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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1.0
Feb 21, 2020

They look good on paper. Prepare for what's inside.

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Pros

Anaplan has a great product, hire great people, and maintain healthy stock. They are also remote-friendly, which attracts top talent from around the world.

Cons

“Tell me what it’s like to work at Anaplan.” Have you ever been in a relationship with someone who looked really good on paper? By every account, this person was someone you should have just vibed with — they checked every one of your boxes. Instead, you spent the entire relationship trying to find chemistry, working through baffling communication problems, and fighting this persistent, nagging feeling that you just might be...settling? As harsh as this may sound, that’s what it’s like working at Anaplan. On the surface, the company looks good — they have a great product, hire great people, and maintain healthy stock. But all of that quickly fades away when you’re on the inside. Competing egos, high employee churn, and a questionable company-wide obsession with change all result in a need to continuously rebuild teams from scratch. You can expect inefficient processes, disconnected teams, lagging collaboration, floundering career development, and a general feeling that either no one really knows what they’re doing or they lack the basic resources to perform at a satisfactory level. Like spouses in a loveless marriage, employees generally react in three ways: —Some spot the dysfunction right away and leave well before their first year is up. They recognize they deserve better and they waste no time moving on. —The majority of employees believe that maybe if they just try harder and don’t give up they can make it work. “But we should be a good fit!” Yet within 1-3 years, they bitterly throw in the towel. (Especially if Cy Wakeman has been in to gaslight them.) They go on to find a healthy workplace and then wonder why they didn’t do it sooner. —A handful of people resign themselves to being okay with working in the mundane. Sure, they’ve settled but it’s comfortable, it’s familiar, and you better believe if you talk poorly about the company, they will be the loudest protestors in the room.

4.0
Feb 18, 2020

Great product, getting better

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Pros

I am finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel in product! We’ve had a lot of issues - tech debt, big difficult customers, poor leadership in SF. The R&D team seems much more together and We have a great roadmap!!!!

Cons

Burnout is a real issue as too few people doing a lot of work. We need more investment.

5.0
Feb 17, 2020

Outstanding culture!

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Pros

Fantastic culture, career development path, inclusive community, and outstanding benefits.

Cons

Not really a con, just something to expect. Hypergrowth company so there are lots of changes.

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