Experienced professionals beware and think hard before joining Workday
Pros
Implementation of Agile and scrum done well - seemed to work for team on which I was a part. I had a terrific dev manager but my direct manager was ineffectual and showed no leadership or management skills. Application workflow and notification not bad using user inboxes internal to application. Also some nice features to support unique attributes that can be propagated across different objects to personalize UI and improve reporting dimensions. If you are a new college grad Workday probably a good place but be careful not to question managers while there - some managers feel threatened or nervous when you question their decision criteria or methods that go beyond current user concerns and needs.
Cons
1. Old Oracle and Peoplesoft employees made this place toxic and not willing to listen to input and others points of view of experienced professionals. 2. I moved here from out of state to join what I thought was progressive company. I was with a financial software best of breed technology provider and was anxious to find out what seemingly made Workday a popular industry offering. 3. Found out fast that I had very little input into functionality and roadmap for which I am SME with over 20 years of experience. 4. For a company which has foundation in HCM, found employee review process completely subjective. No really KPI or quantitative metrics used to measure employee value or effectiveness. No transparency or methodology used for measuring employee contribution. 5. Realize if you join annual raises small - Workday likes to reward RSU to keep employees satisfied. 6. Technology 100% proprietary leading to frustration, inflexibility and rate of new development. 7. Workday claims UX is great. Not my expire either at all. No menu navigation; no integration with external widgets. Grid control not flexibility and does not support personalization include public and private data views. 8. If you are a experienced technical candidate with SDLC experience but not familiar with Workday - ASK TO SEE W DEMO OF PRODUCT AFTER SIGNING NDA. After leaving Workday every user I come across in other companies that use Workday Financials are NOT AT ALL fans of UX.
