No Career Growth - Software Engineer Workday Employee Review

2.0
17 Apr 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

They pay you, you get a desk, my coworkers were nice.

Cons

This is not a place to join if you are looking to grow in your career. This is more of a collect a paycheck and leave early location. CEO is gutting the company. I think it is just the nature of the product. It is past its growth phase and now is just in maintenance mode. Do NOT join here as an "App Dev" - you'll be using XO the proprietary language, which is fine but it isn't a marketable skill and you will have a very hard time switching out of it since no one wants to learn it.

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Workday Response
1y
Firstly, thank you for sharing your experience with us. We will take this feedback internally to drive further improvements. Please don’t hesitate to reach out with specific information or suggestions via email at our Employee Relations mailer (employee.relations@workday.com).

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