Workload up, job satisfaction down - Anonymous employee Dayforce Employee Review

2.0
May 21, 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Possibility to work from home depending on one's group Decent time off policy - if you can manage to actually take it. Pay is 'ok', but salary increases are negligible for the rank and file, or nonexistent entirely. Casual dress, etc. No suits/ties. Super colleagues (in my case) with an 'all for one, and one for all' attitude. The best team I've ever worked with.

Cons

The owners of the company, a private equity firm, are forcing dramatic cutbacks and cost wavings everywhere. Ceridian is not a company in which one can feel secure in one's career. The amount of work thrown at us is increasing faster than we can handle, and this is true everywhere. People are burned out and it's not getting better. We can expect more layoffs and cost cutting in the near future. I feel strongly that the company is being positioned for a sale. This company is a goldmine for any consultants selling the latest management or process improvement mumbo jumbo. Executive Management seems to follow the philosophy of Dilbert's firm. The local management is very good, but it's the top level executives who came from outside and don't have a clue about this business that are ruining things.

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5.0
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Pros

Dayforce has a lot of great perks. They are a cutting-edge HCM company and are always innovating. They are 100% remote and are great with work-life balance. Pay and benefits are good, and I would put them slightly above average in both.

Cons

Work can be too siloed at times, and top-down plans are not always communicated as efficiently as they could be.

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1.0
Jun 22, 2026
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Pros

I was able to retire. After Dayforce, I was DONE.

Cons

I wouldn't be so quick to leave Paylocity, one disaster, for Dayforce. IF you have been there for 5+ years, you have a good territory. If you're new to the organization, expect uneven playing field and a "junior" quota. I was in HR sales for 30+ years, most of them in true Enterprise when I was hired as a mid-market rep with an unreasonably small patch. They won't tell you this in an interview so ask and then make the hiring manager provide documentation in the form of a territory listing as sadly, they're not honest and you're going to have to verify EVERYTHING you are told. Oh, and the new VP of sales is liked about as much as the last one, which is to say, not loved at all. B

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