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) , Senior Consultant (49) , Software Applications Engineer (48) , Director (47) , 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 755 reviews)); "The people you work with are also great and there’s always a good sense of camaraderie around the increasingly difficult times." ((in 474 reviews)); "Benefits are great and plentiful." ((in 397 reviews)); "Good work life balance and one of the top silicon valley company to work with." ((in 360 reviews)); "Pay and time everything is good" ((in 182 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 139 reviews)); "Senior leadership MUST address this and try to make it up to the poor people they've wronged." ((in 111 reviews)); "As an induvial its incredibility difficult to be noticed and now in 2022, they had many layoffs." ((in 79 reviews)); "Middle management is horrible!" ((in 33 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.

Workday reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(4,576 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 4,576 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 Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

5K reviews

4.0

Nov 10, 2025

Great to work

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefit Good worklife balance

Cons

Road map can be unclear sometimes

5.0

Nov 9, 2025

Best company to work in terms of work life balance

Software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Best company to work in terms of work life balance

Cons

Nothing as I observed till now

Workday Response

7mo

Thank you for sharing your experience at Workday. It is fantastic to hear you've enjoyed our work life and balance. We are pleased to hear life as a Workmate is a good one!

1.0

Nov 7, 2025

Culture going downhill fast since Carl became CEO

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Really nice and skilled people in some teams

Cons

- Workday culture is becoming more and more toxic - Offshoring most of the jobs to India - Cost cutting everywhere (data retention, RSU,salary, holiday parties, on-call payments and so many other areas...) - For people considering joining workday: It used to be great, but right now avoid it at all cost...

Workday Response

7mo

We appreciate your feedback and would like to better understand your experience and how we can address the issues that you raised in your review. Please contact us at employee.relations@workday.com and we will be more than happy to further discuss your concerns.

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