Workday reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(4,579 total reviews)
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Aneel Bhusri

61% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Workday has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 4,579 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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5.0
Sep 6, 2016

Great Work Life Balance, Teamwork, and Culture

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Pros

Workday has brought in several new senior leaders in the past twelve months and they are implementing great new ideas. Great flexibility in work hours. My boss strongly discourages working on the weekend unless absolutely necessary and if it must happen tries to make up for it the next week. Our team added three new managers this year to ensure that we had a more support from management. Promotions were given to more senior people within the department but certainly not based on seniority as other reviews have stated. Management is open to new ideas. They are slower to implement to ensure that all sides have been thought out so this is not necessarily a bad thing. Fun culture with happy people. Think cantinas (happy hours), ping pong, fuz ball, free food, etc. If you volunteer 50 hours they will give $1000 to a charity of your choice.

Cons

Benefits are slow to catch up. Just now offering a 50% 401k match. No short term disability or parental leave (important for the younger generations they are trying to attract). Once you are hired in there are no annual increases. You receive an annual stock award based on performance, however you must be here for several years for it to vest. So negotiate your salary well. Stinks for those of us who didn't know this coming in.

3.0
Sep 2, 2016

Great training

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Pros

Thorough training on many areas of product Flexible hours if needed Great benefits for employees

Cons

High stress Lots of travel High turnover

1.0
Sep 1, 2016

Human Resources

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Pros

Looks good on your resume. Good reputation.

Cons

Quality of life working at Workday is very low. Co-workers are always depressed and never want to hear new ideas or be innovative. They just repeat the same ideas over and over and reject anyone with a fresh approach. You must be very complacent and not very passionate about your work to be able to tolerate working for this company. The everyday negativity in HR is so thick you can cut with at knife.

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