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Good break after graduating from UC Berkeley

Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Workday for less than 1 year
April 20, 2012
Pleasanton, California
3.0
Approves of CEO
Pros

Laid-back attitude, the ability to work from home sometimes, and good work-life balance are all great parts of working at Workday. Also, the company is successful, and generally, people are upbeat. Nobody gets fired here. So, considering the company outlook, this is a great place to work if your priority is job security and low stress.

Cons

Limited exposure to widely used frameworks and development tools. This is especially true for Application Developers.

On the Tools team, you get more exposure, but it's mostly just Java and a little bit of XML processing.

The problem is a "Not Invented Here" attitude, which results in more work for you and fewer employable skills to gain.

A little too much company "kool-aid"; sometimes the hype gets to me.

Not all managers are top-notch (they get fired more rarely than employees), and some are just plain ineffective and annoying (but most of them were at least developers at some point).

Also, pay is low.

Advice to Management

Give your employees enough work to feel like they are productive.

Don't be a nervous nanny; nobody likes a micromanager (a little bit of an epidemic here).

Treat your employees like adults, not kids.

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