Is Workday a good company to work for?

Workday has an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5, based on over 5,166 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 6% over the last 12 months. 58% of employees would recommend working at Workday to a friend and 41% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Workday have been left by employees working as Solution Consultant , Sales Development Representative (SDR) and Intern .

Does Workday pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Workday employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Workday. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Workday?

58% 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 (265) , Account Executive (231) , Senior Software Engineer (97) , Product Manager (96) , Software Development Engineer (80) , Consultant (67) , Manager (59) , Director (49) , Senior Consultant (49) , Software Applications Engineer (48) , Sales (46) , Corporate Sales Development (44) , Customer Success Manager (37) , Program Manager (37) , Senior Product Manager (37)

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 747 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 competitive." ((in 410 reviews)); "Good work life balance and one of the top silicon valley company to work with." ((in 369 reviews)); "Pay and time everything is good" ((in 168 reviews))

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

"up' it is sad to see a company that is so great be tainted by poor management." ((in 147 reviews)); "You can end up with a bad manager and department and its all downhill from there." ((in 142 reviews)); "Senior leadership MUST address this and try to make it up to the poor people they've wronged." ((in 115 reviews)); "As an induvial its incredibility difficult to be noticed and now in 2022, they had many layoffs." ((in 75 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 are the top reviewed Workday locations?

Pleasanton , San Francisco , Salt Lake City , Atlanta , Chicago , New York , Boulder , Boston , Austin , San Jose , Dallas , Washington , Denver , Los Angeles , Seattle , San Diego , Dublin , Palo Alto , Philadelphia , Minneapolis , Nashville , Irvine , Santa Clara , McLean , San Mateo , Houston , Tampa , Mason , Beaverton , Orlando

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3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(4,599 total reviews)

Aneel Bhusri

66% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.7

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 4,599 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

4.0

Feb 14, 2018

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Senior account executive

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CEO approval

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Pros

Great benefits, solid culture, good technology.

Cons

Sales managers have experience but sadly no leadership skills. Most are unwilling or unable to remove barriers. Sales people must battle internally to put deals together and get accurate compensation. Non top tier performers continue to get premium accounts and (despite the lack of progress) are allowed to keep existing accounts with huge opportunities. Consistent top performers close deals and then struggle to get more selling opportunities.

4.0

Jan 17, 2018

Workday

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Highlights: Fantastic Products Fantastic Culture/People Fantastic Momentum Workday is an exciting place to work and it offers lots of opportunities to serve and give in local communities and the world.

Cons

Lowlights: Sales is being micromanaged Pre-sales has become a red-headed step child Workday has adopted a mentality that sales is a science and has put the sales people in administrivia straight jackets. The best sales people are not likely put up with this for long. Pre-sales compensation is not architected well and their compensation consistently falls short of OTE even when the company consistently meets their public numbers.

3.0

Oct 26, 2017

Sales

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great product, people and culture

Cons

Sales territories and managers change every year, even-though a 9-18+ month sales cycle. Remote office culture can be very different than HQ.

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