Workday

I've worked for this company for many years. Workday was a very good company early on. Upper management definitely knew how to successfully grow a startup. The stock price is awesome. The location is out of the mainstream Silicon Valley, but it's good for East Bay residents. There are lots of (maybe too many) little perks – team building activities, movies, and goodies in the kitchen.

The company tries to brainwash us into believing we have a great culture and that Workday is all about the employee. We hear this in most of our company meetings, and we see people holding up "I love Workday" signs as soon as we sign in to Workday software. In the first year or so, things look really good about the company. It doesn't "look" political upon first entry. But oh, how deceiving those first impressions can be.

If you are lucky enough to get into a team with good management, you are blessed. Every team is like its own little company. Some are good; many are not. Management in tools development is not so good.

How you get ahead at Workday:

• You're an ex-PeopleSoft employee.
• You DON'T question authority.
• You DON'T stand up for what is right, technically or politically.
• If you're a woman, you have at least two of the three: young, thin, pretty.
• Don't argue with anyone above you, no matter how passionate you are about the topic; it will haunt you throughout your life at Workday.
• If you are bullied, keep it to yourself. If not, it will be a negative reflection on you.

There is a lot of good information in these Glassdoor reviews. Read them thoroughly and discuss them. All the great reviews for the first one or two years, watch to see what happens over time. Do you care about all the people who are unhappy?