Is Workday a good company to work for as a Software Developer?

Software Developer professionals working at Workday have rated their employer with 3.4 out of 5 stars in 271 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Workday employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Developer Jobs at Workday now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Developer interview questions at Workday .

Does Workday pay Software Developer employees well?

Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Workday with 3.5 out of 5 stars based on 271 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 8.2% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Developer salaries and benefits at Workday .

How happy are Software Developer professionals working at Workday?

55% of Software Developer employees at Workday would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 25% in the past 12 months. Software Developer professionals have also rated Workday with a 4.0 rating for work-life-balance, 4.0 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.5 rating for culture and values and 3.1 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Workday?

Software Engineer (261) , Account Executive (229) , Senior Software Engineer (97) , Product Manager (95) , Software Development Engineer (78) , Consultant (67) , Manager (58) , Senior Consultant (48) , Software Applications Engineer (48) , Director (47) , Sales (46) , Corporate Sales Development (44) , Customer Success Manager (37) , Senior Product Manager (37) , Program Manager (36)

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 749 reviews)); "The people you work with are also great and there’s always a good sense of camaraderie around the increasingly difficult times." ((in 463 reviews)); "Benefits are great and plentiful." ((in 401 reviews)); "Good work life balance and one of the top silicon valley company to work with." ((in 373 reviews)); "Pay and time everything is good" ((in 175 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Workday according to real employee reviews?

"You can end up with a bad manager and department and its all downhill from there." ((in 145 reviews)); "up' it is sad to see a company that is so great be tainted by poor management." ((in 145 reviews)); "Senior leadership MUST address this and try to make it up to the poor people they've wronged." ((in 113 reviews)); "Instability due to recent layoffs" ((in 70 reviews)); "Middle management is horrible!" ((in 35 reviews))

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3.4

55% would recommend to a friend

(271 total reviews)

Aneel Bhusri

41% approve of CEO

27% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.5

Culture & values

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.1

Career opportunities

2.7

Senior management

Software Developer employees have rated Workday with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 271 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Workday is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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271 reviews

4.0

Dec 24, 2025

Not bad

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good work life balance and depending on team management is good.

Cons

Compensation is not the best and raises are very minimal in the past cycles.

Workday Response

5mo

Your honest feedback is much appreciated. It can be hard to navigate review periods. As a potential solution, we suggest speaking to your manager to better understand the system of raises and bonuses. At Workday, performance-based payment is standard and each team designs the relevant criteria. This should help address any confusion. If you have any other worries, consider sending in a Peakon survey, getting in touch with our Employee Relations at employee.relations@workday.com, or making use of our SpeakUp reporting hotline, which guarantees anonymity.

4.0

Dec 6, 2025

Fairly decent company to work for

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good WLB Generally good managers Good benefits

Cons

Have been a lot of Leadership changes recently Have reduced stock refreshes every year in the last 3 years. For

Workday Response

6mo

Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We have always strived to put our Workmates at the centre of everything we do. Because taking care of Workmates is one of our core values, this feedback is gratefully received. We appreciate it.

3.0

Dec 4, 2025

Don't work here if you take programming serious

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Pay - Unlimited PTO

Cons

- Garbage proprietary programming language - "Technical leaders" with experience only in said garbage proprietary language - Slow development—calls themselves agile, but they are really waterfall - No ability to innovate within the technical ecosystem - Very behind on the times (from a technical perspective)

Workday Response

6mo

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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