Core values mean nothing, absolute mayhem - Principal Software Engineer Workday Employee Review

2.0
Mar 2, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Friendly and cooperative engineering organization - RSU Stock Plan - Parental, disability leave 100% of salary

Cons

- Constant reorgs means lost knowledge shifts in priority - Failure to retain key players - Some managers are toxic, don't care about their employees - Tech stack is a decade old - The customer needs an engineer to just configure the app - Failure to recognize the product has a bad reputation with customers

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5.0
May 28, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good culture and product, pay is nice

Cons

Not too many to think of

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Thank you for sharing your experience at Workday. It is fantastic to hear you've enjoyed the culture. We are pleased to hear life as a Workmate is a good one!
2.0
Jun 24, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

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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