Workday

The employee perks are very nice. The compensation is competitive. Work/life balance is good.

Here is what Workday supposedly stands for, according to their website:

"Our core values give us a framework for leadership and daily decisions, and help us enjoy our time at work."

"Most fundamentally, people are the core of our business. Without them, we would not have a business. We hire the best and expect great accomplishments."

"Every investment and decision we make has our customers in mind, and we pull out all stops to make the satisfaction of our customers paramount."

"We say what we mean, and mean what we say. We stick to our commitments, treat everyone equitably, and communicate openly and honestly."

Unfortunately, absolutely none of this is true.

For one thing, there are way too many managers, and they only seem to care about what they are told to do (from other managers). They don't take advice, nor do they listen to the people that make the company go. The company has lost sight of what's important.

It's only a matter of time before the internal failures start to break down, causing degradation of customer satisfaction. This, in turn, will be what causes Workday's eventual demise.

If you want to go to a place where your opinion doesn't matter. If you want to be at a place where you work your tail off without any recognition. If you are a "yes sir" and "yes ma'am" person. If you want to go to a place where the internal workings change from day to day, and nobody seems to know what's right or wrong from day to day. If you enjoy finger-pointing and blame. If you want to work under bad management. If you enjoy being called out for mistakes and not being recognized for the things you do right.

Then Workday is the place for you!

But if you want great leadership, people who listen and respect you and believe in teamwork, I'd recommend going somewhere else where they will actually appreciate you.

Stop coming up with bad ideas and implementing them without discussing them first with the teams it affects.

Your ideas can be bad, and before you realize it, the ideas are implemented in 20 teams before you have to change it all again. This causes confusion and concern with leadership.

Stop hiring bad managers, but if you do, get the managers some training on basic people leadership skills.

Give the people some say and then listen to them (or at least pretend to).

Upper management should meet with the employees to get personal feedback.

Get all the teams on the same page. Every team seems to be doing things differently.

If your employee is having issues with certain skills or management, get the person help instead of just throwing them under the bus. And by all means, don't render them useless.

Take some responsibility for failure.

Allow the teams to interview new hires and managers since they will be the ones working with the new hires. Interestingly enough, my interview involved six managers and not one single peer.

I was told in my interview (by a higher up) that "Morons hire morons." That says a lot about where Workday is heading. I advise you pass until they get the leadership fixed.