Workday reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(4,562 total reviews)
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Aneel Bhusri

59% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Workday has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 4,562 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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5K reviews
1.0
Jan 6, 2017

Great technology, horrible management

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Workday has great technology. The platform is very modern, robust, and innovative. The UI is easy to use and customers, for the most part, have a positive experience with Workday. I believe that our CEO is an honest, ethical, smart leader.

Cons

Unfortunately, our CEOs ethics do not translate down into the trenches where we work. Middle management is horrible! It is very much a boys club and preferential treatment is given to those that are a part of the in-crowd. Communication from middle management is terrible and employee feedback is definitely an "F" word. I am planning to leave this year and hope that my next company stands behind its stated core values.

1.0
Feb 7, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Company has leading a edge product and is rapidly expanding. The business has solid funding and is firmly established in the market.

Cons

Almost too many to mention - Lots of bad middle managers - Corporate culture outside of Head office completely different.- - Sales culture is same old " old school SAP/ORACLE" old boys beef up your chest, kill at all costs approach. - Management very disconnected from corporate "values" - Supremely arrogant company; we are better than everyone else; we have no issues, if you don't like anything we do we can find people lined up to take your job. - Management very hypocritical; " encourages staff to manage expenses " like its your own money" staff does and then management does the exact opposite.

1.0
Feb 14, 2020

Not Great, Great, Great

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some really great people, cool perks

Cons

If you wouldn’t want to work for SAP or Oracle, don’t join Workday. People are given leadership titles without equivalent experience. If they do have big company experience it’s from PeopleSoft, SAP, or Oracle, and they’ve brought their culture with them. A high school clique masked by a welcoming pretense. Lots of eye rolling in meetings. Blatant bullying is deemed acceptable behavior and defended. Research the tenure of recent hires to the company, did you notice that people leave rather quickly? Talented people are made to feel so disenchanted that they eventually resign.

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