Is Workday a good company to work for?

Workday has an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5, based on over 5,150 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 (230) , 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 761 reviews)); "The people you work with are also great and there’s always a good sense of camaraderie around the increasingly difficult times." ((in 468 reviews)); "Benefits are great and competitive." ((in 401 reviews)); "Good work life balance and one of the top silicon valley company to work with." ((in 373 reviews)); "Pay and time everything is good" ((in 172 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 151 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 113 reviews)); "Low morale with constant layoffs." ((in 74 reviews)); "Middle management is horrible!" ((in 35 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

(4,583 total reviews)

Aneel Bhusri

62% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

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Workday has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 4,583 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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1.0

Sep 1, 2016

Human Resources

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Looks good on your resume. Good reputation.

Cons

Quality of life working at Workday is very low. Co-workers are always depressed and never want to hear new ideas or be innovative. They just repeat the same ideas over and over and reject anyone with a fresh approach. You must be very complacent and not very passionate about your work to be able to tolerate working for this company. The everyday negativity in HR is so thick you can cut with at knife.

5.0

Aug 31, 2016

Never met an a-hole here

Presales manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent people to work with. Workday treats everyone fairly and with respect. Pretty nice benefits package also.

Cons

Pay is only fair. They try to get you with the culture...which is very nice but you can't pay the mortgage with that. They try to attract top talent but don't want to pay top dollar for them.

5.0

Aug 29, 2016

Great company

Consulting

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Growing company, great market position, great products, freedom, start up culture, Silicon valley culture,

Cons

Young organization, EMEA growing but not yet as developped as US

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