Toxic culture and poor leadership overshadow any positives - Regional Sales Director Workday Employee Review

1.0
Apr 23, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

I’ve really yet to find one. I’ve been here for 6 months and let’s say the honeymoon phase never even started.

Cons

The culture is awful. Aneel coming back face a moment of hope and lifted spirits but the sales org culture it’s terrible. You arent anything more than a number on a piece of paper. They’re a payroll company who can’t even pay out commissions timely. High level leaders have no idea what the reality is within the orgs. They preach one thing and the actual actions are the opposite. I honestly feel like everything we have to do is more sales prevention than sales acceleration. The sales reps are only ever in it for themselves. Not the customer, not the business and not their team. I got a “buddy” who never even met with me (awesome welcome). I’ve worked in large and small companies and I’ve never experienced anything like this.

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4.0
Mar 31, 2026
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Pros

Great people, benefits, culture, and pay. Lots of "workmates" with long tenures (10+ years). I truly wanted to retire from Workday!

Cons

Leadership changes freaked a lot of people out. Things felt unstable within the org for the last year (2025). The culture shifted from one that focused on employee growth to adopt all AI at all costs, and do it yesterday! It was extremely stressful to learn so much, so quickly, and create your own use cases and custom workflows - then to ultimately be laid off despite significant contributions.

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Thank you for your valuable input. At Workday, we pride ourselves on fostering a transparent workplace, maintaining the highest ethical standards, and promoting innovation. It's heartening to hear about your positive journey as a Workmate. We continue to be committed to delivering exceptional experiences for our Workmates.
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