Workday reviews

I have referred and had friends and family apply to Workday and in almost all cases, they were just chucked into a black hole, never to be seen again. No updates are given, and it's really hard to even distinguish if an applicant even has an edge with my referral tag on their name. I have referred interns and FTEs and not even a single screen. Perhaps you may say my candidates are just not qualified. Okay, fair, then reject them, don't string 'em along in "review" stage for eternity. Recruiters have told me they're put into common piles for job positions and would get sifted out eventually. My past colleagues were excited to apply to Workday as a result of me telling them how great it was, but it's radio silence until the application abruptly closes months down the line. Recently, my friend I referred into an internship back in September heard nothing until March, which was a generic decline. It makes me as an employee look pretty darn bad to talk up Workday as a great company then proceed to not have anything substantial in terms of progress to offer my referrals until they get the decline MONTHS later. Shame on you Workday HR. Take some notes from how Google recruits. They give you timeframes of when to expect responses and are willing to at least provide some sort of a technical test to start things off. Workday is a blackbox, I can't figure it out and I'm a bit weary to refer talent here because it makes me look like a schmuck.

100% agree with the negative reviews about how this place has gone down hill. Workday was once a very special place to work..but no longer. Now upper management has placed many people in leadership positions who have NO leadership skills. There is an abundance of weak, ineffective leadership that leads through fear and would rather keep talking about days past instead of making the tough choices needed to succeed in the future. If you speak up about the toxic environment that is stifling growth and causing talented, smart folks to leave, you will be branded a "problem" and bullied into leaving. Workday pays lip service to diversity. How many minorities are there at executive/senior level positions? Hint you only need one hand to count them! There is more to diversity than having a woman CFO. If you want a JOB just to pay the bills until something better comes along, by all means apply. If you want a CAREER, look elsewhere.