Is Workday a good company to work for?

Workday has an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5, based on over 5,155 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 6% over the last 12 months. 59% of employees would recommend working at Workday to a friend and 42% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Workday have been left by employees working as Value Manager , Solution Consultant and Sales Development Representative (SDR) .

Does Workday pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Workday employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Workday. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Workday?

59% of Workday employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Workday 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Workday?

Software Engineer (262) , Account Executive (231) , Senior Software Engineer (97) , Product Manager (96) , Software Development Engineer (80) , Consultant (67) , Manager (58) , Director (49) , Senior Consultant (49) , Software Applications Engineer (48) , Sales (46) , Corporate Sales Development (44) , Customer Success Manager (37) , Program Manager (37) , Senior Product Manager (37)

What are the pros of working at Workday according to real employee reviews?

"The culture is great and from day one you can tell you are cared about as an individual." ((in 757 reviews)); "The people you work with are also great and there’s always a good sense of camaraderie around the increasingly difficult times." ((in 472 reviews)); "good benefits and people to work with" ((in 398 reviews)); "Good work life balance and one of the top silicon valley company to work with." ((in 376 reviews)); "pay and boss are good" ((in 169 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Workday according to real employee reviews?

"up' it is sad to see a company that is so great be tainted by poor management." ((in 150 reviews)); "You can end up with a bad manager and department and its all downhill from there." ((in 145 reviews)); "Senior leadership MUST address this and try to make it up to the poor people they've wronged." ((in 111 reviews)); "As an induvial its incredibility difficult to be noticed and now in 2022, they had many layoffs." ((in 75 reviews)); "Middle management is horrible!" ((in 34 reviews))

What are employees saying about Workday layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Workday layoffs and their outlook for job security at Workday in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Workday locations?

Pleasanton , San Francisco , Salt Lake City , Atlanta , Chicago , New York , Boulder , Boston , Austin , San Jose , Dallas , Washington , Denver , Los Angeles , Seattle , San Diego , Dublin , Palo Alto , Philadelphia , Minneapolis , Nashville , Irvine , Santa Clara , McLean , San Mateo , Houston , Tampa , Mason , Beaverton , Orlando

Workday reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(4,588 total reviews)

Aneel Bhusri

62% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Culture & values

3.2

Career opportunities

2.9

Senior management

Workday has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 4,588 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Workday employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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Reviews by job title

5K reviews

3.0

Nov 28, 2021

Tons of Work

Integration consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Unlimited PTO, good pay for half-technical roles, some really meaningful relationships were made here.

Cons

Management thinks you have to earn your spot by working "as much as we did". Not very supportive, was sat down by a upper leadership multiple times and told to cancel my weekend plans to work (not making this up!). The clientele you work with are very often toxic, you need very thick skin for this role. Outside of the professional services arm, the company's innovation is really limited to updating technology to support existing industry practices, rather than actually creating new technology standards for the market to adapt. The new blood in the company are being taught 2008 developing standards.

3.0

May 17, 2021

Not like it used to be

Enterprise applications developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

My workmates are the saving grace of working for this company. Even though we are all remote right now it make "coming" to work enjoyable

Cons

The company no longer is a fun place to work, It has outgrown the culture that it so proudly professes. Employees are turning into just numbers. And you have a CEO that values his time in the office more then time with his family (see speech to Goldman Sachs)

3.0

Jan 4, 2018

Great potential but it depends on what team you are on

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

At a corporate level Workday does a great job of balancing the needs of its workers with the needs of its customers. The executive teams seems to truly value it’s people.

Cons

Unfortunately, this can’t be said for all of the groups within Workday. Explosive growth makes it difficult to ensure that everyone in the company is in line with the "Workday Way". This is especially true for the Financial Development Team. They have had a string of Vice Presidents that don’t live up to the companies core values. My advice to anyone looking to join Workday, go to another team.

Workday Response

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Thank you for your feedback. At Workday, our employees are our No. 1 core value, and it’s discouraging to hear that you feel leaders on your team are not living up to our high standards. We will definitely take this feedback to heart and have shared this with relevant teams. If you’re comfortable doing so, you can share more detailed, confidential feedback with us via employee.feedback@workday.com.

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