Pros
Aneel and Dave are fantastic visionaries, good and genuine people, and have set up a great corporate culture that inspires the Workmates (employees). "Employee first" mindset. Diversity and Inclusion is a real thing, not just words. Strong compensation and benefits.
Cons
The clash of the "Old timers" who vehemently adhere and advocate the "Workday Way", and the "new timers" who are driving to "get stuff done" instead of focusing so much on making Workmates happy, is causing issues/conflicts. As a result, the culture is starting to break down - in some areas more and faster than others. Though there are executives who believe (privately, not publicly) that the shift to "get stuff done" is overdue and are actively taking steps to change the culture away from "employees first". As a people leader, you are caught between keeping your employees happy (weekly employee sat survey and quarterly reports on the results) and driving for results. Managing through this (unofficial, unstated, and inconsistently applied) culture change is frustrating due to the mixed messages from senior leadership and executive leadership. I recommend Workday to someone applying for an IC role. I do not recommend Workday to someone applying for a people leader position.
