Workday reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(4,585 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 4,585 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).

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5K reviews
3.0
Aug 9, 2021

Losing the Magic

Recommend
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Pros

Workday is very employee centric, and supportive of all people; embracing the variety of ethnicities, cultures, and backgrounds that a global workforce brings. It is refreshing to work for a company that is socially responsible. Workday also has a number of perks, that while are becoming a standard in the Tech industry, are still nice to have. Things like an enhanced snack program, matching charitable contributions, and decent health insurance keep Workday a competitive employer.

Cons

A lot has changed over the years, and it hasn’t really been for the better. In Workday’s growth it has struggled to keep the experience the same for all employees. Managers have so much control over their subordinate’s Workday experience that many rule like they’re kings of tiny hills. In my time here I’ve witnessed managers cut salaries when subordinates moved 50miles away (but still within the Bay Area), managers insist that subordinates checkin on slack before going to the restroom, and managers creating jobs and hiring their friends to fill them. This type of behavior is just plain sad, Workday is supposed to be better than this.

1.0
Jun 12, 2021

Hostile environment

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Snacks and drinks are free

Cons

Culture is toxic. Lots of politics and backstabbing.

3.0
Jul 17, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Aneel and Dave are fantastic visionaries, good and genuine people, and have set up a great corporate culture that inspires the Workmates (employees). "Employee first" mindset. Diversity and Inclusion is a real thing, not just words. Strong compensation and benefits.

Cons

The clash of the "Old timers" who vehemently adhere and advocate the "Workday Way", and the "new timers" who are driving to "get stuff done" instead of focusing so much on making Workmates happy, is causing issues/conflicts. As a result, the culture is starting to break down - in some areas more and faster than others. Though there are executives who believe (privately, not publicly) that the shift to "get stuff done" is overdue and are actively taking steps to change the culture away from "employees first". As a people leader, you are caught between keeping your employees happy (weekly employee sat survey and quarterly reports on the results) and driving for results. Managing through this (unofficial, unstated, and inconsistently applied) culture change is frustrating due to the mixed messages from senior leadership and executive leadership. I recommend Workday to someone applying for an IC role. I do not recommend Workday to someone applying for a people leader position.

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