Exclusive, cliquey team culture - Anonymous employee Asana Employee Review

2.0
May 1, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Intelligent, truly passionate people across the company - Awesome food - Life coaching perk, nap room, gym membership, paid medical/dental insurance - Open-minded, passionate, and approachable CEO

Cons

- What felt more like a startup at first started to feel more corporate towards the end of my time there. Micromanagement and not approving time off because I had met the company median (even though they promote an open/unlimited PTO policy) are a few examples of this. - My team was very cliquey and exclusive. Our team channel on Slack was full of so many inside jokes/GIFs that I missed a lot of important information, which affected my performance. My opinion was also never asked for in meetings and it felt like there was rarely room for me to talk. I felt very left out and not welcomed 95% of the time. - My team also got upset at me for asking "too many" questions. - Apparently, you have to be really social/extroverted and share the same sense of humor as the rest of the team to feel included, even professionally. It felt like my voice never mattered in the company.

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Cons

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