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      Workday Software Development Engineer reviews

      3.6

      62% would recommend to a friend

      (76 total reviews)
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      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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      76 reviews
      1.0
      Jun 25, 2017

      Not a great company to work for

      Software development engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      employee perks are nice. work/life balance is good. opportunity to learn new things thats all.

      Cons

      compensation may not be as competitive, compared to other employers in the area. Manager's seem to care only for the direct reports with whom they are in good terms or maybe friends from some of their previous employers, for the rest of the people on the team its just about hard work, taking up new challenges and at the end don't expect any recognition or promotion for all the good work you deliver. No recognition for any better job done, no growth expectations. Even after putting the Manager's through all the leadership trainings I guess nothing really changes, if the nature of the person is like that.

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      Workday Response
      8y
      Thank you for your feedback; we definitely value it. Our people are our top priority so it’s concerning to hear that you feel managers are falling short. We’re sorry to hear that and we’ll share your feedback with our exec team. Additionally, if you feel comfortable with it, we welcome any suggestions or additional feedback you’d like to share confidentially via employee.feedback@workday.com. We value your contributions and hope we can make this right for you.
      4.0
      May 15, 2017

      Culture is Great, Technology Not So Much

      Software development engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Workday prides itself on its culture, and I actually feel that is a bit of an undersell relative to my experience here. This is honestly a great place to work. The company and the people genuinely care about you. Management gives you all the tools you need to succeed, and they are generally very open about encouraging PTO (it's unlimited) to make sure nobody is overworked.

      Cons

      There's really no two ways around this, but the proprietary "language" XpressO is not going to do anyone with further career aspirations any good. There are little to no transferable skills, and in general, it is just frustrating to use. Even the more "traditional" software engineering roles are hamstrung by the fact that the company revolves about XpressO. This creates an environment where people are either frustrated in their current positions or have been resigned to being stuck in those positions -- either is not ideal.

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