Cult-ish culture - Anonymous employee Asana Employee Review

2.0
Jun 21, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Very typical Silicon Valley Office is quite an attraction. Great benefits.

Cons

Asana has a great marketing team that has painted a picture of a company that isn't doing that much but appears in the media as this incredibly diverse and inclusive company that is saving the world. In reality, the product is just okay - nothing groundbreaking. The company is well funded and the co-founders have a great pedigree. Everyone knows that eventually, Asana will go IPO and until that time comes they're creating an illusion of "working". Projects get started and then lost in the universe because they don't matter. No one has answers to your questions - because no one actually knows where things live and what processes are, etc. Long story short - if you're looking for a workplace where you can come in to meditate, drink green smoothies, and sit in meetings all day then Asana is a great place for you! But if you're eager to learn and grow your career I would recommend going somewhere else. And as to their diversity and inclusion efforts - as a very "standard" person I felt completely out of place.

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5.0
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Pros

Product base and new launchs. Leadership direction.

Cons

Competitive market, direction of the company aligns to growth.

3.0
Jul 3, 2026
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Pros

There's real enduring culture where people care about doing really good work. The culture is friendly with strong camaraderie amongst the individual employees, and managers try to do right by their reports.

Cons

Quarterly reorgs, quiet role reductions, and slowly stripping away benefits has made morale worse than ever. It may have been worthwhile if the business was getting better, but it's pretty flat and attrition is very high. With the introduction of the new CEO, Dan Rogers, there's been a clear shift to hard capitalism and people as numbers. Problems have been solved in short-sighted ways, causing discontent even within the leadership ranks. The company was losing some steam beforehand, but now it's "a ship trying to make a sharp turn and keeling over, just barely not capsizing".

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