Good and Bad - Terrible Middle Management - Anonymous employee Workday Employee Review

3.0
24 Aug 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Fantastic pay, great benefits, opportunity to learn new skills with gigs and lots of wonderful people. I truly did enjoy most of my time at Workday.

Cons

AWFUL middle managers. My Director was based in the UK and he was a complete joke. So arrogant and cocky. He came into the team and was just a tyrant within our organization and never provided actual constructive criticism. He brought in a few other employees from his last role and they all 3 were just on their own planet and acted so much more superior than everyone else. I never understood their attitudes just because they came from another enterprise company. My 2 direct people leaders, my other colleagues, other teammates within my organization were all fantastic, but this one director was just a joke. Shame that he is still there, but he is arrogant and that fits in with Workday leadership styles.

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Workday Response
2y
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Thank you for your thoughtful review. We're aware that there's always room to grow, but at Workday, we take pride in our dedication to our Workmates and the 'employee first' ethos we've embedded since day one. We value your feedback as well as the praise you have provided in your review.
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