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Asana enables millions of teams around the world to achieve their goals together, from small projects to strategic initiatives. For the past 5 years, we've been named a top workplace by Fortune, Great Place to Work, Fast Company, Glassdoor, and Built In for our inclusive culture that drives business results. After spending more than two years physically distanced, we're safely and mindfully returning to in-person collaboration, adding more flexibility to our office-centric hybrid culture. With offices all over the world, we are always looking for curious, collaborative, and mission-driven people to help us enable the world’s teams to work together effortlessly. read more
EMPLOYEE
PARTICIPANTS
69
TOTAL
RATINGS
1041

Asana Company Culture

Asana Culture

This score is derived from employee ratings & reviews
Choice Employer
A+
4.7/5

Top Rated Culture Dimensions

Asana CEO

Top 5%Top 5% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably
Dustin Moskovitz Asana's CEO
Dustin Moskovitz
91 /100

Diversity at Asana

Top 5%Top 5% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably
A+

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

Women at Asana

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

Women at Asana have rated CEO Rating, Outlook, and Perks And Benefits as the highest categories they have scored

Asana 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 5%Top 5% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably

Recommend to a Friend?

61

Asana employees are 61% more likely to recommend Asana as a great place to work

72%Promoters
17%Passives
11%Detractors

Working at Asana

Working at Asana is rated highly by 69 employees, across various culture dimensions. Asana employees are most satisfied about CEO Rating, Compensation, and Environment categories, putting Asana’s culture in the Top 5% compared to similar sized companies on Comparably and in the Top 10% compared to other companies in San Francisco. See below in detail how working at Asana was rated by employees.

Overall Company Culture at Asana

A+

Overall Company Culture at Asana is rated A+

Last updated months ago

Top
5%

Asana ranks in the Top 5% of other companies on Comparably with 1,001-5,000 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 69 Employees

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Marketing
93
Marketing93
Product
92
Product92
Engineering
91
Engineering91
Sales
91
Sales91
HR
80
HR80
Operations
79
Operations79

Asana Employee Reviews

Out of 94 Asana employee reviews, 96% were positive. The remaining 4% were constructive reviews with the goal of helping Asana improve their work culture.

96%
4%
Positive Reviews96%
Constructive Feedback4%

Positive Reviews From Asana Employees

  • What did you like most about the interview process?
    it was thorough. It gave me an example to demonstrate my skills.
  • What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?
    Everyone is positive and is working towards making the company better and in effect making other companies better.
  • What are some of the best things about your team?
    Everyone on my team is worth their weight in gold. If other companies had any idea how effective my team is they would steal every single person.

Constructive Feedback From Asana Employees

  • Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
    Being paid relative to my impact. Top performers and fast risers get squeezed due to the way we do comp cycles
  • Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
    comp is below market, would feel better to be at market rate.
  • What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better?
    being humble and be more patient when new ideas are mentioned.

Asana Company Information

Asana Company Overview

Asana enables millions of teams around the world to achieve their goals together, from small projects to strategic initiatives. For the past 5 years, we've been named a top workplace by Fortune, Great Place to Work, Fast Company, Glassdoor, and Built In for our inclusive culture that drives business results. After spending more than two years physically distanced, we're safely and mindfully returning to in-person collaboration, adding more flexibility to our office-centric hybrid culture. With offices all over the world, we are always looking for curious, collaborative, and mission-driven people to help us enable the world’s teams to work together effortlessly.

Asana was founded in 2009 and its current CEO is Dustin Moskovitz. Since its inception 17 years ago, Asana has grown to 1597 employees.

Asana Mission, Vision & Values

Asana Mission Statement

Help humanity thrive by enabling the world's teams to work together effortlessly.

Asana Values

  • Mission
  • Do great things, fast
  • Clarity
  • Co-Creation
  • Give & Take Responsibility
  • Mindfulness
  • Reject false tradeoffs
  • Be Real (with yourself and others)
  • Heartitude
Websiteasana.com
Founding Date2009
Tel415-558-8302
Company StatusPublic
StockASAN
Jobsasana.com/jobs
Social Sites
Headquarters
San Francisco HQ633 Folsom St
San Francisco, CA 94107
United States of America
Vancouver HQ333 Seymour, 8th floor
Vancouver V6B 5A6
Canada
New York City HQ4 World Trade Center, Suite 2918 150 Greenwich Street, 29th Floor
New York City, NY 10007
United States of America

Asana Competitors

Asana competitors include Slack, Atlassian, and Redbooth. Asana ranks 1st in Overall Culture Score on Comparably vs its competitors. See below how Asana compares to its competitors with CEO Rankings, Product & Services, NPS, Pricing, Customer Services, Overall Culture Score, eNPS, Gender and Diversity Scores.

  1. #1
    Asana's Logo
    Asana
    4.7/5
  2. #2
    Slack's Logo
    Slack
    4.6/5
  3. #3
    Atlassian's Logo
    Atlassian
    4.5/5
  4. #4
    Redbooth's Logo
    Redbooth
    4.2/5

Asana Employees

Asana has 1597 employees in 3 locations. 69 employees at Asana have reviewed Asana across various culture dimensions, providing their opinions on items ranging from executive ratings to the pace at work. The latest review was months ago.

Overall, the 69 Asana employees give their leadership a grade of A+, or Top 5% of similar size companies on Comparably. This includes specific ratings of their executive team, CEO, and manager.

Employees at Asana are pleased with their total compensation at Asana, which includes a combination of pay, stock and equity, and benefits.

Overall, employees at Asana are extremely happy with their team. 69 Participants grade the quality of their coworkers an A+. The majority believe the meetings at Asana are effective, and the majority look forward to interacting with their coworkers.

The majority of employees at Asana believe the environment at Asana is positive. Most Participants believe the pace of work at Asana is comfortably fast. About 67% of the employees at Asana work 8 hours or less.

Overall, the employees at Asana 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
Asana employees generally work 8.6 hrs a day
Work Hours
A Day in the Life
Employees at Asana report the work pace is comfortably fast
Work Pace
A Day in the Life
On a typical day, employees at Asana have 2 meetings
Meetings
A Day in the Life
95% of Asana employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
Coworkers
A Day in the Life
Asana employees most often take unlimited paid vacation and sick days each year
Perks & Benefits
A Day in the Life
100% of Asana employees report they are happy with their work life balance
Work Life Balance
A Day in the Life
Asana employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Every Week
Feedback
A Day in the Life
97% of Asana employees call their work environment positive
Environment

Joining Asana - Employee Onboarding

The prevailing opinion from employees about joining Asana is that the company was very prepared on their first day. Asana employees concluded that their overall onboarding experience was positive. 100% 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.

Asana KPIs and OKRs

At Asana 100% of employees think their department KPIs and OKRs are clear. Employees’ understanding of Asana's KPIs and OKRs is essential for its success. Out of 11 Asana employees who’ve answered, “Are your company’s goals clear and are you invested in them?” 10 have said yes.

AnswerPercent
Yes91%
No9%
Are your company's goals clear, and are you invested in them?
AnswerPercent
Yes100%
No0%
Are the KPIs/OKRs for your department clear?

Asana CEO & Leadership

Dustin Moskovitz Asana's CEO
91 /100

Asana CEO Awards and Recognitions

Best CEOs 2019 (Small & Midsize Companies)
Best CEOs for Diversity 2019 (Small & Midsize Companies)
Best CEOs for Women 2019 (Small & Midsize Companies)
Best CEOs 2018 (Small & Midsize Companies)
Top 5% Rated CEOs 2016

Asana’s CEO Dustin Moskovitz started in this role in 2008. Dustin’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, Dustin Moskovitz has won the Best CEOs in 2019 along with TaxJar CEO Mark Faggiano and Malouf CEO Sam Malouf. In addition, Dustin has garnered Best CEOs for Diversity in 2019 specifically for Diversity, making Asana’s CEO one of the top rated CEOs by diverse employees. Asana’s CEO is highly regarded especially by employees in the Engineering department, Asian or Pacific Islander employees, and employees in the Product department. However, employees in the HR department, employees with the company for 1 to 2 Years, and employees in the Operations department have a less favorable view of the CEO and believe there is room for improvement. Compared to Asana’s competitors, Dustin Moskovitz ranks right above Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield. Under Moskovitz’s leadership, Asana employee respondents are most happy about their Compensation and the company’s Environment. Office Culture and Gender are two areas, according to respondents, where Asana could stand to see real improvement.

Asana Leadership

The Asana Executive Team is rated an “A+” and led by CEO Dustin Moskovitz, Renewals Executive Juan Rangel, and Administrative Business Partner to the COO & CRO Kat Estrera

  • Dustin Moskovitz  CEO / President

    Dustin Moskovitz CEO / President

    Dustin Moskovitz serves as the CEO / President of Asana.

  • Juan Rangel Renewals Executive

    Juan Rangel serves as the Renewals Executive of Asana.

  • Kat Estrera Administrative Business Partner to the COO & CRO

    Kat Estrera serves as the Administrative Business Partner to the COO & CRO of Asana.

  • Chris Farinacci Chief Operating Officer

    Chris Farinacci serves as the Chief Operating Officer of Asana.

  • Eda Gultekin Head of Sales and Success/GM, North America

    Eda Gultekin serves as the Head of Sales and Success/GM, North America of Asana.

  • Jamie Randolph Administrative Business Partner to CFO + Head of IR

    Jamie Randolph serves as the Administrative Business Partner to CFO + Head of IR of Asana.

  • Tim Wan Chief Financial Officer

    Tim Wan serves as the Chief Financial Officer of Asana.

Asana Salaries

How much does Asana pay?

How much do people at Asana get paid? See the latest salaries by department and job title. The average estimated annual salary, including base and bonus, at Asana is $144,799, or $69 per hour, while the estimated median salary is $147,307, or $70 per hour.

At Asana, the highest paid job is a Director of Engineering at $242,069 annually and the lowest is a CS Rep at $51,829 annually. Average Asana salaries by department include: Engineering at $168,879, Finance at $103,159, Operations at $116,149, and HR at $126,997. Half of Asana salaries are above $147,307.

44 employees at Asana rank their Compensation in the Top 5% of similar sized companies in the US (based on 145 ratings) while 42 employees at Asana rank their Perks And Benefits in the Top 5% of similar sized companies in the US (based on 49 ratings).

Salaries contributed from Asana employees include job titles like Lead Engineer, Engineering Manager, Developer, and Sales Engineer. Comparably data has a total of 10 salary records from Asana employees.

Last updated months ago.

1st Percentile
$81k
$81k1st Percentile
20th Percentile
$114k
$114k20th Percentile
40th Percentile
$146k
$146k40th Percentile
60th Percentile
$248k
$248k60th Percentile
80th Percentile
$279k
$279k80th Percentile
100th Percentile
$472k
$472k100th Percentile
$144,799*
Average Compensation
$147,307*
Median Compensation

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

Asana Salaries by City

Asana Salaries by Department

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Diversity & Inclusion at Asana

Diverse employees at Asana score the company 91/100 across various culture categories, placing Asana in the Top 5% of companies on Comparably with 1,001-5,000 Employees for Comparably's diversity score. The Diversity score provides insights into how diverse employees feel and rate their work experience at Asana across various culture dimensions.

Our strategy for developing a diverse & inclusive company includes building a framework for fostering transparency and trust, putting intentional and strategic efforts on recruiting the best talent from diverse populations and backgrounds, and creating an environment where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and thrive. In order to build a great company and product, we want to hire the best talent who can add to our culture and bring a variety of experiences and perspectives. We believe that having a diverse and inclusive company attracts the best talent that has both the skills to help us achieve our vision, and the passion for our mission. Ultimately, we want everyone at Asana to feel respected, valued, welcomed, heard—and that they belong. ,,Building and sustaining a diverse and inclusive culture is a long-game strategy that requires commitment. We make progress one small step at a time, and it takes every employee to help create this company.,,Diversity Programs & Initiatives:,,Employee Resource Groups: More than two-thirds of our employees belong to our thriving communities that foster trusted, safe spaces for underrepresented groups and allies:,-AsanaWomen showcases the work and passions of women in the tech industry by providing a platform to celebrate their talents and spotlight role models.,-Team Rainbow committed to providing a space for LGBTQIA people and allies to support and learn from each other in a safe and loving environment.,-Gradient cultivates community for people of color and allies at Asana through conversations, community engagement, and creating spaces for everyone’s experience.,-Blacsana: creates a safe community for all Black employees at Asana that supports their development, celebrates their successes, and leverages their knowledge in support of Asana’s mission.,-Asanapac: celebrates and empowers our Pan Asian and Pacific Islander (PAPI) community at Asana. ,-Ask Me Anything sessions: Our leadership team and external thought leaders hold open AMAs that forge connection and bring unique perspectives to the table.,-Real Talk event series: Asanas come together to discuss hard, often uncomfortable topics, such as experiences around identity and workplace challenges, through these candid, open conversations.,-Gender-inclusive spaces: From gender-neutral restrooms in every office, to gender pronouns in our product, we recognize and embrace all identities.

Ranked Culture the Highest

Women 95/100
Department - Marketing
Men 91/100
Department - Engineering
Diverse Employees 93/100
Department - Engineering

Ranked Culture the Lowest

Women 76/100
Department - Operations
Men 84/100
Tenure - 2 to 5 Years
Diverse Employees 77/100
Tenure - 2 to 5 Years

Asana Perks & Benefits

Health & Wellness

  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Health Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Gym Membership / Reimbursement

Paid Time Off

  • PTO / Vacation Policy
  • Paid Holidays
  • Maternity / Paternity Leave

Financial Benefits

  • 401K / Retirement Plan
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Office Perks

  • Free Food
  • Pet-Friendly
  • Company Social Outings
  • Work From Home Policy
  • Unique Office Space

Asana PTO

Asana's PTO and Vacation policy typically gives unlimited days off a year. Paid Time Off is Asana's most important benefit besides Healthcare when ranked by employees, with 60% of employees saying it is the most important benefit. Asana's benefits and PTO Package averages to represent a $2500+ cash value per month.

AnswerPercent
Flex Time20%
Vacation Policy60%
Office Meals0%
401k Contribution20%
Childcare0%
Other than healthcare, which of the following benefits is most important to you?
AnswerPercent
Yes0%
No100%
Does your boss expect you to work when you're on vacation?
AnswerPercent
$2500+/mo50%
$1500 - $2500/mo0%
$1000 -$1500/mo38%
$500 -$1000/mo12%
Less than $500/mo0%
What do you estimate the cash value of your benefits to be? Healthcare, PTO, etc?

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H1B Visa

In 2019, Asana applied for 33 H1B visas. Of the work permits applied for, 52% were approved, 42% certified-withdrawn, and 6% withdrawn.

An in-depth look at ‘Certified-withdrawn’ H1B applications at Asana unveil that 2 approved work permit applications were withdrawn before the employee’s start date, and 14 were withdrawn by Asana after the employee’s start date.

Work Permit Application Outcome

Asana has a total of 1597 employees

33
Total Applied
  • 52% Granted (17 out of 33)
  • 0% Denied ( out of 33)
  • 6% Withdrawn Application was withdrawn by the employer before approval/rejection (2 out of 33)
  • 42% Certified-Withdrawn Application was approved but later withdrawn by employer (14 out of 33)

This data was calculated using publicly sourced data from OFLC Performance Data

Let Asana Know You Want To Work There

Overview of Candidates Interested in Asana on Comparably

Candidates By Department

All Industries
43%
Product
14%
Marketing
9%
Engineering
9%
Finance
7%
Other
19%

Candidates By Location

San Francisco
78%
Los Angeles
2%
Mountain View
2%
North Reading
2%
Sacramento
2%
Other
16%

Frequently Asked Questions regarding Asana

What is Asana address?

Asana location is at 633 Folsom St

Who is the CEO of Asana?

Asana CEO is Dustin Moskovitz, their score by employees is 91

What is Asana eNPS?

The eNPS for Asana is 61

What is the salary for UI/UX Designer in Asana?

UI/UX Designer average salary in the US is 125k

What are the salaries in the Legal in Asana?

The average salaries for Legal in Asana is 145k

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