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EMPLOYEE
PARTICIPANTS
63
TOTAL
RATINGS
1292

AppZen Company Culture

AppZen Culture

This score is derived from employee ratings & reviews
4.0/5
AppZen's Overall Culture is rated B

Top Rated Culture Dimensions

AppZen CEO

Top 5%Top 5% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably
Anant Kale AppZen's CEO
Anant Kale
88 /100

Diversity at AppZen

Bottom 45%Bottom 45% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably
C

Diverse employees at AppZen have rated CEO Rating, Executive Team, and Outlook as the highest categories they have scored

Women at AppZen

Top 10%Top 10% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably
A

Women at AppZen have rated CEO Rating, Compensation, and Outlook as the highest categories they have scored

AppZen eNPS

Net Promoter Score tracks your employees' overall score to this question: "On a scale from 0-10, how likely are you to recommend working at your company to a friend?"
Top 25%Top 25% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably

Recommend to a Friend?

53

AppZen employees are 53% more likely to recommend AppZen as a great place to work

74%Promoters
5%Passives
21%Detractors

Working at AppZen

Working at AppZen is rated average by 63 employees, across various culture dimensions. AppZen employees are most satisfied about CEO Rating, Executive Team, and Perks And Benefits categories, putting AppZen’s culture in the Top 30% compared to similar sized companies on Comparably and in the Top 20% compared to other companies in San Francisco. See below in detail how working at AppZen was rated by employees.

Overall Company Culture at AppZen

B

Overall Company Culture at AppZen is rated B

Last updated 16 days ago

Top
30%

AppZen ranks in the Top 30% of other companies on Comparably with 51-200 Employees for Overall Company Culture Score

Overall Company Culture Score by Department

This graph details how each department scores their Overall Company Culture

Results from 63 Employees

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Customer Support
85
Customer Support85
Sales
84
Sales84
Marketing
78
Marketing78
Engineering
77
Engineering77

AppZen Employee Reviews

Out of 170 AppZen employee reviews, 94% were positive. The remaining 6% were constructive reviews with the goal of helping AppZen improve their work culture.

94%
6%
Positive Reviews94%
Constructive Feedback6%

Positive Reviews From AppZen Employees

  • What makes you most happy at work?
    Collaboration with peers and customer satisfaction
  • What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?
    Everyone here has the freedom to express themselves and ideas can come from anyone at any time.
  • What did you like most about the interview process?
    The process is straight forward and fast

Constructive Feedback From AppZen Employees

  • What does the leadership team need to get better at?
    Learn the difference between a boss and a leader
  • Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
    Salary doesn’t meet mark
  • What needs to change to make the company culture better?
    Lack of inspiration, some leadership is not motivational at all, very bland

AppZen Company Information

AppZen Company Overview

Finance Favors the Bold

AppZen was founded in 2012 and its current CEO is Anant Kale. Since its inception 14 years ago, AppZen has grown to 200 employees.

AppZen Mission, Vision & Values

AppZen Mission & Values

AppZen delivers the world’s leading AI platform for modern finance teams. Starting with business spend, we automate manual process, uncover problems, and optimize decision making at scale for enterprises around the globe, including one-fourth of the Fortune 500. Our platform combines patented deep learning, computer vision, and semantic analysis with intelligence from thousands of online data sources to understand financial transactions in business context and make decisions before those transactions happen. AppZen is a must have for CFOs and their teams to reduce spend, comply with policy, and streamline process.

Headquarter6201 America Center Dr. Suite 200
San Jose, CA 95002
United States of America
Websitewww.appzen.com
Founding Date2012
Tel(408) 547-5253
Company StatusPrivate
Jobswww.appzen.com/appzen-careers/
Social Sites

AppZen Competitors

AppZen competitors include Certify and Expensify. AppZen ranks 2nd in Overall Culture Score on Comparably vs its competitors. See below how AppZen compares to its competitors with CEO Rankings, Product & Services, NPS, Pricing, Customer Services, Overall Culture Score, eNPS, Gender and Diversity Scores.

  1. #1
    Certify's Logo
    Certify
    4.2/5
  2. #2
    AppZen's Logo
    AppZen
    4.0/5
  3. #3
    Expensify's Logo
    Expensify
    3.4/5
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AppZen Employees

AppZen has 200 employees. 63 employees at AppZen have reviewed AppZen across various culture dimensions, providing their opinions on items ranging from executive ratings to the pace at work. The latest review was 16 days ago.

Overall, the 63 AppZen employees give their leadership a grade of B+, or Top 20% of similar size companies on Comparably. This includes specific ratings of their executive team, CEO, and manager.

Employees at AppZen are extremely happy with their total compensation at AppZen, which includes a combination of pay, stock and equity, and benefits.

Overall, employees at AppZen are extremely happy with their team. 63 Participants grade the quality of their coworkers a B. The majority believe the meetings at AppZen are effective, and the majority look forward to interacting with their coworkers.

The majority of employees at AppZen believe the environment at AppZen is positive. Most Participants believe the pace of work at AppZen is extremely fast. About 37% of the employees at AppZen work 8 hours or less, while 6% of them have an extremely long day - longer than twelve hours.

Overall, the employees at AppZen are extremely happy, based on their aggregated ratings of future outlook, customer perception, and their excitement going to work.

A Day in the Life
A Day in the Life
AppZen employees generally work 9.5 hrs a day
Work Hours
A Day in the Life
Employees at AppZen report the work pace is extremely fast
Work Pace
A Day in the Life
91% of AppZen employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
Coworkers
A Day in the Life
AppZen employees most often take unlimited paid vacation and sick days each year
Perks & Benefits
A Day in the Life
64% of AppZen employees report they are happy with their work life balance
Work Life Balance
A Day in the Life
AppZen employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Every Week
Feedback
A Day in the Life
87% of AppZen employees call their work environment positive
Environment

Joining AppZen - Employee Onboarding

The prevailing opinion from employees about joining AppZen is that the company was somewhat prepared on their first day. AppZen employees concluded that their overall onboarding experience was positive. 57% said their direct manager was helpful with their acclimation during the first 90 days. First impressions are important, and how prepared a company is on your first day leaves a lasting impression.

AppZen KPIs and OKRs

At AppZen 50% of employees think their department KPIs and OKRs are clear. Employees’ understanding of AppZen's KPIs and OKRs is essential for its success. Out of 11 AppZen employees who’ve answered, “Are your company’s goals clear and are you invested in them?” 8 have said yes.

AnswerPercent
Yes73%
No27%
Are your company's goals clear, and are you invested in them?
AnswerPercent
Yes50%
No50%
Are the KPIs/OKRs for your department clear?

AppZen CEO & Leadership

Anant Kale AppZen's CEO
88 /100

AppZen CEO Awards and Recognitions

Best CEOs for Diversity 2019 (Small & Midsize Companies)
Best CEOs 2018 (Small & Midsize Companies)

Anant’s approval rate is in the Top 5% of all CEOs of similar-sized companies on Comparably, and in the Top 5% compared to the CEOs of all other companies in San Francisco. With a high CEO score, Anant Kale has won the Best CEOs in 2018 along with Drift CEO David Cancel and SendGrid CEO Sameer Dholakia. In addition, Anant has garnered Best CEOs for Diversity in 2019 specifically for Diversity, making AppZen’s CEO one of the top rated CEOs by diverse employees. AppZen’s CEO is highly regarded especially by Asian or Pacific Islander employees, employees with 1 to 3 Years experience, and employees with 3 to 6 Years experience. However, Hispanic or Latino employees, employees in the Customer Support department, and employees identified with Other ethnicities have a less favorable view of the CEO and believe there is room for improvement. Compared to AppZen’s competitors, Anant Kale ranks right above Expensify CEO David Barrett. Under Kale’s leadership, AppZen employee respondents are most happy about their Executive Team and the company’s Perks And Benefits. Office Culture and Diversity are two areas, according to respondents, where AppZen could stand to see real improvement.

AppZen Leadership

The AppZen Executive Team is rated an “A+” and led by CEO Anant Kale, Co-Founder and CTO Kunal Verma, and Chief Financial Officer Naresh Bansal

  • Anant Kale  CEO / President

    Anant Kale CEO / President

    Anant Kale serves as the CEO / President of AppZen.

  • Kunal Verma Co-Founder and CTO, 2019 Best Engineering Department Leader

    Kunal Verma is an entrepreneur and a technology executive, and is currently the CTO of AppZen. Before founding AppZen,... read more

  • Naresh Bansal Chief Financial Officer

    Naresh Bansal serves as the Chief Financial Officer of AppZen.

  • Jamie Barnett Chief Marketing Officer

    Jamie Barnett serves as the Chief Marketing Officer of AppZen.

  • John Narbaitz Vice President, Sales

    John Narbaitz serves as the Vice President, Sales of AppZen.

  • Jon Atterbury VP Marketing Campaigns and Operations

    Jon Atterbury serves as the VP Marketing Campaigns and Operations of AppZen.

  • Uri K Vice President of Product Marketing & Design

    Uri K serves as the Vice President of Product Marketing & Design of AppZen.

  • Anant Kale CEO

    Anant Kale serves as the CEO of AppZen.

  • Debashis S Vice President Of Engineering

    Debashis S serves as the Vice President Of Engineering of AppZen.

AppZen Salaries

How much does AppZen pay?

How much do people at AppZen get paid? See the latest salaries by department and job title. The average estimated annual salary, including base and bonus, at AppZen is $123,212, or $59 per hour, while the estimated median salary is $143,689, or $69 per hour.

At AppZen, the highest paid job is a Director of Engineering at $193,312 annually and the lowest is a CS Rep at $55,523 annually. Average AppZen salaries by department include: Operations at $98,460, HR at $106,330, Marketing at $193,720, and Business Development at $109,379. Half of AppZen salaries are above $143,689.

55 employees at AppZen rank their Compensation in the Top 15% of similar sized companies in the US (based on 187 ratings) while 55 employees at AppZen rank their Perks And Benefits in the Top 10% of similar sized companies in the US (based on 66 ratings).

Last updated months ago.

1st Percentile
$82k
$82k1st Percentile
20th Percentile
$111k
$111k20th Percentile
40th Percentile
$143k
$143k40th Percentile
60th Percentile
$210k
$210k60th Percentile
80th Percentile
$250k
$250k80th Percentile
100th Percentile
$353k
$353k100th Percentile
$123,212*
Average Compensation
$143,689*
Median Compensation

* Estimated salaries Estimated salaries are based on data provided anonymously by employees and/or estimated by other statistical methods.

AppZen Salaries by Department

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Diversity & Inclusion at AppZen

Diverse employees at AppZen score the company 78/100 across various culture categories, placing AppZen in the Bottom 45% of companies on Comparably with 51-200 Employees for Comparably's diversity score. The Diversity score provides insights into how diverse employees feel and rate their work experience at AppZen across various culture dimensions.

Ranked Culture the Highest

Women N/A/100
Men 82/100
Department - Sales
Diverse Employees 76/100
Department - Engineering

Ranked Culture the Lowest

Women N/A/100
Men 81/100
Department - Engineering
Diverse Employees 74/100
Department - Sales

AppZen Perks & Benefits

Health & Wellness

  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Health Insurance

Paid Time Off

  • PTO / Vacation Policy
  • Paid Holidays

AppZen PTO

AppZen's PTO and Vacation policy typically gives unlimited days off a year with 86% of employees expected to be work free while out of office. Paid Time Off is AppZen's most important benefit besides Healthcare when ranked by employees, with 58% of employees saying it is the most important benefit. AppZen's benefits and PTO Package averages to represent a $500 -$1000 cash value per month.

AnswerPercent
Flex Time14%
Vacation Policy58%
Office Meals14%
401k Contribution14%
Childcare0%
Other than healthcare, which of the following benefits is most important to you?
AnswerPercent
Yes14%
No86%
Does your boss expect you to work when you're on vacation?
AnswerPercent
$2500+/mo9%
$1500 - $2500/mo0%
$1000 -$1500/mo9%
$500 -$1000/mo64%
Less than $500/mo18%
What do you estimate the cash value of your benefits to be? Healthcare, PTO, etc?

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Candidates By Department

Product
50%
IT
50%

Candidates By Location

Sunnyvale
100%

AppZen Internship Program

Acquiring a position in AppZen's Internship Program is generally does not offer internships. Why intern at AppZen? Employees are very happy at AppZen and rate their office perks as good. It’s summer, interning should not be only a learning experience, but also an enjoyable one. AppZen employees say they’re never bored at work. Additionally, 30% have developed close friendships with their co-workers.

How difficult is it to get an internship at AppZen?

HR
Very Difficult0%
Somewhat Difficult0%
Not Difficult67%
Difficult0%
Does Not Offer Internships33%
Answered by 3 HR Interns

Frequently Asked Questions regarding AppZen

What is AppZen address?

AppZen location is at 6201 America Center Dr. Suite 200

Who is the CEO of AppZen?

AppZen CEO is Anant Kale, their score by employees is 88

What is AppZen eNPS?

The eNPS for AppZen is 53

What is the salary for Executive Assistant in AppZen?

Executive Assistant average salary in the US is 82k

What are the salaries in the Sales in AppZen?

The average salaries for Sales in AppZen is 284k

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