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

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
1.0
Jul 18, 2016

Got Talent, Ambition and Drive? Great...Go work someplace else!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Location near the freeway, snacks

Cons

100% agree with the negative reviews about how this place has gone down hill. Workday was once a very special place to work..but no longer. Now upper management has placed many people in leadership positions who have NO leadership skills. There is an abundance of weak, ineffective leadership that leads through fear and would rather keep talking about days past instead of making the tough choices needed to succeed in the future. If you speak up about the toxic environment that is stifling growth and causing talented, smart folks to leave, you will be branded a "problem" and bullied into leaving. Workday pays lip service to diversity. How many minorities are there at executive/senior level positions? Hint you only need one hand to count them! There is more to diversity than having a woman CFO. If you want a JOB just to pay the bills until something better comes along, by all means apply. If you want a CAREER, look elsewhere.

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Workday Response
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Thank you for taking the time to write a review. We appreciate your feedback and will share this with our leadership team. Our employees are our top priority so we want to ensure we’re doing everything in our power to keep our people happy.
1.0
Jun 26, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Flexibility of working from home.

Cons

Long work hours Too many customer assignments No support from management Employees are expendable

2.0
May 8, 2019

Company protects poor managers, overall very poor and laissez-faire management

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Bagels and coffee are provided. Relaxed atmosphere Low expectations for work performance.

Cons

Some of the most incompetent people are here. I have seen people who are unable to do their jobs and unable to provide any value to anyone get promoted to management. This has happened multiple times and the company looks the other way. The management of the product, engineering, and QA organizations are selfish, political, and do not work as a team. Many people seem to be out only for themselves and promotions for themselves. The company brings in a lot of people from Oracle and it shows. Management lacks clarity on goals, knowledge on their subject areas, and seeks more for information that they can make look good for their superiors, even if it is a lie, than they do in trying to add any value to the business.

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