Workday reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(4,590 total reviews)
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Aneel Bhusri

65% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Workday has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 4,590 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
1.0
Jun 18, 2012

Good Place to work if you like to be discriminated against

Anonymous employee
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Pros

A lot of good people (although most have left) Fairly good product

Cons

Senior Management is Machiavellian No upward growth "In crowd" atmosphere Innovation is discouraged If you get on the wrong side of Snr Management, you are put on "special project" IPO won't get their emps anything. C'mon guys, $250m raised in VC funding?! You will be left with a crap job and no upward mobility

1.0
Sep 23, 2025

Workday is no longer Workday

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Pros

The product is fantastic, as long as the company is pushing for innovation, the product will always be highly recommended. My work colleagues are also terrific.

Cons

It makes me sad to say this, but I was hoping management would actually care about one of our boasted core values: Employees…but that is clearly not the case. It is clear that current management does not care about any feedback from employees, they’re just driving the business with their own ambitions and self-interests in mind. They keep removing programs, opportunities, career advancement options, and push unfair promotional standards that only support the few instead of the whole. We always prided ourselves on being different from the other organizations. But I’m sad to say upper management is making Workday just like every other bureaucratic heavy, red-tape filled, politic rewarding company out there. Workday is gone, it’s something else now; and it isn’t better. I’ve been hoping for a long time now that management would actually listen to the voice of the people and feedback, they clearly don’t. On this post, we may even get a response from Workday claiming they care about our opinion. But nothing changes.

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Workday Response
9mo
Thank you for sharing your feedback. At Workday, we take all input positive or negative seriously as we work to maintain a supportive and inclusive environment. If you are open to discussing your experience in more detail, please contact our Employee Relations team at employee.relations@workday.com. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
2.0
Aug 25, 2025

Going downhill, fast

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Being workday certified does enable you to find contract work quite easily, so that can be a plus. Pay is decent, but it comes at a cost...

Cons

- The cost-cutting and RIFS have put immense pressure on others to pick up the workload left behind - The emphasis on AI is becoming farcical. No one knows what efficiencies we are gaining, if any, and it's becoming a running joke - Senior Management is cutthroat and incompetent; they're getting fat off the layoffs and stock buybacks - The increased workload is harming our ability to serve customers, and they're beginning to notice - My well-being and mental health have seriously degraded since the start of this year, to the point of breaking

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Workday Response
10mo
We appreciate you taking the time to share your review. To help ensure every Workmate has a great employee experience, we encourage you to share your feedback with your manager or a People & Purpose representative as soon as possible. If you're open to providing more insight, you can also email our Employee Relations team at employee.relations@workday.com or use the SpeakUp reporting hotline to share concerns anonymously.
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