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Workday is a leading enterprise platform that helps organizations manage their most important assets – their people and money. The Workday platform is built with AI at the core to help customers elevate people, supercharge work, and move their business forever forward. Workday is used by more than 10,500 organizations around the world and across industries – from medium-sized businesses to more than 60% of the Fortune 500. read more
EMPLOYEE
PARTICIPANTS
925
TOTAL
RATINGS
20745

Workday Company Culture

Workday Culture

This score is derived from employee ratings & reviews
Choice Employer
A+
4.8/5

Awards

Best Company for Diversity 2025 (Large Companies)Best Company for Diversity 2025 (Large Companies)
Best Company for Women 2025 (Large Companies)Best Company for Women 2025 (Large Companies)
Best Company Compensation 2024 (Large Companies)Best Company Compensation 2024 (Large Companies)

Workday CEO

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Carl Eschenbach Workday's CEO
Carl Eschenbach
89 /100

Mission, Vision, & Values

We aim for innovation not only in our Development organization, but also in the way we approach every aspect of our business.

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Workday Culture At a Glance

Workday has 20400 employees. 925 employees at Workday have reviewed Workday across various culture dimensions, providing their opinions on items ranging from executive ratings to the pace at work. The latest review was 9 days ago.

Overall, the 925 Workday employees give their leadership a grade of A+, or Top 5% of similar size companies on Comparably. This includes specific ratings of their executive team, CEO, and manager.

Employees at Workday are extremely happy with their total compensation at Workday, which includes a combination of pay, stock and equity, and benefits.

Overall, employees at Workday are extremely happy with their team. 925 Participants grade the quality of their coworkers an A+. The majority believe the meetings at Workday are effective, and the majority look forward to interacting with their coworkers.

The majority of employees at Workday believe the environment at Workday is positive. Most Participants believe the pace of work at Workday is comfortably fast. About 71% of the employees at Workday work 8 hours or less, while 2% of them have an extremely long day - longer than twelve hours.

Overall, the employees at Workday are extremely happy, based on their aggregated ratings of future outlook, customer perception, and their excitement going to work.

A Day in the Life
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Workday employees generally work 8.6 hrs a day
Work Hours
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Employees at Workday report the work pace is comfortably fast
Work Pace
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On a typical day, employees at Workday have 2 meetings
Meetings
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95% of Workday employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
Coworkers
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Workday employees most often take unlimited paid vacation and sick days each year
Perks & Benefits
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90% of Workday employees report they are happy with their work life balance
Work Life Balance
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Workday employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Once a month
Feedback
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94% of Workday employees call their work environment positive
Environment

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How's the vacation policy at Workday?

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  • 5 weeks in Canada

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What part of Workday's business is growing fastest? What part is having difficulties?

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  • Fastest growing is Hcm and Financial.

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How does Workday make decisions around promotions?

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  • Based upon work results.

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  • Keep doing what we're doing and strive to retain great culture

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H1B Visa

In 2019, Workday applied for 153 H1B visas. Of the work permits applied for, 96% were approved, 1% certified-withdrawn, 1% withdrawn, and 1% denied.

An in-depth look at ‘Certified-withdrawn’ H1B applications at Workday unveil that 2 approved work permit applications were withdrawn before the employee’s start date, and 2 were withdrawn by Workday after the employee’s start date.

Work Permit Application Outcome

Workday has a total of 20400 employees

153
Total Applied
  • 96% Granted (147 out of 153)
  • 1% Denied (2 out of 153)
  • 1% Withdrawn Application was withdrawn by the employer before approval/rejection (2 out of 153)
  • 1% Certified-Withdrawn Application was approved but later withdrawn by employer (2 out of 153)

This data was calculated using publicly sourced data from OFLC Performance Data

Gender Score How positively women rate their overall experience at Workday

top 5% Gender

Workday currently ranks in the Top 5% of similarly sized companies on Comparably

Diversity Score How positively minorities rate their overall experience at Workday

top 5% Diversity

Workday currently ranks in the Top 5% of similarly sized companies on Comparably

eNPS

Net Promoter Score tracks your employees' overall score to this question: "On a scale from 0-10, how likely are you to recommend working at your company to a friend?"
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66
eNPS Score
75%Promoters
16%Passives
9%Detractors

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Workday vs Competitors

  1. 1st
    Workday
    85 / 100
  2. 2nd
    IBM
    81 / 100
  3. 3rd
    Salesforce
    80 / 100
  4. 4th
    Amazon
    73 / 100
  5. 5th
    Symantec
    65 / 100
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Perks & Benefits

Health & Wellness
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Health Insurance
Life Insurance
Gym Membership / Reimbursement
Paid Time Off
PTO / Vacation Policy
Paid Holidays
Maternity / Paternity Leave
Financial Benefits
401K / Retirement Plan
Performance Bonus
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Office Perks
Pet-Friendly
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