Not enough focus on work - too many management layers - Senior Product Manager AppFolio Employee Review

3.0
11 Apr 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The people actually coding and building products are awesome

Cons

Too many managers, directors, VPs. We need more people actually getting work done and building things rather than scheduling meetings or redoing group visions for the 100th time. At this point all the management layers are slowing us down trying to appear busy rather than letting us move faster with AI. The executive team is good, I’m referring to everyone in between executives and IC in all of product dev including product, engineering and UX.

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AppFolio Response
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Thank you for sharing your feedback. It’s great to hear that you enjoyed our culture and team outings. We take your comments seriously – especially regarding the need for proactive management support, better coaching, and clearer advancement opportunities for our BDR and AE teams – and we are actively working to address these areas to ensure our reps feel supported and set up for long-term success. Thank you again for helping us improve, and we wish you the very best.
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