Workday

Easy to land a job right out of college as a software engineer.

Can easily go on cruise control if that's your thing.

Unlimited PTO.

Flexible WFH policy.

Coming here right out of college as an SDE really set me back in terms of my skills and my career path. The biggest obstacle is using Xpresso, Workday's proprietary language that is specifically designed to make building Workday application features very, very easy. Try explaining Xpresso during interviews – you will be met with a lot of confused looks. It is also a skill that isn't transferable and it silos you as an engineer; you don't get exposed to the full SDLC, nor do you get exposed to industry-standard technologies and practices.

Too many engineering managers are questionable at best. Many of them do not know how to code, nor do they have technical knowledge of how software is developed. QA is a complete joke. Many QA/automation engineers don't have engineering backgrounds. Workday gets away with this because WATS (another proprietary tool) is a super straightforward GUI point-and-click tool to write test scripts, which is why if you want a career in engineering, you most definitely do not want to join as QA.

Obviously, most of my cons are targeted towards career and skill development. Workday's hiring bar is incredibly low. Don't be fooled by getting an offer from them while you are still in college. Also, due to their rapid hiring, their culture that they were once known for is also rapidly deteriorating. Maybe the higher-ups don't really care since the stock price has surged?

It looks like the business itself is doing well, so you guys probably overlook a lot of stuff in terms of employee satisfaction and career growth.

My feedback would be to encourage the growth of your employees' skills and abilities, especially for engineering. But again, you guys probably don't care since the stock price keeps going up anyways.