Workday Culture is Dead - Business Technology Analyst Workday Employee Review

2.0
Aug 15, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Majority of the people (mainly out of leadership) want this company to be successful. The technology that Workday builds is really cool! AI is becoming a major part of everything we do.

Cons

Where to start... -Lots of new management with a cut cost mentality because the strategy to bring in additional revenue is not working. -CIO is REALLY in the weeds. She changes directions and decisions on a daily basis causing delays on a lot of projects. She thinks she can handle it but has no idea. -COO's strategy is not working and yet he thinks its our best option since he's from BCG. Has literally told senior leaders in his team to not challenge or question decisions. -CFO and all of Finance are clueless. Again, since we're not able to hit our revenue numbers, they just get into the typical silicon valley trend of laying off people. -Moved to a bell curve compensation model. Even if you're performing, you may not get a compensation bump. -Majority of the functions don't even use our own product. They would rather go with what they're comfortable with. -Has become very "traditional" silicon valley with elitism and authoritative approaches -Diversity in Pleasanton BT is non-existent. Everyone is of Indian decent. Makes it even more sad knowing that all the jobs are moving to India.

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3.0
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Pros

-Great Healthcare benefits -Great people -Great work/life balance

Cons

-It takes entirely too long to get promoted and there's no real solidified pathway for it. They have a checklist of things you need to be proficient in and you do them, but really you're doing next level work/responsibility at the same pay you've been at for a long time. It's almost like you're being dangled a carrot but the goal post is moving back each time. -Internal processes are slow and organizational changes happen so frequently much its hard to keep up with while the reasoning doesn't always make sense -You'll be moved into a different role, team or manager without any prior discussion

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