Appian Academy is a 3 week training course all technical and consulting employees go through. It is expected to be on-the-job for 40 hours, and then work about 25 hours off-the-job per week during Academy. During this time, you learn that while Appian's software is pretty neat, it's honestly not world-changing or special. They automate business practices on their platform., and there's a Facebook-style News Feed which helps "collaboration." Note: poor performance during Academy can result in termination.
Outside of this ridiculous requirement of overworking you with job functions you may or may not be performing once out of Academy, Appian asks you to drink the Kool-Aid of "hard work is rewarded" and "we all make everyone better." They position themselves as a perfect "meritocracy."
Perhaps, but Appian is an old software company. It's no Google which tries to treat its employees incredibly well. Appian wants to use you to extract your labor for profit for the company. It's that simple. This creates a culture where there's not really a want to give more, but there's the expectation that you do.
Reston Town Center is a great place, but it's about an hour outside of DC. There's no metro rail to take you there, so expect an hour commute driving. And expect to pay about $5.00 in tolls round-trip.
