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Filled with SAP, Dell, EMC, Peoplesoft rejects. Stay AWAY!

Senior Software Development Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Workday for 1 year
November 20, 2017
Pleasanton, California
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros
  • bagels every morning, telecommute, pet-friendly
  • store and restaurant discounts
  • near BART and mall
Cons

Come here if you want to sink your engineering career. This place is filled with tech garbage no one really cares for, like Gerrit, OpenStack, and Nagios. Their platform is built on a proprietary language, Xpresso, that is useless outside the company.

Many people come here from companies like SAP, Dell, and EMC to seek shelter and safe haven under the illusion the Workday HR promotes as the company's "core values".

Most groups are filled with garbage tech workers. Workday tries to recycle them by placing them into roles they are unfit for.

Many managers are unsuited for their role. Promotion is run if you have influence in the PeopleSoft's boys club – former Oracle employees.

The salary is very low, with low 401K matching and subpar benefits. There are no free meals aside of bagels. You will have to spend money around to eat, and it is not cheap!

This place feels like an unionized train station. No one says a negative word about the company; everyone goes "yes, sir" or "yes, ma'am" to their unqualified supervisors.

Reviews are completely biased. If you are good friends with your manager or someone above him/her, you will get good reviews.

HR is useless and a complete waste of company resources. Many don't show up to the office for days, only if there is a team meeting or company event. Many are spending time writing fake great reviews on public sites about Workday's culture.

The company is stuck in old-school management and tech. There is no push for good tech like microservices and containers.

If you have an offer from Workday, please do yourself a big favor and go for a company that will help you grow.

Advice to Management

Give an opportunity for those who are bringing innovative tech and ideas to the company.

Hire millennials with good education and embrace change that will help the company grow outside the box.

You are doomed to fail if you continue like this.

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