Is Workday a good company to work for as a Software Development Engineer?

Software Development Engineer professionals working at Workday have rated their employer with 3.6 out of 5 stars in 76 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Workday employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Development Engineer Jobs at Workday now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Development Engineer interview questions at Workday .

Does Workday pay Software Development Engineer employees well?

Software Development Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Workday with 3.5 out of 5 stars based on 76 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 8.2% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Development Engineer salaries and benefits at Workday .

How happy are Software Development Engineer professionals working at Workday?

62% of Software Development Engineer employees at Workday would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 20% in the past 12 months. Software Development Engineer professionals have also rated Workday with a 3.8 rating for work-life-balance, 3.6 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.3 rating for culture and values and 3.3 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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3.6

62% would recommend to a friend

(76 total reviews)

Aneel Bhusri

100% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Culture & values

3.3

Career opportunities

3.1

Senior management

Software Development Engineer employees have rated Workday with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 76 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Workday is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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5.0

Nov 8, 2019

Software Engineer Internship

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Pros

The company culture is very welcoming and positive.

Cons

There is definitely a learning curve to get used to their framework.

2.0

Mar 5, 2019

a very sales driven environment - to the detriment of actual engineers

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Pros

lots of opportunity to learn - particularly with the acquisition by Workday.

Cons

An over-emphasis on the role of the sales team - with a five day trip to the Caribbean for top salesmen every year, while the people that actually build the product that salesmen sell are asked to settle for free lunch on Mondays and Fridays. Unfortunately - the acquisition by Workday has slowed strategic decision making to a crawl. So great swaths of the Adaptive team are in holding patterns, wasting a lot of eager talent. Unless you are a salesman - it doesn't feel like anyone cares about your career success. The hiring process takes forever and ever - and it looks like Workday's processes will slow it down even more.

4.0

Mar 1, 2019

Extremely nice and smart coworkers

Software development engineer

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CEO approval

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Pros

Workday has a great culture of teamwork and kindness. From what I've experienced since starting here, there seems to be a minimal amount of politics and ego issues. Work life balance and work hour flexibility is great.

Cons

Compensation is fair but not as competitive as other companies in the bay area. This might be because it's based in Pleasanton.

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