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 746 reviews)); "The people you work with are also great and there’s always a good sense of camaraderie around the increasingly difficult times." ((in 468 reviews)); "Benefits are great and plentiful." ((in 416 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 168 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 150 reviews)); "You can end up with a bad manager and department and its all downhill from there." ((in 138 reviews)); "Senior leadership MUST address this and try to make it up to the poor people they've wronged." ((in 113 reviews)); "Constant changes and layoffs" ((in 73 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.

Workday reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(4,571 total reviews)

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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Reviews by job title

5K reviews

1.0

Feb 25, 2011

If you choose to work here, you are making a mistake!

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Exceptional technology, helpful well intentioned but completely disempowered middle management.

Cons

-Senior Executive leadership dictatorial approach is formula for failure. -While claimed domain expertise is HR, HR systems are lacking, sub-par integration with benefit providers (I still get mail and email from benefit providers as if i work there!) and well below market benefits and compensation packages. -HR and legal team way over their heads -Middle management completely powerless and has no control over their domain. -Culture is not as described. It is long workdays for low pay and no loyalty in return

1.0

Dec 30, 2008

Corporate snake pit if you are on the wrong side of the political animals

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good potential for IPO, if you have the right manager it can be a great place to work

Cons

Toxic political environment, all the downsides of a large company crammed into a startup

2.0

Feb 7, 2025

A shadow of what it once was

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I have some amazing colleagues who I genuinely love working with. People are generally very decent and respectful and there are far fewer egomaniacs than I have encountered at other similarly sized companies.

Cons

In the 6 years that I’ve been at Workday I’ve watched it morph from a really unique employee-centric & values driven company into just another big tech company. Unfortunately leadership will not own up to this as the “employee first” culture that they pretend still exists is literally the only value proposition for potential employees as comp is below average and the tech stack is a disaster

Workday Response

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Thank you for dedicating time to share your review. At Workday, your feedback is of utmost importance to us, and we're keen to delve deeper into your experience. Kindly reach out to us at employee.relations@workday.com. The Employee Relations team will be more than happy to look into your issue further.

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