Is Workday a good company to work for?

Workday has an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5, based on over 5,126 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 (229) , Senior Software Engineer (97) , Product Manager (95) , Software Development Engineer (79) , Consultant (67) , Manager (58) , Senior Consultant (48) , Software Applications Engineer (48) , Director (47) , Sales (46) , Corporate Sales Development (44) , Customer Success Manager (37) , Senior Product Manager (37) , Program Manager (36)

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 754 reviews)); "The people you work with are also great and there’s always a good sense of camaraderie around the increasingly difficult times." ((in 456 reviews)); "Benefits are great and competitive." ((in 416 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 165 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 141 reviews)); "Senior leadership MUST address this and try to make it up to the poor people they've wronged." ((in 109 reviews)); "Recent layoffs" ((in 73 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 Workday locations have received the highest employee ratings?

San Mateo , Denver , Chicago , Nashville , Irvine , Tampa , Washington , Atlanta , Houston , Boston

Workday reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(4,561 total reviews)

Aneel Bhusri

59% 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 4,561 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

3.0

Jun 18, 2016

Disappointed

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great executive team. Good benefits with low employee cost for the benefits. Added 401k match as promised. Flexible work schedule, based on business needs.

Cons

Longer term employees (non-executives) are not shown respect for their knowledge, experience and contributions to the company as it grew. HR seems all about hiring new, young employees and not about helping current employees.

Workday Response

9y

It’s important we hear feedback such as yours, thank you. If you would like to talk further about your experiences, please reach out to employee.feedback@workday.com and we can have a confidential conversation.

5.0

Oct 28, 2016

Great company culture and top-notch engineers

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

If anything, Workday is great at three things - having fun, rewarding talent, and creating a great product. The engineering staff is brilliant and great ideas are rewarded and embraced by management. The engineering culture is 'no divas, no cowboys' and this encourages teams to cultivate growth in new members as opposed to isolating them in the shadow of senior team members. Workday engineers are less concerned with job titles and more concerned about collaborating to create a stellar product which we can all truly believe in.

Cons

As is the case with cloud computing, there are a lot of moving parts which make up the Workday product, and many of them are Workday proprietary. So, if you do not like to learn new things, this might not be the job for you. But if you love being on the cutting edge of tech and enjoy new challenges, then you will thrive.

Workday Response

9y

Thanks for your review!

1.0

Sep 4, 2019

Avoid This Place

Consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

There's lots of hype about it being a great place to work.

Cons

I've been at Workday five months. It's a total disaster. Most of the employees I've encountered seem to have no idea what they're doing or how a business works. This extends to managers. To make it worse, the more ignorant, the more arrogant. I have never seen anything like it in my 20+ years working. There is also rampant nepotism and petty politics that makes for a toxic environment. Give serious thought to what you're getting into before you accept a job here.

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