All sales, all the time - Anonymous employee Anaplan Employee Review

1.0
Jan 7, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Anaplan has some very very smart and talented people working for the company and the lower levels. The sales people are very talented and the professional services team is very strong and intrinsically motived (see extrinsic motivations for their dept below under Cons). Anaplan has also done a great job in molding a reputation for the company that they are a cloud leader.

Cons

The management culture is absolutely toxic. The hours you work are insane and thankless and the management says they want to help but in reality they don't care. Things are promised, and I mean literally promised, and not delivered on. They will try to get your salary down as low as possible, and there are zero "performance review" structures in place and so it's impossible to get recognized for hard work that you put in, especially if you're in professional services/customer success and spend most of your time on the road. The turnover in some departments (not sales) like CS is EXTREMELY high, and the morale is terrible, especially for a company that is growing so quickly and touts their great company culture.

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

Cons

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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.

Cons

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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