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 760 reviews)); "The people you work with are also great and there’s always a good sense of camaraderie around the increasingly difficult times." ((in 466 reviews)); "Benefits are great and competitive." ((in 410 reviews)); "Good work life balance and one of the top silicon valley company to work with." ((in 390 reviews)); "Pay and time everything is good" ((in 169 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 151 reviews)); "You can end up with a bad manager and department and its all downhill from there." ((in 140 reviews)); "Senior leadership MUST address this and try to make it up to the poor people they've wronged." ((in 107 reviews)); "Constant changes and layoffs" ((in 75 reviews)); "Middle management is horrible!" ((in 35 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.

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3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(4,571 total reviews)

Aneel Bhusri

60% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

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3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Culture & values

3.1

Career opportunities

2.9

Senior management

Workday has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 4,571 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

Oct 19, 2015

Amazing place to work if you can keep up.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Pros

Great co-workers in a fast paced environment. Flexible hours and they allow you to work from home really whenever you want. They are very understanding of family needs and the benefits are amazing. The company itself looks after its employees and has them at the top of the priority list. Happy employees equals a better quality product.

Cons

The hours can be long and often times the pace is breakneck speed. The prices of benefits keep going up each year. So far raises have not been given out in an orderly fashion.

3.0

Oct 15, 2015

View from a Sr. Developer - used to be great!

Senior developer

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CEO approval

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Pros

Started when company was a startup. Best startup ever. First 500-1000 hired - super bright, motivated. Pre-IPO EVERYTHING was amazing.

Cons

Company has lost sight of many of it's best attributes as a startup. Growing too fast, quality of employees has dropped a lot, filled with spoiled, entitled, just-out-of-school'ers. Lot of inequities of pay and position, many get moved up latter too fast and for the wrong reasons, much talent is overlooked and either is, or will soon be moving elsewhere. Personally interviewing now.

5.0

Oct 15, 2015

Great Opportunities But Getting to Be a Big Company

Director

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Generally great smart people with high integrity. Huge growth = opportunities for effective people.

Cons

Getting big and harder to get things done. By now it takes more time to communicate and agree on change than to code it. Some of the newer hires don't get how to collaborate and work with others or how to DO vs. direct. Group think causes a lot missteps - though people are smart enough and work hard enough to adjust and fix. Of course this is better than analysis paralysis.

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