Is Workday a good company to work for?

Workday has an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5, based on over 5,169 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 (266) , Account Executive (231) , Product Manager (97) , Senior Software Engineer (97) , 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 742 reviews)); "The people you work with are also great and there’s always a good sense of camaraderie around the increasingly difficult times." ((in 461 reviews)); "Benefits are great and plentiful." ((in 414 reviews)); "Good work life balance and one of the top silicon valley company to work with." ((in 365 reviews)); "Pay and time everything is good" ((in 175 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 150 reviews)); "You can end up with a bad manager and department and its all downhill from there." ((in 144 reviews)); "Senior leadership MUST address this and try to make it up to the poor people they've wronged." ((in 114 reviews)); "As an induvial its incredibility difficult to be noticed and now in 2022, they had many layoffs." ((in 71 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

Workday reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(612 total reviews)

Aneel Bhusri

66% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

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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

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1.0

Aug 17, 2025

Not a great place to work anymore

Analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Coworkers are amazing. Compensation is decent

Cons

Bloated upper middle management tier who brought bad workplace culture to workday and destroyed it. This is not a place I would recommend to anyone. You are a number, and you’re disposable. Offshoring is in full swing, and hiring has come to a halt in the US- unless it’s more middle management. VMware, ServiceNow, and HP have taken over Workday. It’s nothing special these days. I say that as a person who has been at workday for nearly a decade.

Workday Response

10mo

Firstly, thank you for sharing your experience with us. We will take this feedback internally to drive further improvements. Remember, you can also raise your concerns directly with your Manager or People & Purpose, or feel free to contact our Employee Relations mailer (employee.relations@workday.com), and our SpeakUp reporting hotline where concerns can be raised anonymously.

5.0

Aug 16, 2025

NA

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work life balance, good people

Cons

Low salary, slow to ship products

Workday Response

10mo

Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We have always strived to put our Workmates at the centre of everything we do. Because taking care of Workmates is one of our core values, this feedback is gratefully received. We appreciate it.

2.0

Aug 15, 2025

Workday Culture is Dead

Business technology analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Majority of the people (mainly out of leadership) want this company to be successful. The technology that Workday builds is really cool! AI is becoming a major part of everything we do.

Cons

Where to start... -Lots of new management with a cut cost mentality because the strategy to bring in additional revenue is not working. -CIO is REALLY in the weeds. She changes directions and decisions on a daily basis causing delays on a lot of projects. She thinks she can handle it but has no idea. -COO's strategy is not working and yet he thinks its our best option since he's from BCG. Has literally told senior leaders in his team to not challenge or question decisions. -CFO and all of Finance are clueless. Again, since we're not able to hit our revenue numbers, they just get into the typical silicon valley trend of laying off people. -Moved to a bell curve compensation model. Even if you're performing, you may not get a compensation bump. -Majority of the functions don't even use our own product. They would rather go with what they're comfortable with. -Has become very "traditional" silicon valley with elitism and authoritative approaches -Diversity in Pleasanton BT is non-existent. Everyone is of Indian decent. Makes it even more sad knowing that all the jobs are moving to India.

Workday Response

10mo

We appreciate you taking the time to share your review. To ensure each Workmate has an exceptional employee experience, we would welcome you to pass feedback to your manager or People & Purpose representative as soon as possible. Alternatively, if you're willing to offer more insight, please reach out by emailing our Employee Relations mailer (employee.relations@workday.com), and our SpeakUp reporting hotline where concerns can be raised anonymously.

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