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Workday pros and cons

Vendor: Workday
4.1 out of 5
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PROS

Workday provides flexibility to integrate with various systems through pre-built interfaces and tools.
It consolidates transactions and configurations in a single in-memory system, eliminating the need for multiple data sources.
Workday enhances productivity by reducing the number of systems and manual data entries required, leading to streamlined operations.
It offers robust reporting and analytics capabilities, simplifying the reporting process for users.
Workday is highly intuitive, making configuration and navigation easy for first-time users without extensive training.

CONS

Analytical tools and reporting require reliance on consultants and need improvement.
Lack of localized and standard payroll features for all countries complicates payroll management.
Complexity in configuration and missing functionalities for specific countries such as payroll options for Germany.
Slow performance with navigation and report customization due to lack of user-level access.
Cost is high, making Workday an expensive choice for some organizations.
 

Workday Pros review quotes

it_user107274 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Associate (Management Consulting) at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Sep 18, 2016
The reporting capability is perfectly adequate in 90% of cases, given the requisite training.
it_user515598 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works with 51-200 employees
Sep 19, 2016
We use Workday for HR services and found the software to be very user-friendly compared to the previous software.
it_user517446 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Analyst at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jan 28, 2017
It is more efficient than any methods/processes I have used in other companies.
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it_user302079 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Analyst, HR at Transamerica
Feb 2, 2017
The GUI is beautiful and we don't need to provide much training for the users because it is easy to navigate.
it_user609621 - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President Information Technology at a tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 15, 2017
Between risk reduction, audit reduction and knowing that in many ways we can stop thinking about HR as an issue to solve, we have seen great value.
PA
Workday Integration Lead at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees
Aug 24, 2017
Amazing with the support team; their response time is really good.
AC
Senior Director Services Engineering at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Dec 18, 2017
Provides flexibility to integrate with the product. It has several tools, out-of-the-box, for integrations. It delivers pre-built interfaces for specific vendors, pre-built generic integrations to extract or push data into Workday through configuration.
ST
Payroll Lead at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jul 15, 2018
It stores everything for the employee. It has also been able to store the information that we use for our payroll demand.
it_user1116780 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of People Experience Operations at PEXA
Jun 11, 2019
We have fewer systems, less manual data entry, and less processing.
it_user1182807 - PeerSpot reviewer
Co-CIO & Enterprise Architect at a printing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 23, 2019
Performance and good usability are the two most valuable features of this solution.
 

Workday Cons review quotes

it_user107274 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Associate (Management Consulting) at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Sep 18, 2016
It's great for operational / detailed reporting and some low-level analytics, but for heavy-duty analysis against large data sets, I find it's a bit lacking.
it_user515598 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works with 51-200 employees
Sep 19, 2016
It does not integrate with some of the career management softwares, like LinkedIn.
it_user517446 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Analyst at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jan 28, 2017
The ability to drive more analytics on a customizable level would be helpful.
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it_user302079 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Analyst, HR at Transamerica
Feb 2, 2017
Payroll integration is terrible. It has a lot of limitations.
it_user609621 - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President Information Technology at a tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 15, 2017
Also, while the browser is powerful, the mobile app is so limited it is mostly useless.
PA
Workday Integration Lead at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees
Aug 24, 2017
They can work on getting the clients to work on their support model.
AC
Senior Director Services Engineering at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Dec 18, 2017
Analytical tools have needed improvement. Workday has just released Prism Analytics, to replace the current analytical tools, so it’s in the early stages.
ST
Payroll Lead at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jul 15, 2018
They don't have worker payroll in the product. We have to solve our payroll. I hope one day they will be able to have their own localized standard payrolls for all countries.
it_user1116780 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of People Experience Operations at PEXA
Jun 11, 2019
There is a lot of complexity in the configuration of this solution.
it_user1182807 - PeerSpot reviewer
Co-CIO & Enterprise Architect at a printing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 23, 2019
It has missing functionalities. Specific countries, like Germany, didn't have the option to do payroll. Now we need to look for another product for HR.