Is Workday a good company to work for?

Workday has an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5, based on over 5,146 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 41% 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 3.7 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) , 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 753 reviews)); "The people you work with are also great and there’s always a good sense of camaraderie around the increasingly difficult times." ((in 461 reviews)); "good benefits and people to work with" ((in 399 reviews)); "Good work life balance and one of the top silicon valley company to work with." ((in 367 reviews)); "Pay and time everything is good" ((in 171 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 151 reviews)); "You can end up with a bad manager and department and its all downhill from there." ((in 138 reviews)); "Senior leadership MUST address this and try to make it up to the poor people they've wronged." ((in 105 reviews)); "Constant changes and layoffs" ((in 76 reviews)); "Middle management is horrible!" ((in 32 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

(4,579 total reviews)

Aneel Bhusri

60% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

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Workday has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 4,579 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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1.0

Apr 4, 2022

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Sales

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Pros

Nothing that I can think of

Cons

Company posts fake reviews to try to boost scores against competitors.

3.0

Apr 22, 2019

Trickle Down Economics Not At Work

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible hours, relaxed working environment, tech employee benefits par the course.

Cons

Disconnect with employee base; implementing new extremely unpopular travel expenditure program and somehow with stock at an all time high, while nearing profitability, compensation increases are lackluster and remain below market rate. Upward visibility overemphasized.

2.0

May 9, 2018

Program Manager

Program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Flexibility depends on your team - Benefits are ok - A lot of nice people who join the company, but unfortunately they leave

Cons

- The organizations are very political. - From the operations perspective behind from what the rest of the world is doing. - If you challenge your management, the response is the door is open for you to leave. Very close minded and very top to bottom culture. - Subgroups in the same departments work in silos. No cohesion. - No transparency

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