Was a great company - Anonymous employee Workday Employee Review

2.0
26 Mar 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Started with a great vision - Is a category leader in HCM

Cons

- CEO rules by fear. CEO swings on whether he likes someone or dislikes. He treats senior management poorly and has created a culture that is NOT transparent - HR is incompetent for an HCM company. There is very little support for managers and leaders because they spend their time promoting their own careers. Business Partner in HR for Sales is manipulative and looks out for her own good rather than supporting the business. Management is not competent enough to observe this. - Sales is now a mess. So many changes and brought in management that have not added any value.

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Workday Response
9y
Thank you for your review. Since day one, our people—and the culture they’ve instilled—has been our top priority. We’ve put in place a number of initiatives to maintain and support our culture, including actionable trainings for all managers, team-bonding activities, and all-hands meetings. Additionally, every day we take steps to ensure that we live by our core values, which inspire our culture and serve as guiding principles for our employees to be transparent, honest, innovative, and fun. We sincerely apologize that you felt otherwise and we will definitely make note of your feedback. If you have anything else you’d like to share confidentially with us, please feel to reach out via employee.feedback@workday.com.

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