Manipulative Payroll QA practices - Anonymous employee Workday Employee Review

1.0
Dec 24, 2022
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Run away from Payroll QA

Cons

Recently, Workday has been having quiet layoffs. Unlike transparent companies that do not shy from publicizing layoffs, Workday is gutless and dishonorable accepting skill imbalance as the reason for termination. This was never brought up in years past, but suddenly it's in vogue? Workday's core values are Employees, Integrity, Innovation, Customer Service, Fun, and Profitability. How is this an example of any of their values? Core values mean nothing except to superficially attract talent and customers. Workday hypes its values, whereas internally, these are only empty ideas and perceptions. Affected employees were not extended a dignified layoff departure even after years of faithful, dedicated sacrifices for the company. Shame on you Workday. Out of all the impacted teams, one team in Payroll QA was impacted the most. Folks with strong performances were let go or transferred to other teams while other average performers were untouched. The Payroll QA Director stripped the soul from one Payroll team, and there is Twitter-like insecurity for current employees. How does this Director of Payroll QA continue to walk the office corridors when everybody is eyeing her with disgust and disdain? If you apply for QA positions at Workday, avoid Payroll to save your career.

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