Workday reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(4,568 total reviews)
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Aneel Bhusri

61% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Workday has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 4,568 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
Apr 26, 2016

A Cement Company

Anonymous employee
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Pros

(At the time) Cutting edge Technology, One of the first main stream SaaS Companies, Able to bring Dogs to work

Cons

Simply put, Workday is a cement company. Once you are in, you are stuck. Unless you are over 40 and worked at PeopleSoft in the 90's don't plan on going anywhere. For years, I worked below my paygrade and title, hoping for a large payouout with the IPO and an eventual promotion. Needless to say, that gamble did not pay off...and to current employees of Workday, I hate to break it to you, but employers could care less what you did there. Be ready to explain why you stayed in your position at lowly title.

1.0
Dec 24, 2022

Manipulative Payroll QA practices

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Run away from Payroll QA

Cons

Recently, Workday has been having quiet layoffs. Unlike transparent companies that do not shy from publicizing layoffs, Workday is gutless and dishonorable accepting skill imbalance as the reason for termination. This was never brought up in years past, but suddenly it's in vogue? Workday's core values are Employees, Integrity, Innovation, Customer Service, Fun, and Profitability. How is this an example of any of their values? Core values mean nothing except to superficially attract talent and customers. Workday hypes its values, whereas internally, these are only empty ideas and perceptions. Affected employees were not extended a dignified layoff departure even after years of faithful, dedicated sacrifices for the company. Shame on you Workday. Out of all the impacted teams, one team in Payroll QA was impacted the most. Folks with strong performances were let go or transferred to other teams while other average performers were untouched. The Payroll QA Director stripped the soul from one Payroll team, and there is Twitter-like insecurity for current employees. How does this Director of Payroll QA continue to walk the office corridors when everybody is eyeing her with disgust and disdain? If you apply for QA positions at Workday, avoid Payroll to save your career.

1.0
Dec 4, 2021

Employees are no longer a value ...

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Pros

Having been a long time employee of Workday ... I have felt like the culture has been one of the strongest assets of the company. Employees were always a priority and you could feel that. Work life balance and solving for complicated problems of some of the largest customers in the world have great excitement and job satisfaction.

Cons

In the last 3 years, there has been an erosion of the value of Employees. Instead of advocating for employees the company has turned its back and giving the ultimatum of be Covid vaccinated so they can sell to the federal government or be terminated.

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