Is Workday a good company to work for?

Workday has an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5, based on over 5,160 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 41% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Workday have been left by employees working as Solution Consultant , Sales Development Representative (SDR) and Intern .

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 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Workday?

Software Engineer (265) , 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 755 reviews)); "The people you work with are also great and there’s always a good sense of camaraderie around the increasingly difficult times." ((in 465 reviews)); "Well paid and good benefits" ((in 416 reviews)); "Good work life balance and one of the top silicon valley company to work with." ((in 375 reviews)); "pay and boss are good" ((in 164 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 152 reviews)); "You can end up with a bad manager and department and its all downhill from there." ((in 142 reviews)); "Senior leadership MUST address this and try to make it up to the poor people they've wronged." ((in 116 reviews)); "Low morale with constant layoffs." ((in 73 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

(4,593 total reviews)

Aneel Bhusri

65% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Culture & values

3.1

Career opportunities

2.9

Senior management

Workday has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 4,593 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

5.0

Jan 8, 2018

great place to work

Product manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

great work culture and work life balance

Cons

no cons for me yet

5.0

Jan 7, 2018

For the employees to give 100% to customers!

Development manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Core values are phenomenal. Culture is great. There are no egos floating around. Everyone has a common goal to develop something special for our customers!

Cons

Location is not ideal for employees who live is south. Driving time is at least couple of hours daily. Growing pains with 60% new employees in last couple of years.

1.0

Jan 5, 2018

Becoming Toxic Work Environment

Development

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I've worked for this company for many years. Workday was a very good company early-on. Upper management definitely knew how to successfully grow a startup. Stock price is awesome. Location is out of the silicon valley main-stream, but good for east bayers. Lots of (maybe too many) little perks - team building activities, movies, goodies in kitchen.

Cons

Company tries to brain-wash us into believing we have a great culture, and that Workday is all about the employee. We hear it for most of our company meetings -we see people holding up "I love Workday" signs as soon as we sign in to Workday software. First year in or so, things look really good about the company. It doesn't "look" political upon first entry. But oh, how deceiving those first impressions can be. If you are lucky enough to get into a team with good management, you are blessed. Every team is like it's own little company. Some are good. Many are not. Management in tools development - not so good. How you get ahead at Workday. 1. You're an ex-PeopleSoft employee 2. You DON'T question authority. 3. You DON'T stand up for what is right - technically or politically 4. If you're a woman, you have at least two of the three: young, thin, pretty 5. Don't argue with anyone above you - no matter how passionate you are about the topic - it will haunt you throughout your life at Workday. 6. If you are bullied, keep it to yourself. If not, it will be a negative reflection on you.

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