Is Workday a good company to work for as a Software Enginerer?

Software Enginerer professionals working at Workday have rated their employer with 3.4 out of 5 stars in 243 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Workday employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Enginerer Jobs at Workday now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Enginerer interview questions at Workday .

Does Workday pay Software Enginerer employees well?

Software Enginerer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Workday with 3.6 out of 5 stars based on 243 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 5.4% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Enginerer salaries at Workday.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Workday?

Software Engineer (266) , Account Executive (231) , Product Manager (97) , Senior Software Engineer (97) , Software Development Engineer (80) , Consultant (67) , Manager (59) , 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 740 reviews)); "The people you work with are also great and there’s always a good sense of camaraderie around the increasingly difficult times." ((in 470 reviews)); "Benefits are great and competitive." ((in 427 reviews)); "Good work life balance and one of the top silicon valley company to work with." ((in 370 reviews)); "Pay and time everything is good" ((in 179 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 150 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 108 reviews)); "As an induvial its incredibility difficult to be noticed and now in 2022, they had many layoffs." ((in 73 reviews)); "Middle management is horrible!" ((in 33 reviews))

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3.4

59% would recommend to a friend

(243 total reviews)

Aneel Bhusri

51% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Work/Life balance

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Culture & values

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.2

Career opportunities

2.8

Senior management

Software Enginere employees have rated Workday with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 243 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Enginere professionals have a good working experience there. Workday is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Enginere professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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243 reviews

3.0

Jan 27, 2016

Software Engineer

Software engineer

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CEO approval

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Pros

You get to work in cutting edge technology areas

Cons

very aggressive, It's very easy to lose track of what's happening around you.

2.0

Jan 10, 2016

Top down decision making and lack of innovation

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good ideas and people. Benefits are competitive. Workplace is good with snacks and relaxed. Pay is decent for East Bay location and close to BART. Growing market for cloud HR and financial products. UI is good on par with consumer websites.

Cons

Top down decision making everywhere be it in product management or technical leadership. Central technical architects take all decisions who do not involve in daily scrums which leaves team looking for help always. Very slow to get things done. Not setup for innovation to foster. They spend too much money on operations for a cloud company. No transparency who is leaving the company, customers. Performance is not all par with consumer websites.

5.0

Oct 11, 2015

Company Founded with the Right Values

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The company was founded with great values, and they really care about their employees. I just started as a software engineer out of the SF office and I love working here so much. My team is awesome and we are working with some really cool technologies. Plus there is a huge market opportunity for the product overall!

Cons

I honestly can't think of any!

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