Does Workday pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Workday employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 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 748 reviews)); "The people you work with are also great and there’s always a good sense of camaraderie around the increasingly difficult times." ((in 457 reviews)); "Benefits are great and plentiful." ((in 401 reviews)); "Good work life balance and one of the top silicon valley company to work with." ((in 370 reviews)); "pay and boss are good" ((in 174 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 145 reviews)); "You can end up with a bad manager and department and its all downhill from there." ((in 142 reviews)); "Senior leadership MUST address this and try to make it up to the poor people they've wronged." ((in 113 reviews)); "Recent layoffs are creating uncertainty" ((in 77 reviews)); "Middle management is horrible!" ((in 34 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

(4,569 total reviews)

Aneel Bhusri

61% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.8

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 4,569 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

4.0

Aug 12, 2015

Good overall

Associate software applications engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Flexibility to work from home excellent snack program

Cons

no 401k matching product managers sometimes lack common sense and only care about metrics rather than progress.

4.0

Aug 10, 2015

Great place to work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very smart people. Work is never dull. Always new projects going on and plenty of opportunities to grow.

Cons

Can be pretty cliquey, but probably not unique to this company.

5.0

Aug 10, 2015

Family Oriented Fun

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great family environment, great people to work with, newer facilities

Cons

Some internal politics, takes YEARS for people to be promoted or have an adequate raise outside of 3% :(

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