AppDynamics reviews

3.8

65% would recommend to a friend

(892 total reviews)
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Linda Tong

55% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

AppDynamics has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 892 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 Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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892 reviews
2.0
Sep 23, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-On par with typical SaaS earnings -Great place to learn how to cold call

Cons

-Poor/Non-Existent people management -Exlusively KPI driven (KPIs developed by mature businesses from a different era) -Not at all a Silicon Valley culture. Basically like working for BMC (a very old, very un-silicon valley software company) -Culture of intimidation from the Veep downwards -Severe cronyism as everyone followed Veep from BMC -Long work hours -No social balance. You are there to make calls, bring in deals and they pay you. Any kind of enjoyment/banter is looked as taking your eye off the ball -Culture is viewed as people who work excessively hard and put AppD above all else. Consistently.

1.0
Nov 8, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

No great stuff to mention at this place, as this place is full Mgr, Mgr's buddy's place. Politics were there in every company but not like Appdy!!!

Cons

Looks like Mgmt shared the entire survey information, on what each and every person gave in his feedback on their best buddy’s without fixing actual Employee's problems,Mgmt and HR team screwed and screwing Employee’s who gave their feedback against to their thought’s.

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AppDynamics Response
8y
Thank you for participating in our Engagement Survey, and we apologize for your negative experience. We took the survey results very seriously, and created Impact Areas for folks to cross-functionally come together to solve common issues across the organizations. We've shared your thoughts with the People@AppD Leadership team. It is only through feedback such as yours that we are able to maintain and, when necessary, improve upon the overall AppDynamo experience.
1.0
Oct 31, 2016

Avoid like a plague, may be after IPO

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They give good number of RSUs as part of offer(but please don't get lured by this). As of now they are one of the leaders in APM market(server side).

Cons

Actually after seeing 4+ rating, I decided to join. But looks like those good days are well and truly over. I am thinking it is due to the fact that, they will be doing IPO soon so they set unrealistic targets. As of now, values/cultures/principles are ignored, and they see you as a slave. They will not train/enable you adequately, and expect you to do wonders. If you bring up these issues, managers at best will try to avoid and often will harass you. They just want to hit the target, no matter what. Absolutely there is no process here, even after 8 years. Most of the teams as very lean, so you will have to double up always. I used to work during festivals and PTOs are normally not approved. Other worst part is, HR makes false promises while recruiting you. I almost ruined my perfect career by joining here, luckily i was able to get out soon(not even 6 months). Please avoid like a plague, give serious thoughts before joining this useless org.

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AppDynamics Response
9y
We are sorry to hear that you have left AppDynamics. We know that management tries their best to train our newest talent, and would like to see them spread their wings from there. In addition, management is also trying to find better ways to streamline processes. Our Recruiting and HR teams are also very pro-new hire and try to answer all questions during the Onboarding Process. We wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors!
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