Fantastic product, terrible sales model - Anonymous employee Workday Employee Review

2.0
30 Jan 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Best product bar none. Technology is awesome senior leadership (outside of Sales) is fantastic. People are really working hard to make he best solution on the market.

Cons

Terrible sales cycle. Severely limited account base. More consultants attend club than sales reps. Territory's shift yearly and management expects you to Believe in Karma when all your deals shift to a new rep. Executives at the top are awesome but sales management is a good old boy network. Large attrition in sales team allows management to select who wins and loses by allocating active deals to those that suck up best. Avoid the illusion if you're in sales. This place is terrible and you'll be broke before you know it.

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Thank you for your review. We appreciate you taking the time to share your experience working at Workday. Our goal is to create an open and diverse culture at Workday and we value feedback like this as we strive to become an even better company for our Workmates!
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Great people, benefits, culture, and pay. Lots of "workmates" with long tenures (10+ years). I truly wanted to retire from Workday!

Cons

Leadership changes freaked a lot of people out. Things felt unstable within the org for the last year (2025). The culture shifted from one that focused on employee growth to adopt all AI at all costs, and do it yesterday! It was extremely stressful to learn so much, so quickly, and create your own use cases and custom workflows - then to ultimately be laid off despite significant contributions.

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Thank you for your valuable input. At Workday, we pride ourselves on fostering a transparent workplace, maintaining the highest ethical standards, and promoting innovation. It's heartening to hear about your positive journey as a Workmate. We continue to be committed to delivering exceptional experiences for our Workmates.
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