Used to be great, new C suite destroyed it - Anonymous employee Workday Employee Review

1.0
Dec 23, 2025
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good pay, decent flexibility in work hours

Cons

Entire message WD presents to the world is a cover. The company is struggling. The new CEO and CFO have absolutely destroyed the company. They are very up front with the fact employees have no value and they are going to replace them with the cheapest alternative. The constant threat of layoffs and centralizing of decision making has destroyed the culture and the innovation WD thrives on to survive. The new AI products are all just ideas with no practicality, most of what they have in the market are higher-priced, watered down versions of what other companies are already doing. They say they want everyone to use AI in their jobs but with them going so far down market for talent, a lot of people struggle with not just AI but basic business skills. The company used to take care of it's employees so they can make WD the best company out there. Now they don't want WD to be the best, they want it to be the cheapest so C and Z can hit their payouts then jump ship leaving the carcass of a once great company rotting in the gutter.

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Workday Response
5mo
Thank you for sharing your feedback. At Workday, we take all input both positive and constructive seriously as we aim to create a welcoming and supportive environment for every employee. We’d appreciate the opportunity to learn more about your experience and explore how we can improve. Please feel free to reach out to our Employee Relations team at employee.relations@workday.com to discuss further. Thank you again for bringing this to our attention, we will do our best to address any concerns you may have.

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2.0
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Great culture at the peer to peer level. Excellent learning opportunities, good benefits and great name for resume.

Cons

Pretend to be transparent but a lot of smoke & mirrors. Significant cuts to comp plans & commissions that resulted in challenging pay cuts. While salaries were not reduced the OTE is no longer achievable and it’s a difference of thousands monthly, can’t even sell stock because it’s tanked. That being said, we’re disappointed in comp and stock but grateful to be employed because It’s no longer a matter of if you’ll be laid off but when.

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