Workday reviews

1. Sometimes change is so constant that it may tire you - you'd have to read, read and read and still get a feeling like you don't know much and still have a lot of catching up to do. 2. Often we have tighter deadlines and so choice of tools and skill-set in things for implementation is highly dependent on few team members who know a lot and therefore can run away with tasks that would take you say 3 days and finish them off in a day - I.e there is a learning curve to follow. Once you've crossed that barrier with a year under your belt it gets easier. 3. Lack of opportunity in my team to build things from scratch especially if you are an engineer, since there's already a lot of things that have been explored and best practices figured out - rightly so, however doesn't give you that opportunity to start afresh make mistakes and learn from those rather than relying on others telling you of a way to do it. If you like building things from scratch you might wanna look for other team perhaps.... Although there are attempts to circumvent this but it cannot be avoided. 4. Tensed team - there isn't much fun or joke cracking amongst team mates - this is different for other teams though (direct observation) - our team rarely makes a loud joke or plays any sport etc. socialization is restricted to a few events that are organized - not a healthy place to be in long run if you are looking for a balance. Again this is team specific other teams are very different from ours but then the work is different. 5. Lack of communication with managers and reports - often manager relies on few senior engineers to express anything - and ignores advise of other engineers. This can happen in any organization but it's rampant in my team. It may not be so for other teams though I cannot say.

I wouldn't recommend Workday to friends, for the following reasons. 1. No 360 reviews of management My team started off great, but due to complications all my managers were removed and we got completely new ones from companies I didn't want to get managers from. These managers are awful and there is no way to give them feedback nor improvement. My managers don't even meet employees once every two weeks like they promised when they first joined. I've only meet mine when I scheduled an appointment. Over half of my entire team has left due to frustrations with management. If there was a 360 reviewing system, perhaps upper management would have been able to prevent all the departures. 2. Whatever fun you get at Workday you are paying for significantly in your salary At Workday, they use the excuse that you're being paid lower than market value for the "fun" environment. Not all teams are fun at Workday, so it sucks to be on a team that is mediocre at best in terms of happy work environment and then to be paid lower for it, even if you are a pro at what you do. 3. Sexism I had to add this in, since the only critique my manager gave me during our company's feedback cycle was that I needed to smile more. There's nothing wrong with being quiet and serious; it's only wrong when you stand out as the only female in the room. Obviously there is going to be worse places than Workday, but I still believe the 1 star is justified since I was not given at all what I was promised and yet somehow got a 15k salary cut compared to market value.