Workday Reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(4,585 total reviews)
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Aneel Bhusri

62% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Workday has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 4,585 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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5.0
1 Jul 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Work life balance is good, coworkers are very nice

Cons

Constant changes in the company

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Workday Response
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Thank you for your review, we appreciate you taking the time to share your experience at Workday. We're committed to fostering an open, inclusive culture, and feedback like yours helps us continue to grow and improve for all our Workmates.
5.0
30 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great exec support, work-life balance, solid offices, well eqiuped

Cons

Strategically lost in the face of AI and increassing competition

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Workday Response
10h
Thank you for your feedback. We are proud of our culture and the success that we have achieved because of the hard work and dedication of our Workmates. Thanks for your contributions, your transparency, and for being an integral part of the Workday team during your time here.
2.0
29 Jun 2026

A Culture That Ignores Burnout

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good benefits, good pay and stocks

Cons

The culture has become increasingly unsustainable. Despite employee well-being being promoted as one of the company’s core values, the day-to-day reality tells a very different story. Long working hours have become the norm rather than the exception. After-hours messages, late-night requests, and unrealistic expectations are common, making it extremely difficult to maintain any healthy work-life balance. Personal time is simply not respected. The most concerning part is that multiple team members have experienced health issues that were directly associated with the excessive workload and prolonged working hours. Rather than treating these situations as warning signs that the organization was understaffed or that priorities needed to change, the workload continued with little visible effort to address the underlying problems. Seeing colleagues struggle physically and mentally while business continued as usual was one of the most disappointing aspects of working here. Leadership frequently talks about caring for employees, but those messages lose credibility when people are consistently pushed beyond reasonable limits. If your culture contributes to employees becoming ill, and the response is simply to keep delivering more work, then your values exist only on paper.

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Workday Response
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Firstly, thank you for leaving a review. We are grateful that you gave us your opinion so we can contemplate and determine ways to make our Workmates feel respected, have transparent communication and improve the overall experience. Feel free to contact our Employee Relations mailer (employee.relations@workday.com) if you wish to speak to us more about your experience.
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