Pros
Being one of the first 500 employees, I got to see how a Enterprise Software Company was built from the ground up. At the time, Workday was the only company its size delivering Cloud Products. Back then, the industry was fighting change and its interesting to see how the climate has changed. Being involved at such an early process, I was able to see how many systems and processes were implemented.
Cons
Looking back years later on my experience as a CSD in the early days, there are still some things I am still processing. Years later, I am able to accept the the fact public beratings were normal and accepted. I am even able to accept the fact that my manager at the time couldn't even name all 50 states the team was responsible for calling into. I even came to grips with the fact the marketing team was sloppy with messaging and email campaigns. Years later, what I still cant wrap my head around is the fact that I witnessed "corporate professionals" well into their 40s and 50s use Workday as their second chance at being popular. I felt like I was witnessing a bad fraternity. People would tell stories about he old Peoplesoft days and refer to themselves as Rockstars. Employees would name drop and badmouth each other like they were fighting to be in some sort of inner circle. Employees would vacation together, and get their unqualified family members hired. Being recently out of college, the entire culture seemed very pathetic. I had to ask myself, did any of these people have a social circle outside of Workday? Did they have any hobbies? Was Workday their only means of self esteem?
