Top heavy management with unclear directions from global. - Head of Marketing - Asia Anaplan Employee Review

2.0
19 Nov 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great prospects for its products and solutions. A potential start up unicorn. Conversion of ex-SAP customers was a great sales strategy in market development.

Cons

Too many chefs spoils the soup. Too much politics in a company so small, which are not productive and constructive to the development and growth of what seems to be a big potential "Unicorn". Big hiring to attract ex-SAP employees, brought along their own old school politics which "enhance" the complexity of what was already a political environment. Despite Asia having a bigger marketplace, no focus investment in developing the brand in Asia beyond its annual HUB event.

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5.0
8 May 2026
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Pros

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

Cons

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2.0
7 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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