. Boot camp is good and bad. Great way to ramp up quickly, but it is extremely high stress and you WILL get yelled at, grilled, and force fed basically.

Cons

Very limited opportunity to advance your career. There just isn't enough opportunity at the company. Company is having huge issues becoming profitable. I'm not sure it has been in the last 3-4 years. Total lack of raises. Benefits suck. Vacation carry over is stingy and so was cash out. They will not pay out you earned and will limit what they give you in cash. Zero training opportunity. I mean ZERO. Your SKILLS are what you sell in consulting. Zero training means you're falling behind.

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