Workday reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(4,584 total reviews)
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Aneel Bhusri

62% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Workday has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 4,584 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
Dec 19, 2015

Hostile toward sales

Recommend
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Pros

Mostly satisfied customers. Some very smart people. Thorough training.

Cons

Arrogance of management who think their product should sell itself. Leads to hostile work environment towards sales reps. Very high turnover. Mores reps walking out the back than coming in the front. Treat seasoned reps like college new hires. It's all Oracle. Fresh ideas and approaches to deals are not encouraged. Very low percentage of reps make club because the territories are microscopic.

2.0
Feb 20, 2013

Get ready hard work....no rewards

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

If you are an intern you get perks. If you are sales you get commissions. Bagels and fruit. Games and pool in building.

Cons

Average/below market pay can only take your company so far. Unless you were in at the beginning, the iPo is not going to make you rich. You will work extremely hard for little gratitude. Be ready to be your own cheerleader as no one else in the company will be.

2.0
Aug 15, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Majority of the people (mainly out of leadership) want this company to be successful. The technology that Workday builds is really cool! AI is becoming a major part of everything we do.

Cons

Where to start... -Lots of new management with a cut cost mentality because the strategy to bring in additional revenue is not working. -CIO is REALLY in the weeds. She changes directions and decisions on a daily basis causing delays on a lot of projects. She thinks she can handle it but has no idea. -COO's strategy is not working and yet he thinks its our best option since he's from BCG. Has literally told senior leaders in his team to not challenge or question decisions. -CFO and all of Finance are clueless. Again, since we're not able to hit our revenue numbers, they just get into the typical silicon valley trend of laying off people. -Moved to a bell curve compensation model. Even if you're performing, you may not get a compensation bump. -Majority of the functions don't even use our own product. They would rather go with what they're comfortable with. -Has become very "traditional" silicon valley with elitism and authoritative approaches -Diversity in Pleasanton BT is non-existent. Everyone is of Indian decent. Makes it even more sad knowing that all the jobs are moving to India.

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Workday Response
10mo
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.
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