Workday reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(4,586 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 4,586 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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3.0
Mar 18, 2018
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Pros

Staff events are amazing, HR dept that cares about employees, snack program good, free parking, lots of meeting room choice, good view from rooftop

Cons

Some questionable managers who don’t fit the culture Workday so heavily promote. I know it’s good to promote internally but sometimes they could look outside for new hires at management role. I found my manager was overally concerned with people’s title and promotion as opposed to leading the team. Perhaps because they had begun their career there at a lower level. I met other managers and was flabbergasted as to how they passed the “culture interview”. My time at Workday was not a happy time down to my manager. The location was also terrible, lots of drug use around the building and staff getting mugged.

3.0
Sep 28, 2017

Best place to work? Not in sales.

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Pros

Great product. Solid c-levels.

Cons

Way too much rolling out from corporate to field sales (admin, meetings, surveys, training, more meetings, marketing, and a few more meetings,). Sales needs to be in front of prospect more. Fire drills are going to happen, but EVERYTHING there is a fire drill, making it very difficult to plan/schedule selling activity. Highly touted culture may exist at corporate, but doesn't translate to field.

4.0
May 12, 2017

Senior Consultant

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Pros

Workday is a fun and challenging place to work. Everyone there is top talent; Workday does not waste its time with mediocrity. Expect to have a lot expected of you and to be surrounded by people who strive to better themselves and learn something new every day. Also, the work/life balance and flexibility is as good as it gets. Work from home whenever you need to, as long as you get your job done.

Cons

Workday is still a fairly new company and is still growing and learning. I think they need to focus on their benefits offering at their regional offices. Headquarters may have free parking, but in Boston it's pretty standard for a company of Workday's size to offer a commuter subsidy. However, only the pre-tax deduction is offered. The 401k match just started in 2016, which is great. But, I hope it grows to be more than the cap of a $3k match. Also, the company has an unlimited PTO policy, which is great for anyone who is NOT in the professional services part of the organization. In professional services, there are billable hours targets that must be met to receive your bonus, and they only give you a 3 week PTO "credit" (i.e. any PTO time or other non-billable time, including the mandatory training and meetings, over 3 weeks has to be made up to achieve your target).

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