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      Workday

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      Workday reviews

      3.5

      59% would recommend to a friend

      (4,569 total reviews)
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      Aneel Bhusri

      61% approve of CEO

      42% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.9

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.8

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      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 4,569 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
      1.0
      Apr 28, 2018

      Great your first year but then goes downhill

      Presales
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Treat you right your first year then goes downhill. Benefits are getting better. Great technology. Stock purchase plan and stock options are great.

      Cons

      Unlimited PTO is pointless if you can’t use the tile or it’s frowned upon which it is. Raises, bonuses and commissions are all vague and managers play favorites. On target earnings aren’t even met which means lower commissions than they tell you upfront. Life/Work balance is a joke. Roll out new products before they are ready.

      2.0
      Oct 11, 2017

      Think twice before joining Workday's Security team

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Workday's Charity and Volunteer Program ("Giving and Doing") is the best I've seen at any employer. We are serious about giving back, and that sentiment is shared from the top down. Workday product is Best In Class, and our customers love us. Workday Senior Management takes Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security seriously. Workday's Employee Programs team is always doing things for the employees to make our work day fun and interesting.

      Cons

      Mass exodus of Security Engineers at Workday. If you're thinking about taking one of those positions, here's some things you want to know. Security's management team is unprofessional, inexperienced and incompetent. The "culture" is commonly talked about as "a typical engineering org". This somehow explains the bad behavior and fist-bump decision-making. Workday Security is a mix between a frat house and Lord of the Flies. Nerf gun bullets are everywhere, and one manager in particular acts like a human bullhorn, marching around barking at the team. The managers are aggressive, argumentative, insulting, and antagonistic. In December 2016 the CEO said that bad managers would be fired. 10 months later, I guess this is not considered bad management.

      2.0
      Mar 26, 2017

      Was a great company

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Started with a great vision - Is a category leader in HCM

      Cons

      - CEO rules by fear. CEO swings on whether he likes someone or dislikes. He treats senior management poorly and has created a culture that is NOT transparent - HR is incompetent for an HCM company. There is very little support for managers and leaders because they spend their time promoting their own careers. Business Partner in HR for Sales is manipulative and looks out for her own good rather than supporting the business. Management is not competent enough to observe this. - Sales is now a mess. So many changes and brought in management that have not added any value.

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      Workday Response
      9y
      Thank you for your review. Since day one, our people—and the culture they’ve instilled—has been our top priority. We’ve put in place a number of initiatives to maintain and support our culture, including actionable trainings for all managers, team-bonding activities, and all-hands meetings. Additionally, every day we take steps to ensure that we live by our core values, which inspire our culture and serve as guiding principles for our employees to be transparent, honest, innovative, and fun. We sincerely apologize that you felt otherwise and we will definitely make note of your feedback. If you have anything else you’d like to share confidentially with us, please feel to reach out via employee.feedback@workday.com.
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