Workday reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(4,572 total reviews)
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Aneel Bhusri

60% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Workday has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 4,572 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
Feb 22, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good Compensation. Stock Option. Insurance. Sometimes free lunch.

Cons

If you are in new domain like cloud migration, AI, Agentic AI then definitely do not join. 1. Completely Toxic Environment: Dangerous mindset of senior management. They will treat new joiners as slave. They do not show any respect for your knowledge, but they want your respect because they are senior to you in Workday. They will push you to the edge, test your abilities and make you work, Then they will take your work to show that to upper management. 2. Rigid Non Movable Tech Stack: The whole stack is monolithic, a big giant JVM is seating. Anything you want to do you need to call SOAP, complex XML parsing. They will force you to learn XO (a form based procedural language which has no value outside). 3. Complete madness: They are bluffing the world that they have agents to solve problems. But in reality, agents are eating their software. 4. Old Managers hold their fort: Sr. Managers form their camps with old connections and form new team, bluffing the higher management that they are using AI in their software stack. But in reality, there is no quality, the whole game is just building the bunch of POC and not thinking about how is going to deploy.

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Workday Response
3mo
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback about our work environment. We strive to create a positive workplace culture and take your input seriously. Please don’t hesitate to reach out with specific information or suggestions via email at our Employee Relations mailer (employee.relations@workday.com).
1.0
Feb 20, 2026

just a flat line

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good name on the resume

Cons

your team, manager might just kill your life

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Workday Response
3mo
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.
4.0
Feb 19, 2026

Solid

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Compensation, benefits, leadership, product, offices

Cons

Lots of change going on

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Workday Response
3mo
Thank you for your feedback. We are proud of our culture and the success that we have achieved because of the hard work and dedication of our Workmates. Thanks for your contributions, your transparency, and for being an integral part of the Workday team during your time here.
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