Workday Software Development Engineer reviews

I've started working at Workday straight out of college about 3 1/2 years ago. Overall I've had managers that were promoted from the within and had very little experience in actually developing their employees. Every time I asked for a promotion, my managers would give some sort of excuse as why I am not eligible to be promoted to even level 2. I have mentored others and developed features with absolutely no help. What's even worse is that people on the same org as me get promoted because they have better manager. Over the years, I have become demoralized with all the politics and excuses. Workday falls true to the adage that you have to jump companies to get those promotions/raises. 1. Very little upward mobility. 2. Declining culture. 3. Lots of politics 4. Inexperienced Managers 5. Poor growth prospects

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.