Demoralizing spiral into the abyss - Senior Leadership Dayforce Employee Review

2.0
Nov 18, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Product first company with tangible benefits such as WFH, work/life balance on most teams, and a concept of focus Fridays where you are supposed to get stuff done and not be on meetings all day. Some great people work at this company. Big focus on liberal politics and DEI if that's your thing.

Cons

Leadership has a vision, but lacks the ability to execute on said vision. Focus on rapid, high growth, but no foundation. House of cards waiting to fall. Company has been in a steady decline culturally for about 3-4 years. Processes are constantly being revamped without adequate communication, resourcing to support the change management. I can't even imagine trying to start as a new hire and understanding the most basic concepts. Major brain drain from reorganization happening almost quarterly. In 5 years at the company, I reported to 12 different people, and I've seen entire teams quit. Quietly laying off highly tenured employees in favor of moving work offshore to save money. Culture is extremely negative and cynical on most teams. People act like they are doing you a favor if you ask for anything from their teams. Just generally a toxic atmosphere to work in with constant political jockeying across all levels.

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5.0
Jan 19, 2026
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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
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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