Software Development Engineer 1 - Software Development Engineer Workday Employee Review

2.0
Nov 1, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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've started working at Workday straight out of college about 3 1/2 years ago. Overall I've had managers that were promoted from the 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 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 manager. 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. 1. Very little upward mobility. 2. Declining culture. 3. Lots of politics 4. Inexperienced Managers 5. Poor growth prospects

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Workday Response
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Thank you for sharing your experience at Workday. It is fantastic to hear you've enjoyed the culture. We are pleased to hear life as a Workmate is a good one!
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Pros

Flex work model- 50% in office Direct team is supportive- great people (hope they stay)

Cons

Constant churn in leadership and shifting priorities. Feels like we can’t get anything done. VPs and SVPs who only care about managing up. Vision is lacking Slow decisions and lots of layers of approval Women pushed out of leadership Feels like they are gaslighting people with talk of being employee first yet they hire leaders who do not live that value.

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