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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2.0
Nov 14, 2016

Isn't it ironic?

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Workday got the basics covered. The offices are reasonable (not counting lack of parking, occasional lines in the restrooms and constantly failing coffee machines), there are free snacks and fruits (yes!), ping pong and pool tables, fitness allowances and other perks. There are cool company events (the latest picnic and Halloween were below average but still not bad). On a more serious note, it's a large company with a lot of people and projects, it is well known in ERP world and has some very competitive products.

Cons

Speaking about irony ... Workday sales pitch is based around helping customers to make data driven decisions. You give us your data and we help you to make sense out of them. Not just review, but analyze and react, or, even better, be proactive. Great! However, for some reason internally Workday does exactly opposite. It avoids making data driven decisions. Setting clear goals and measuring the results? Feedback on the managers? Defining clear requirements for a promotion? Review of the projects? Measuring efficiency? Public metrics? No! Secrecy becomes an integral part of how the company operates. Sometimes we get people hired nobody knows why. Then people disappear without any explanation. Projects get started then cancelled - no explanations either. Security is increasingly based on obscurity. The technical debt is exploding. We are doing more and more work with less and less progress. And as many reviewers mentioned, the compensation is below market. If a lot of pointless work for little pay doesn't scare you away - you're welcome to join - and it should be easier by looking at the turnover numbers.

3.0
Feb 14, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits, Pay is okay, some direct and indirect workmates are amazing people and will stand for what's right.

Cons

Lack of diversity in senior management across the business. Very small number of minority IC's within TA to include people leaders. People fear leveraging Peakon surveys for fear of retaliation from management. Many workmates feel they have no voice and it's best to hush up do your job and don't challenge. The process for recruiting minority talent across the board is really sad and slow. Most of the leaders received their roles from word a net work at Workday and NOT solely because they are the best qualified for the positions they have. Leadership, does not like the low numbers of minority/diverse talent and complain about it. When offered suggestions to do better and improve. Many leaders would argue with extreme tension/aggression but not willing to change their ways or processes. Workday places profit over it's employee's. A shame when Employee focus is claimed to be a core value. Many of my workmates lost their jobs right before the the super bowl 3% company wide. But we were able to invest millions in a ad most people I know didn't even see. Those funds could've kept my workmates employed a bit while longer.

2.0
Nov 15, 2019

Past its prime

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good products, but bloated code base is making it harder to deliver new features. Generally happy and patient customers who seem invested in our success. Lower stress environment than other companies like us despite growth. Good place for early career people to get a few years at a reputable company.

Cons

‘Great Place to Work” is more religion than fact. Mediocre comp and advancement potential, too much old PeopleSoft deadwood in senior management with no real vision. New hires are not the quality needed, just people who live in the East Bay willing to take a pay cut for a shorter commute. 97% customer sat is a myth, based on selective sampling.

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