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      Workday

      Engaged Employer

      Workday reviews

      3.5

      59% would recommend to a friend

      (4,571 total reviews)
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      Aneel Bhusri

      60% approve of CEO

      41% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      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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      5K reviews
      1.0
      Jan 7, 2016

      Not what it seems

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      There is still some legacy family-driven culture left from the Dave Duffield PSFT days. Halloween, bring kids to work, etc. If you want to learn how people manage up, this is the place. Products are good, customers are good. There are some really good people working there.

      Cons

      Extremely political, hypocritical leadership and a back-stabbing culture with many PSFT, Oracle and SAP leaders and for some reason tenure--not results--carries more weight. Hierarchical, can't get decisions made, lack of respect and authenticity. It's a strange place--and one that I'm happy to never set foot in again. Senior HR leadership weak and disconnected. Poor compensation well below market.

      3.0
      Mar 31, 2023

      Used to be a great place to work

      Senior it recruiter
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      We used to have a strong team that collaborated and worked closely with our different organizations. The culture was very positive, and we really had a great work/life balance.

      Cons

      We recently had Carl join our leadership team and everyone seems to live in fear for their jobs. Also, they claim they only laid off a small number of people. They are still laying off people that are top performers one by one quietly. It is very sad how this culture changed so quickly.

      3.0
      Jul 3, 2020

      Not the Company it Once Was

      Director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Promotes work-life balance for individual contributors. Most teams seem pretty happy and led by good managers.

      Cons

      It's hard to get to director-level or above unless you're an outside hire. Recent leadership hires don't care about the company as much as people who have been there since the early days. A lot of people who helped build the company have left or been sidelined in the last couple of years, which is too bad. When both Dave and Aneel were in charge, Workday had a good balance between vision and growth. Now that Dave (the visionary) is retired, Aneel (the venture capitalist) focuses more on growth. Some of the recent senior leadership promotions are questionable. They seem to be driven either by proving that we treat our acquired companies' leaders really well, or by rewarding sales-focused people.

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