Toxic Work Culture created by middle management. - Anonymous employee Workday Employee Review

1.0
29 Feb 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Free snacks, good dental and medical benefits. Can bring pets (dogs) to work. The product is amazing and the vision of the company is good but there are many bad managers and there is no formal 360 feedback to control their performance. Workday has a great product and leadership has a great vision, but sadly it is losing great talent because of the toxic work culture created by new managers in the middle management.

Cons

The culture of the company is deteriorating. There are too many managers but less individual contributors, so the individual contributors get buried with workload. While the new managers are busy playing politics to secure their positions. The managers throw their direct reports under the bus to score points with internal clients and upper management. The worker bees feel dissatisfied, undervalued and disrespected. As a result the attrition rate is very high and something needs to be done to change the culture.

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Thank you for your review, we appreciate you taking the time to share your experience at Workday. We're committed to fostering an open, inclusive culture, and feedback like yours helps us continue to grow and improve for all our Workmates.
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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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