AppDynamics reviews

3.8

68% would recommend to a friend

(891 total reviews)
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Linda Tong

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 Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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891 reviews
1.0
Feb 21, 2016

Great product, poor managment

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Pros

Powerful, great product. Appdynamics is a leader in the APM space. From a product standpoint, they have a bright future.

Cons

- Lots of politics and nepotism from sr. management on up. - Management style is abusive. - Bosses, not leaders. - Zero representation and communication from the executive team.

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Thank you for your review. We're sorry to hear that you feel this way about management. We have in place an annual performance review where you can critique your manager and receive feedback from them as well. We also have an open door policy where you are more than welcome to set up 1:1 with your managers to discuss your opinions and concerns. Please take advantage of this system as we want our employees to feel comfortable and happy in our workplace!
1.0
Mar 3, 2020
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Pros

Previously some great learning opportunity from seasoned sales people and to force the practise of good sales execution. Unfortunately the new wave of “leaders” don’t have any of the credentials to run the dictatorship.

Cons

Despite any previous sales experience expect to be treated like you have just left school. There is an expectation that everybody is incompetent and has to be subservient to the management, opinions are frankly not allowed and during QBRs you are only expected to give “yes” or “no” answers. Calls and meetings will be put into your diary at 7am and considered mandatory without any discussion. The deep dive into your “drive” uncovered during your interview process will be questioned constantly and used to humiliate you publicly. Expect to see marriages breakdown as the norm, as well as health problems - there won’t be any support when this happens. The lion culture has become a cult, and leadership with credibility replaced with a bunch of 30-something’s who thrive on belittling the people around them. It’s a cult.. which if you make it out alive will make you realise the psychological impact of working in such a toxic environment.

2.0
Jun 9, 2017
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Pros

Work life balance since the release cycles is very long you could relax.

Cons

Outdated Glassfish Server and EJB technology. Monolithic code with poor code coverage most of the time spent in fixing bugs. Poor code quality. They'll hire you saying they are going to do re-architecture but most of the work is driven from the US. Rearchitecture is mostly rewriting EJBs to POJOs with no concern to scale. Indian R & D spends time mostly in sustenance and some unimportant dev works pushed from the US. US folks have strong discrimination behaviour while reviewing the code and distributing the work. Top level management in Bangalore is more interested in hiring so that they could dump more crap work rather than focus on getting good solid work. Architects are not forward looking they are still in the lost world of EJBs and they don't embrace open source technology. Forget quality work as most of the code is legacy and monolithic. They don't have even simple services. Egoistic Attitude from US Peers. Please think twice before joining this place. It is definitely not the best company in Bangalore there are much better and technically superior and culturally amicable companies out there. At your own risk join this company be prepared to lower your standards of coding and thinking which will be fatal for your career in the long run. It may take you 1 month to review a simple code due to few irresponsible code reviewers from the US. Poor workplace. Free food is of lower quality to reduce the cost.

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