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

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
Aug 21, 2018

Ok but not great

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Pros

Great place to learn cool new technology. As a platform, they might not have the numbers of a Salesforce, but they make up for it by being more cohesive.

Cons

If you're favored, you have no reason to dislike the company. They have tons of really rough-around-the-edges, less than pleasant, even deadweight management sticking around, without really contributing much just because they've been there forever. If you're not favored, you have an uphill battle in front of you. A lot of it could be growing pains for a company growing from a small, smart but not very well known entity to a medium to large company in the northern va area, but, between the IPO, the mistrust of most new hires, the micro-managing styles of most managers, the company is on the downhill.

4.0
Aug 10, 2018

Great enabling technology, great people

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great enabling technology, great people

Cons

Their ways of working will not suit everyone

2.0
Jul 5, 2018

Misery for Sales Talent

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Pros

Good product. Engineering is talented. HQ in Reston is nice. Appian World conference has stepped up its game over the years.

Cons

Overwhelming majority of sales reps fail miserably. Zero sales for the year is very common. Only a few of the 100+ reps hit quota or even come close. Most of these have a territory of install accounts, which is the only path to real revenue. Appian Sales management has zero strategy for breaking into new logos. Sales Engineering has no appetite or capacity to appropriately resource the “land” deals that will ultimately “expand”. Believe the reviews re Nepotism and Loyalty - the SVP only surrounds himself with those who will kiss the ring and the sales management org is full of family friends. Everyone else will be verbally abused in front of their peers during QBRs. Between QBRs, an extraordinary amount of effort takes place to avoid SVP tantrums and knee jerk reactions that destroy deals and morale. Appian co-founders don’t understand sales, and even struggle with normal human interaction. Some are better / worse than others, but none know or appreciate real sales talent.

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