Anaplan reviews

3.6

66% would recommend to a friend

(1,081 total reviews)
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Charlie Gottdiener

71% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Anaplan has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,081 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Anaplan employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.6 stars).

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2.0
Jun 23, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

I worked here for over 4 years and had some really good times . Had some great challenges to solve and wonderful colleagues to work with . While they were a public company , they used to pay Engineers quite well (350k for senior engineers and 500k for principal was possible)

Cons

Went from 5 stars to 1 star after TB takeover(I had put a 5 star review about 2 years back). Was an amazing people friendly company before the takeover. Private Equity bought Anaplan at a premium rate when the market was hot and now they want to reduce costs aggressively (Similar to Elon musk's Twitter play). Almost half of engineering was let go with pathetic severance(1 week per year of service) and significant outsourcing . Come here only if you have no other choice.You are not going to learn anything from a tech standpoint because now they only care about keeping the lights on for the platform and not investing in new areas. The new compensation philosophy is a joke and you almost will not get equity anymore(You might but that equity is fairly useless)- so overall comps will significantly reduce. You could very well go work for a bank and make the same money doing 9-5 than working at this toxic hellhole. Absolutely toxic leadership and zero empathy

1.0
May 11, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There's no pros to be said here.

Cons

HR spends more time adding fake reviews than they do fixing the culture at Anaplan. Everyone is afraid to speak up and when they do, they will face "political consequences". The talent is decent but the "technical" leaders are a joke. You will be amused that most of them can't code a print "hello world" statement. The organization is filled with decent talent who can't stop dreaming about quitting their jobs for better opportunities as well as upper-management who hide their mistakes by blaming others. Don't ever try too to work too hard here; you will never be recognized even if you are the real deal. This is the harshest review I have ever written but it has to be said before another job seeker destroys their career here. I am doing them a favor. If you had any type of respect for yourself, you wouldn't put yourself in this position.

1.0
Apr 10, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Compensation and benefits are very competitive.

Cons

This company was acquired by a private equity firm that has no interest in people but just their EBITA. The target is constantly changing. There is a culture of high pressure sales. Leadership has a false sense that you can tell the customer when and how they need to purchase multi-year million dollar contracts. They don't do things in the customer's time frame, but rather use tactics of unnecessarily raising the cost if a customer doesn't sign within obituary deadlines that are imposed by leadership. Their are several AVPs that have no respect for employees or clients, especially if you are a woman. Leadership routinely used profanity in meetings talk ill of potential customers by calling them idiots. They also have a habit of sharing personal HR information with peers without cause expect to belittle individuals. The level of unprofessionalism is beyond belief. If you feel compelled to speak up you become the enemy and in some cases you will be fired without any valid reason. They have routinely posted Slack Message sent out to groups bad mouthing and lying about former employees. Anaplan states they stand on diversity and equality, but their actions are the exact opposite. If you a person of color or a female this is not a good place to work. Go to the executive leadership page on their website and you will see the lack of diversity from the top down. In short DO NOT work here. Even though the pay is good it isn't worth it.

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Anaplan Response
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Thank you for taking time to offer your feedback. The talented team we now have in place here at Anaplan is excited about the transformational journey we are on to become a category-defining company. They’re also excited about the positive steps we’re making to help our customers outperform their peers by continuously making the best decisions across their business without friction – all while continuing to build a Winning Culture. We are proud of the progress we’ve made over the past two years, and many of our team members share that sentiment – at our most recent monthly all hands meeting, approximately 90% of survey participants have a positive outlook about the company. We wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors. - Carey Pellock, CPO
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