Workday

• Market leader in its core business.
• Wonderful products. Customers love it!
• Great teammates.
• Good work/life balance.
• Stock price at $105! This helps weather the pain.
• Interesting work (if you know the right people).
• Great location (new BART and 580/680 interchange).
• Some managers genuinely care about their teams and stand up against upper management whims. Of course, some get cut down and leave as they can't take it anymore; others just submit to the dictates meekly and survive, even when they know it is the wrong thing.

It was a great company, pre-IPO and for a couple of years after that.

The culture is going down the drain with new management in Tools. Apps is still alright.

Apps have a different issue with proprietary technology.

You have to know how to suck up to upper management (read: long-timers) to get ahead, or else you are stuck or ignored.

Senior management is afraid to talk to executive management about issues, as it might be taken in the wrong way. Just drink the Kool-Aid, and all will be fine.

A "yes, sir" attitude gets you promoted pretty quickly.

So-called Sr. Principal Engineers are there because they know they can't find a job elsewhere with their skillset and attitude. The smart ones have jumped ship.

The CEO should wake up to see the reality in Engineering. Just because products are selling great doesn't mean all is well. There is a reason why most of the senior (smart) engineers are leaving. Bring back previous management.

HR can improve their act. We are market leaders in the HCM space!

The Customer Support department needs to be revamped. Half of the support analysts don't know what they are doing. They just shiver when the top manager is on every case (literally).

Certainly miss Dave's openness and frank conversations.

Create a genuine feedback loop – not just namesake – and be ready to hear honest, critical opinions. Employees are your friends!