Navan reviews

4.0

76% would recommend to a friend

(1,011 total reviews)
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Ariel Cohen

77% approve of CEO

78% positive business outlook

Navan has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,011 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Navan 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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1K reviews
1.0
Oct 2, 2019

Not what it used to be

Anonymous employee
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Pros

401K and travel bonus. Easy to sell.

Cons

The overall morale and culture has been on the decline this past year and shows little sign of improving. I’ve tried going to HR to resolve these issues but it seems like the only way to get attention is by posting on Glassdoor or other mediums. I’m not a fan of airing dirty laundry publicly, but things need to change around here. I think there are really good people here overall, but what’s lacking is senior leadership that has the right experience to get us to the next level. Work used to be so much more fun and I miss when communication lines were much more open at all levels. I thought it was isolated just to my department. Then, when I started asking around I found it to be a common story among colleagues. It’s crazy to me that you hire a person to be in charge of your culture that has no prior HR experience. When her own direct reports question her ability to get the job done, that’s alarming. My fear is that we will become the butt of jokes in the media with terrible culture. Because people are afraid to call each other out on stuff and hold people accountable. I don’t think promoting enablers or “yes” people is the best way to improve the company. Because many of us are sitting on valuable equity it makes it hard to leave, but don’t mistake that for us being happy. It’s becoming patronizing to constantly be told “I hear you” “growing pains” “hang in there.” It’s almost comical when you hear our HR folks go on podcasts and webinars to tell other people how to improve their companies culture. Maybe work on your own companies rapidly declining one first? If you are looking at working here, I do think there is still potential benefits to doing so. However, I can’t recommend it with the current leadership and structure in place.

2.0
Sep 23, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great product and some nice people

Cons

Culture and morale seem to have really gone downhill this year. Employees live in fear, other reviews are right about good employees getting fired or being made examples out of. Seems like leadership is concerned about losing their jobs and making themselves look as good as possible so everything else is expendable. Culture of intimidation rules. HR team generally unhelpful and inept, more of a propaganda machine to give the illusion that feedback is heard and taken seriously. CEO either does not care about the deteriorating culture or otherwise is likely being told that “everything is fine”. HR refuses to solve issues, they blame “growing pains” and “rapid growth” and seem more concerned with image. Pay attention to who is writing the positive reviews. Mostly the Marketing team, senior leaders and HR team. Campaigning us to write our positive reviews on Glassdoor and LinkedIn postings to drown out naysayers and sure that it will continue. Like others say, success to be had if one is playing the political game.

5.0
Sep 17, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

A wonderful opportunity for anyone who is interested to work hard and make a difference. Lots of room to contribute with a group of smart, collaborative, talented, and driven individuals.

Cons

Nothing comes to mind, all good.

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Navan Response
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Lead the charge! Excited that you are having a great start to your journey here at TripActions. Keep up the culture spirit and spread to others. We're happy to have you onboard and appreciate the feedback along your ride.
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