Is Workday a good company to work for as a Sr. Software Engineer?

Sr. Software Engineer professionals working at Workday have rated their employer with 3.2 out of 5 stars in 122 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Workday employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Sr. Software Engineer Jobs at Workday now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Sr. Software Engineer interview questions at Workday .

Does Workday pay Sr. Software Engineer employees well?

Sr. Software Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Workday with 3.3 out of 5 stars based on 122 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 11.4% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Sr. Software Engineer salaries at Workday.

How happy are Sr. Software Engineer professionals working at Workday?

56% of Sr. Software Engineer employees at Workday would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 14% in the past 12 months. Sr. Software Engineer professionals have also rated Workday with a 3.8 rating for work-life-balance, 4.3 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.1 rating for culture and values and 3.1 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Workday?

Software Engineer (265) , Account Executive (231) , Senior Software Engineer (97) , Product Manager (96) , 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 757 reviews)); "The people you work with are also great and there’s always a good sense of camaraderie around the increasingly difficult times." ((in 475 reviews)); "Benefits are great and competitive." ((in 407 reviews)); "Good work life balance and one of the top silicon valley company to work with." ((in 364 reviews)); "pay and boss are good" ((in 176 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 147 reviews)); "You can end up with a bad manager and department and its all downhill from there." ((in 140 reviews)); "Senior leadership MUST address this and try to make it up to the poor people they've wronged." ((in 111 reviews)); "As an induvial its incredibility difficult to be noticed and now in 2022, they had many layoffs." ((in 74 reviews)); "Middle management is horrible!" ((in 33 reviews))

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3.2

56% would recommend to a friend

(122 total reviews)

Aneel Bhusri

33% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.3

Compensation and benefits

3.1

Culture & values

3.1

Career opportunities

2.6

Senior management

Sr. Software Engineer employees have rated Workday with 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 122 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Sr. Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Workday is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Sr. Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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122 reviews

5.0

May 2, 2020

Amazing company to invest one's career

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great culture. Employee is one of the core values. Amazing people management Fun place to work Snack program Fresh fruits on site Competitive compensation

Cons

proprietary programming language. very few cons

4.0

Dec 17, 2019

Company with great culture

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great culture, great people to work with.

Cons

Some time have to work late to overlap with head office in California

5.0

Nov 14, 2019

Good place to work.

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very generous and relax workplace, work life balance

Cons

Not much opportunity to up-skill and grow

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