AppDynamics reviews

3.8

68% would recommend to a friend

(891 total reviews)
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59% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

AppDynamics has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 891 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The AppDynamics employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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891 reviews
1.0
Feb 3, 2020

Not what they promise, actively avoid

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The Boot Camp in San Fran is really fun, and the MEDDIC training is excellent, something I wish I had been taught when I started sales. The issue however, is that the people who teach it are now poor imitations of those who implemented it. The expense policy is pretty nice, however this is slowly being stamped out due to Cisco getting more involved. If you like to travel, then you get to book good flights and book your own hotels so you can build up reward points.

Cons

The UK office has a horrifically toxic culture and feel to it. Within the Sales team the managers are borderline bullies, who seems to actively enjoy breaking people down and making them feel worthless. This may have worked in the past when the managers knew how to pick people up and help them improve, but this is no longer the case. You are lied to during the interview process. Nobody has had a $1m year for a few years, and I think only 1 person has had a $500k year in the last few years. The promise of rapid career progression is also a lie, people get promoted at the same rate as other large software companies now. You're given a list of accounts that have already had at least 2 or 3 people try and break into for several years, and then when you make no progress, you are simply told you need to do longer hours instead of getting actual advice or help. The general attitude is to survive a year and use the name on your CV to springboard into a better role in a different company. When people leave, it's like they never existed and are only spoken about when managers claim they weren't 'AppD material' and were fired for being useless, when this is often not the case.

1.0
Apr 20, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

You can trust the people you work closely with, but outside of that close group, you can't. Some very talented people but they are leaving now. To be successful here, just stay long enough, and you will be promoted because people will leave, and they've nobody else to promote. And then leave.

Cons

The culture is toxic and results from the CRO/CCO. His influence harmed the Professional Service org and oozed into the rest of the CS organization. Support Sr. Leadership lacks vision, innovation, and very little collaboration with other teams. Very little collaboration among the teams. Innovations to improve collaboration and productivity is snuffed out by the poor leaders. The products are outdated, and the competition has surpassed AppD. The company is not customer-centric and would instead focus on its internal metrics. Losing sight of what the customer wants to achieve and what it takes to complete the customer's desired goal.

2.0
Apr 5, 2022

Toxic Environment, zero accountability

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Meeting great people who share the same experience as you Cisco backing

Cons

- Toxic manipulative leadership - Bad work life balance. Management will tell you to enjoy your down time, and then contradicts themselves by contacting you on your time off to work. Most employees work 10-12 hour days unless you are on a team that can coast with ease. - Leadership in certain orgs offering “promotions” with no salary increase or level increase. - Titles not matching scope of work or level. Observed team leader titles not being equal to one another. The inequality on my team often fell on the woman. Blatant gender discrimination. - ZERO accountability. Seeing a leader continually discriminate, obvious inequality, favoritism and unethical actions. It gets reported by multiple people, and this leader remains in a position of power.

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