Anaplan Doesn't Care About their Employees - Anonymous employee Anaplan Employee Review

1.0
Jan 18, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Anaplan has some of the smartest people I've ever worked with in my entire career. The product is really great and the company will most likely have a successful IPO soon and make a lot of money.

Cons

Although the product is fantastic, but there are few people at the company that actually understand what Anaplan is. Absurd requests come down from the exec team on a daily basis. Internal processes from business operations to HR, are non-existent and there is very little interest from leadership to improve this. The best Anaplanners are quitting left and right, while incompetent management seems to do little to stop it. The professional services team is stretched very thin, overworked and severely underpaid. As a result the turnover is sky high. If I had to boil it down to the core issues, it's basically that Anaplan only cares about selling, everything else isn't appreciated at all.

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2.0
May 7, 2026
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One thing I genuinely appreciated was that the C-suite seemed invested in keeping everyone in the loop. The monthly town halls felt like more than just a formality and gave you a real sense of where the company was headed. When you had a good stretch, people noticed. The company feels like it has real momentum and on a macro level.

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Leadership was inconsistent in my experience and seemed to depend heavily on which manager you ended up with. It often felt like luck of the draw. I personally found the planning process to be more reactive than strategic, with urgency only kicking in once results were already suffering rather than getting ahead of it. The workplace culture also had a gossip element that I found draining over time. My biggest frustration was around performance recognition. I observed situations where reported numbers didn't seem to reflect reality, yet the consequences appeared minimal at best. I would have liked to see more transparency and accountability around how top performers were identified and rewarded, because in my experience the current approach didn't always feel equitable to those who were playing by the rules.

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Anaplan Response
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We appreciate you sharing such a detailed reflection of your time with us. It is encouraging to hear that our commitment to transparency through monthly town halls and our company's momentum resonated with you. Fostering a trusting, equitable workplace where everyone is fairly recognized and rewarded is central to our culture. We wish you the very best in your future endeavors.
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