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      Workday

      Engaged Employer

      Workday reviews

      3.5

      59% would recommend to a friend

      (4,563 total reviews)
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      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 4,563 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
      3.0
      May 31, 2019

      Don't beleive the hype

      Director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      * Dogs allowed * Company is successful and doing well in SAS space

      Cons

      * Overzealous about being recognized as a top place to work, always encouraging employees to vote that way * Weekly, performance management review, submitted anonymously by your employees in the form of a survey * One Product = engineering ceiling * Worst travel policy in Silicon Valley - Business class not allowed unless over 9 hours of travel and the requires VP approval and has to be related to a client or customer * Compensation low compared to other tech companies * High crime and safety concerns in the vicinity of the main campus

      1.0
      Feb 17, 2017

      Great Product but Culture Has Tanked

      Sales
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -Great Product, Leader in HCM/Payroll. Financials is getting better. -CEO is solid and a genuinely good guy -Free snacks and drinks

      Cons

      -Politics are overwhelming employees -Many Leaders using fear-based management style -Micro-management is becoming the norm -Sales goals are high and unattainable

      2.0
      Aug 5, 2016

      Thinking about joining Workday?

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Workday has some bright sides. If you're graduating and not sure where to go - Workday could be a good place. The Generation Workday and Internships programs here are excellent. You'll be surrounded by care and given many chances to find what suites well. I'm also proud about our facilities team. The free snacks and drinks are excellent and the offices are clean and nice. Employee programs are well above average. There are some bright and sharp people here and there and if you're looking for a mentor or a good teammate - that's possible. However, I do talk to a lot to students and while a few years ago Workday was one of the coolest places to be it's definitely losing it's glory now. It may help you to get started quickly, but it won't get you far. A lot of processes and technologies Workday is using are either not marketable or far from being cutting edge or best practices. So make sure you absorb the best and not the worst. Bad habits might be hard to break.

      Cons

      I've been around for a few years and here is the situation I ended up in. The technology I'm working on is very proprietary and getting outdated with every year. If I decide to look for another job ... it will be hard. So it will be hard for my manager. And probably for his manager. We all kinda stuck here. And the company knows that. The pay is below average and a lot of people are focused on job security. The managers are picking direct reports based on the personal loyalty, they manage up, they sabotage introducing data driven metrics, we keep adding more and more new projects and growing technical debts - you get the idea, right? Why don't I stand up and say something about it? Let's see ... If I tell my manager that he is not being efficient - I'll likely get fired. I can't really prove I do my job well because - remember, no metrics! If I go to HR - the same will happen. At this point so many managers are all interested in keeping status quo - no single individual can change anything. Why don't I just pack and leave? At some point I probably will. A lot of employees who have marketable skills have done it already. But if you're working on something like Xpresso - you're stuck. And if my manager sucks - why do I have to leave?

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