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      Appian

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      Appian reviews

      3.6

      60% would recommend to a friend

      (789 total reviews)
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      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
      4.0
      Jan 16, 2009

      Solid Company with Strong Personal Growth Potential

      Senior consultant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Opportunity. You can gain a lot of experience very quickly: both on client sites and also internally. Appian can be demanding but fair. I have learned a great deal and grown quickly as part of the Professional Services department. If you show good leadership, dependability, and competence Appian may allow you to make a permanent base in a non-office location. Without a doubt, and probably unparalleled benefit to working at Appian is the people. Appian has recruited some of the brightest and most personable people around.

      Cons

      Appian is definitely a full time job -- especially if you are on a demanding project. Top-level communication has some room to grow.

      1.0
      Jul 15, 2008

      Stay away from here!!!!!

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Your peers are very nice people. If there is one thing I can take about Appian is the friends I made there.

      Cons

      Everything else? Extremely long hours, it was common to work until 4 AM. No recognition on the things you do well, but you're punished for every stupid little mistake you make. There are no processes for anything, everything is a mess in the Engineering department. We always have to do last minute fixes and feature requests that the sales team sold. A few months ago they fired about a third of the workforce, including people that had been hired a month before. Management is the worst I've seen ever. They think they are God's gift to men, when they don't realize they have no people skills and no way of planning the correct product.

      3.0
      Jun 29, 2008

      If you're willing to put in extra hours every single day, this is a good place to work.

      Project manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      It is a small company, full of bright people. Everyone in the company is very open and willing to work together whenever is necessary to help out another member of the team. Middle managers are generally good. Most of them care about the people in their teams and are willing to get the hands dirty every time is needed.

      Cons

      The culture of the company consist in consistently rewarding heroic individual efforts. You're expected to work long hours every time is necessary and that is, almost every day. Project planning is generally done very lightly which causes most projects to end up delayed and people burned out. Upper management is completely isolated and never get feedback from the employees. Most projects are meant to fail from the start (thanks to ridiculous deadlines and lack of resources) unless people put in extra hours from the start.

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      Appian Response
      11y
      This review is nearly seven years old but I notice it's been viewed 139 times in the last 30 days so I'll add a few words. We were all working very hard back in 2008 -- Appian ran lean during the financial crisis and I have nothing but respect for everyone who was here back then. But we came out strong and now lead our market whereas a lot of our competitors didn't make it. It did feel impossible sometimes but we did it anyway -- with your help. So thank you.
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