Workday

When I joined during Covid, the culture was everything you have heard of. It was a very diverse company, except for most of the senior leadership. The campus was nice and supportive.

Something changed at Workday when Carl joined. The culture is noticeably declining—and fast. Many of us did not receive bonuses and merit increases this year, with management making up excuses despite record profits. Layoffs (after the company lied to us) decimated morale.

Return to office was sucking the life out of all of us. You didn’t pay us Apple and Google salaries to micromanage us 3 days a week? Internal mobility seems to have stagnated, and there have been whispers that management has been ordered to deny promotions.

Your culture is declining fast. Either stop pretending the culture is still great or make efforts to listen to your employees. Internal mobility should not involve current managers until there is an offer or after an interview. This discourages internal mobility.