Is Workday a good company to work for?

Workday has an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5, based on over 5,127 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 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Workday. This rating has decreased by 5% 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 (262) , Account Executive (229) , Senior Software Engineer (97) , Product Manager (95) , Software Development Engineer (79) , Consultant (67) , Manager (58) , Senior Consultant (48) , Software Applications Engineer (48) , Director (47) , Sales (46) , Corporate Sales Development (44) , Customer Success Manager (37) , Senior Product Manager (37) , Program Manager (36)

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 749 reviews)); "The people you work with are also great and there’s always a good sense of camaraderie around the increasingly difficult times." ((in 463 reviews)); "Benefits are great and plentiful." ((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 175 reviews))

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

"You can end up with a bad manager and department and its all downhill from there." ((in 145 reviews)); "up' it is sad to see a company that is so great be tainted by poor management." ((in 145 reviews)); "Senior leadership MUST address this and try to make it up to the poor people they've wronged." ((in 113 reviews)); "Instability due to recent layoffs" ((in 70 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 Workday locations have received the highest employee ratings?

San Mateo , Denver , Chicago , Nashville , Irvine , Tampa , Washington , Atlanta , Houston , Boston

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3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(4,561 total reviews)

Aneel Bhusri

59% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.8

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 4,561 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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5.0

May 28, 2015

Great place to work in Europe!

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good internal communication and collaboration, great learning and growth opportunities and really caring about the employee career. Very solid top management leading by examples on the values of innovation, honest and transparent communication and performance.

Cons

Difficult to find significant cons in this place, I would say that true customer centric companies mean that the prospect and customer expectations are very hard and this means lots of good work and sometimes long hours!

5.0

Nov 30, 2014

A company with great culture

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Team work is great since everyone helps Great technology support amazing results Office amenities make the day much less hard

Cons

This office is relatively small, that means it is required to each of the employees to do a step more. That means a bit more work but also lot of opportunities

5.0

May 6, 2014

Fast growing company with focus on employee

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

There is a great sense of ownership of the services each team provides and with the company growing at a fast pace, there are lot of opportunities for grow into roles which you are looking for.

Cons

As the company is still not know as much as it should be outside US, it is relatively new in Europe and still has to find a name to be amongst the best employer

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