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Software Development Engineer 1

Software Development Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Workday for 4 years
November 1, 2017
Pleasanton, California
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros
  1. Awesome Snack Program
  2. Friendly People
  3. Great place for starting out

I am thankful for Workday for giving me my first job out of college.

Cons

I started working at Workday straight out of college about 3 1/2 years ago.

Overall, I've had managers that were promoted from within and had very little experience in actually developing their employees. Every time I asked for a promotion, my managers would give some sort of excuse as to why I am not eligible to be promoted to even Level 2. I have mentored others and developed features with absolutely no help.

What's even worse is that people on the same org as me get promoted because they have better managers. Over the years, I have become demoralized with all the politics and excuses. Workday falls true to the adage that you have to jump companies to get those promotions/raises.

  • Very little upward mobility.
  • Declining culture.
  • Lots of politics.
  • Inexperienced managers.
  • Poor growth prospects.
Advice to Management

Don't hire or promote inexperienced employees to manager.

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