Asana Software Developer reviews

4.1

84% would recommend to a friend

(125 total reviews)
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Dustin Moskovitz

63% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated Asana with 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 125 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Asana is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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125 reviews
5.0
Mar 3, 2016
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Pros

Asana is the best company that I've worked at, even though I've been lucky enough that all of the companies I have worked for have been good. The best thing about Asana for me is that it has a great culture. The company feels like one team, with cooperation and trust between different teams that traditionally don't work well together. Through many techniques, but especially the couching that the company provides, we help people to become kinder and more effective communicators and to resolve problems better. I have grown in all of these ways while here. Other benefits include: - I work with the best group of coworkers that I have ever had - I work on interesting problems - I work on a product that makes the world a better place by helping people and teams to achieve their goals

Cons

I don't have much to say here. I wish that we'd already replaced all of our JavaScript with TypeScript and Scala, for example, but the important thing is that we are making these transitions. I wish that our chocolate suppliers were more consistent.

5.0
Mar 2, 2016

dreamy

Recommend
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Pros

- emphasis on mentorship and career growth - getting to work on a meaningful product with positive impact on the world - ... working with the types of coworkers that that attracts: thoughtful, collaborative, and bright - does a great job of looking at your holistic self - I feel very recognized and appreciated for my talents outside of raw engineering

Cons

mostly standard startup cons - not enough people to do all the meaningful stuff we want to do. but, the company is very open to you pursuing your passion projects, so things can get done if you really care about them.

5.0
Mar 2, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

When I was younger, I was more abrasive - being right was more important than being kind. I've been at Asana for 3+ years now and I think it's been the biggest growth opportunity of my life - being surrounded by people who are so smart they'd be intimidating, but they're incredibly nice, helpful and humble? That rubs off on you. You realize that teams genuinely work better when they trust each other to be kind. And it doesn't mean you can't be 100% honest - I've had co-workers give me incredibly constructive feedback, but if they hadn't been as empathetic I probably would have gotten defensive, rather than really learned from it. I could go on - about the mission, about the food, about the distributed responsibility system - but I think that for me the one more salient factor is a culture that doesn't just pay lip service to kindness and empathy, but practices it, trains it, hones it. And if studies about the effects of psychological safety on teamwork are to be believed, it might just be our secret weapon.

Cons

It becomes really, really hard imagining working somewhere that a) doesn't have the same passion for inclusive culture and b) doesn't use Asana to get work done. I don't even know how that would work!

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