Workday Software Development Engineering reviews

3.7

65% would recommend to a friend

(100 total reviews)
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Aneel Bhusri

100% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineering employees have rated Workday with 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 100 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineering professionals have a good working experience there. Workday is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineering professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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100 reviews
4.0
Sep 30, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Great work-life balance - People and management

Cons

- Early career employees lose out on core years of work in App development - Big company, so promotions are harder to come by

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Workday Response
8mo
We truly appreciate you taking the time to offer your feedback. At our core, we believe in the importance of looking after our Workmates, and this remains a foundational value for us. Your perspectives are invaluable to us. Thank you.
5.0
Sep 22, 2025

Awesome teammates

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Smart and nice teammate and promising vision.

Cons

Reorg frequently and losing work life balance even though it is still fine.

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Workday Response
8mo
Thank you for your review. We appreciate you taking the time to share your experience working at Workday. Our goal is to create an open and diverse culture at Workday and we value feedback like this as we strive to become an even better company for our Workmates!
3.0
Sep 14, 2025

It's OK

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Direct Managers generally look for areas to improve on - Teammates are wonderful and great to work with

Cons

- Promotions are hard to come by these days - Priorities keep changing

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Workday Response
8mo
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We strive to make our Workmates a priority in everything we do. As supporting our people is one of our core values, your input is genuinely appreciated.
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