Is Workday a good company to work for?

Workday has an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5, based on over 5,137 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 6% over the last 12 months. 59% of employees would recommend working at Workday to a friend and 42% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Workday have been left by employees working as Value Manager , Solution Consultant and Sales Development Representative (SDR) .

Does Workday pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Workday employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Workday. This rating has decreased by 5% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Workday?

59% 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 (262) , Account Executive (230) , Senior Software Engineer (97) , Product Manager (96) , Software Development Engineer (79) , Consultant (67) , Manager (58) , Senior Consultant (49) , Software Applications Engineer (48) , Director (47) , 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 769 reviews)); "The people you work with are also great and there’s always a good sense of camaraderie around the increasingly difficult times." ((in 462 reviews)); "Benefits are great and plentiful." ((in 398 reviews)); "Good work life balance and one of the top silicon valley company to work with." ((in 362 reviews)); "pay and boss are 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 155 reviews)); "You can end up with a bad manager and department and its all downhill from there." ((in 149 reviews)); "Senior leadership MUST address this and try to make it up to the poor people they've wronged." ((in 110 reviews)); "Constant changes and layoffs" ((in 71 reviews)); "Middle management is horrible!" ((in 37 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 , McLean , San Mateo , Santa Clara , Houston , Tampa , Mason , Beaverton , Orlando

Workday reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(4,570 total reviews)

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 4,570 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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Reviews by job title

5K reviews

1.0

Dec 22, 2017

Workday "Software Development" is a complete JOKE

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Excellent at hiding the UGLINESS behind the walls. PR marketing done an excellent job at spreading "#1 company to work for" propaganda.

Cons

All using proprietary language, proprietary technologies means you will leave here with skills untransferable in the real world and a gapping hole in your resume. FIVE plus people doing the job of one person is the norm, and who live off the work of the early real engineers. Still impresed? Senior rank staff are composed of the same ol gang of recycled rejects bouncing from peoplesoft, orcl, sap who are just here for the perks and "prestiage" of holding an inflated job title at a brand name outfit. Managers here are strictly politiking paper pushers!

2.0

Oct 29, 2016

This is not the company you're looking for, move along

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work-life balance but depends on your group. Somewhat good culture but again, depends on your group. Nice people. Company cares about customer satisfaction and seems to be a disruptor in the ERP space.

Cons

Used to be a darling among startups, now just another company. Was once great, has potential to be great again (haha) in a few years, but avoid right now during this awkward and undesirable time. Workday sells their culture but that is nebulous and depends on your group. Workday uses the culture to cover up issues that would turn people away. Proprietary code only goes so far. Rampant hiring without being purposeful. Immature recent college-grad workforce and inexperienced managers. Deadweight pre-IPO people. Salaries embarrassingly below market. Don't expect to be rewarded for being a good soldier or even promotion. Location is so far away from the Bay Area and no shuttles to help out with this. Parking is actually becoming a real problem. Impossible to find a spot after 9:45am, high rate of break-ins, and a history of cars being stolen.

1.0

Jan 17, 2018

Finally leaving - years too late

Developer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Benefits are very good. Perks (snacks, celebrations) - if you like this stuff, very good.

Cons

Awful PeopleSoft old-boys network. Know the right people, you'll get ahead. If not, or if you try to shake things up at all, you're blacklisted for life.

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