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

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125 reviews
5.0
Oct 17, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

* Superb team: everyone is very capable, helpful and responsible; this is the first time I work for a company where I don't politely cough someone mentions "high hiring bar" * Great work-life balance: you are encouraged to spend your weekends and evenings away from computer and work, and take vacations regularly * Amazing meals: measured on the scale of taste+healthiness, the food is easily the best I've had in Bay Area companies; there are 3 full meals a day at regular times * Positive, cheerful, collaborative atmosphere: we have frequent company-wide events and group visits to musical&theater performances

Cons

* At almost 300 people, the company bypassed the stage when everyone knows everyone and starts to feel less like a family than it used to * Location of SF headquarters is a bit sketchy, like most of the central neighborhoods

5.0
Oct 16, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

- Amazing culture - People are kind and mature - The product is truly amazing when used well and it makes teams successful - Transparency, I am continually learning about what it takes to build a company - There is so much more to do in the space and with the product

Cons

- Technical architecture is unnecessarily complicated, which has made development slower than it needs to be - Teams aren't as long lived as they need to be (this has improved significantly though)

5.0
Jul 18, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

- Big emphasis on balancing code debt with feature development - Lots of autonomy given to engineers in implementing and leading projects - Decision making doesn't feel very top-down because of involvement of engineers in product planning - Managers tend to focus on helping you identify and grow in directions you want, so it's entirely possible to focus on technical excellence rather than management - Healthy, delicious meals are prepared by our in-house culinary team using top quality ingredients - Doesn't feel like the company is growing too fast to maintain culture

Cons

I wish we focussed more on longer-running projects, but I suppose that comes with the territory of being a pretty small engineering team

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