How this company made it this far I will never know - Sales Anaplan Employee Review

1.0
May 2, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

The product is still one of the few out there doing what it does - but new entrants are emerging like Board, etc.' The salary out of the gate was very good.

Cons

My experience with the sales managers and former CEO of the company was lackluster. Frank Caldaroni's application of Cy Wakeman's No Ego mentality was completely flawed and failed to take into account the weaknesses of the management - not the employee. I saw rampant favoritism and extremely weak enablement programs. Anaplan has a very challenged approach to supporting partners and a very strange approach to Customer Success. I hardly understand how this function came to exist and never saw any value as a result. The company tries to make it look like they are a big supporter of DEI initiatives but reality is that it's a white Silicon Valley Tech Bro culture.

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Anaplan Response
3y
Thank you for your feedback. I’m glad you felt well compensated and that we offer a game-changing product. Anaplan is solving C-level problems for some of the world’s largest and most complex organizations, and we’re proud of the value we are delivering. Thanks to our customer success team, we offer a world-class customer experience that empowers our customers so we can achieve incredible outcomes for their business together. I can’t speak to the previous leadership team at Anaplan, but what I can speak to is the passion Anaplanners have for building a more diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where people feel they belong. We recently shared our multi-year DEIB strategy with employees, and while we have work to do, I’m excited to make measurable progress. To reinforce our commitment, our CEO recently signed the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion pledge, the largest business-led initiative for advancing DEI in the workplace. We wish you the best in your future endeavors. - Carey Pellock, Chief People Officer

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- Collaborative & Inclusive culture - Commitment to well-being - Professional growth & learning - Market leading innovation - Work flexibility

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2.0
May 7, 2026
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Pros

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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