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      Workday

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      Workday reviews

      3.5

      59% would recommend to a friend

      (4,593 total reviews)
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      Aneel Bhusri

      65% approve of CEO

      41% positive business outlook

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      Workday has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 4,593 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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      3.0
      May 9, 2025

      proprietary technology and siloed

      Principal software engineer
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      Pros

      Culture, benefits, "unlimited" time off

      Cons

      proprietary technology. While backend is mostly industry standard, it's extremely abstracted. As a developer you will be writing software by pointing and clicking. New grads and mid career engineers, be aware the tech industry is aware of this and no that you likely don't have professional experiance in latest technology. While the company is indeed diverse, literaly only on the surface by race. Ideas, beliefs, and politics are homogeneous. The two recent layoffs in the wake of Covid pandemic and other headwinds were macro economic events. I don't fault Carl Eschenbach or the leadership for making a decision no one wanted to make.

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      Workday Response
      1y
      We truly appreciate you taking the time to offer your feedback. At our core, we believe in the importance of looking after our Workmates, and this remains a foundational value for us. Your perspectives are invaluable to us. Thank you.
      1.0
      May 9, 2025

      Posts fake job opening on LinkedIn

      Na
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      Pros

      Very good HR marketing skills to lure and fool candidates into applying for their open positions. Looks like they are just collecting statistics for research on employment trends for their own org.

      Cons

      Wastes time of professionals who spend efforts in applying to their open job positions on LinkedIn and get a standard Auto-Generated answer. The same job gets reposted again and again. If they are facing such a crunch in closing a position, why don't they conduct actual interviews than blindly rejecting candidates via an AI screener.

      2.0
      May 9, 2025

      A steady decline in culture

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      - Above average salary + benefits - Work life balance

      Cons

      The company used to have one of the best cultures in the industry. In its core values, Workday mentions, among others: Employees and Integrity. Well, recently the company performed mass layoffs, justified by a pivot in strategy (focusing more on AI). Shortly after opened positions for the same roles that were cut, but in India. This is just the most visible example of a general decline in integrity. Made of heartless decisions, brutal office politics and borderline illegal actions from management.

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      Workday Response
      1y
      Thank you for sharing your feedback about our work environment. We’re committed to building a positive workplace culture and value your input. If you have specific suggestions or details to share, please don’t hesitate to contact our Employee Relations team at employee.relations@workday.com.
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