Workday reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(4,593 total reviews)
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Aneel Bhusri

65% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Workday has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 4,593 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Workday employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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2.0
Jun 25, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Aneel is back at the top

Cons

Still a lot of left over hires and bad mentality after 3 years of horrible CEO direction

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Workday Response
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We appreciate your feedback and regret that you've had a negative experience. It can be difficult to adjust when an organization goes through changes. There are resources here to support you. Reach out to your people leader to share more, or if you prefer, to People & Purpose who can direct you to some helpful support resources.
2.0
Jun 24, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great culture at the peer to peer level. Excellent learning opportunities, good benefits and great name for resume.

Cons

Pretend to be transparent but a lot of smoke & mirrors. Significant cuts to comp plans & commissions that resulted in challenging pay cuts. While salaries were not reduced the OTE is no longer achievable and it’s a difference of thousands monthly, can’t even sell stock because it’s tanked. That being said, we’re disappointed in comp and stock but grateful to be employed because It’s no longer a matter of if you’ll be laid off but when.

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Workday Response
1w
Thank you for being so candid. We view such concerns with high importance and would appreciate the chance to understand more about your experience. If there is additional feedback you want to provide, contact the People & Purpose team or explore other channels like our weekly Peakon survey questions, our Employee Relations mailer (employee.relations@workday.com), and our SpeakUp reporting hotline where concerns can be raised anonymously.
1.0
Jun 24, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

People towels views utter fulfilment

Cons

Spent over a decade at WD From what felt like a startup back inn2013 WD always just looked at what the bigger tech leaders were doing and followed It was never any better or worse Your whole world could be heaven or hell depending on managers no different to any other company Every tech company thinks it’s the best in the world After a career in tech You realise you were always just playing a role in an instance of Office Space If you are reading reviews to help you understand what company will fulfill your desires I can confidently say none of them will They are all more or less the same

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Workday Response
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Thank you for sharing your feedback. At Workday, we take all input both positive and constructive seriously as we aim to create a welcoming and supportive environment for every employee. We’d appreciate the opportunity to learn more about your experience and explore how we can improve. Please feel free to reach out to our Employee Relations team at employee.relations@workday.com to discuss further. Thank you again for bringing this to our attention, we will do our best to address any concerns you may have.
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