About Workday HCM

Workday HCM assists global businesses of all sizes in a variety of industry verticals with workforce planning, analysis, and execution. Workday delivers user and administrative tools such as financial management, HR planning, talent sourcing, payroll processing, reporting and more from a unified portal. Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) includes human resource management, workforce planning, recruiting, compensation, benefits, time and attendance, learning and more. Workday also offers a module for educational institutions that includes recruiting and admissions, curriculum management, records, advising and financial aid tracking. With Workday HCM, recruiters and managers can build new teams by finding skilled workers through integrated talent searching and job profiles. The built-in HR component allows users to manage time-off and absences through a self-service employee interface that includes time-off requests and reporting, time-tracking, and policy automation. Users can also visualize organizational structures, manage both full-time employees and temporary employees, as well as configure workflows and define end-to-end business processes. Who uses Workday HCM? Workday HCM is mainly used by CHROs within mid-size to large enterprises across the telecommunication, education, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, non-profit, retail and technology industry verticals. Additionally, Workday HCM provides mobile applications for both iOS and Android devices.
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Workday HCM Reviews

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Value for Money
4.3
Functionality
4.4
Ease of Use
4.3
Customer Support
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Baturalp
Baturalp
  • Industry: Pharmaceuticals
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Features
4
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
4

5.0
Reviewed on 16/01/2025

Great application

Pros

Offers an all-in-one solution for HR needs, including payroll, benefits, talent management, workforce planning, and analytics.
Intuitive design ensures easy navigation for both HR professionals and employees.
Accessible anytime and anywhere with internet access; supports remote work and global teams.
Provides robust reporting and insights to help in strategic decision-making.

Cons

Deployment requires significant time, resources, and expertise; may necessitate third-party support.
Users might need training to fully utilize the platform’s advanced features.

Surbhi
  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5.0
Reviewed on 2/01/2025

Amplifying Human Resources Management with Workday HCM.

It is simple to automate and manage the entire process of employee lifecycle from hiring to retirement with Workday HCM.

Pros

It is simple and fast to carry out employee onboarding and recruiting process with Workday HCM.It is simple to track and manage employee time and attendance sheet with Workday HCM.It is simple to automate manual and repetitive HR tasks with this software.It is possible to generate employee payroll using Workday HCM.

Cons

It's tends to be slow when running multiple HR tasks at the same time.

Erin
  • Industry: Medical Practice
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
3
Features
3
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
3

3.0
Reviewed on 10/02/2025

Adequate Program

Adequate but not great, prefer other programs

Pros

It gets the job done for my clinic and is easy to sign into

Cons

It is clunky, not intuitive, and takes extra steps verse other similar programs

Marika
  • Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5.0
Reviewed on 30/12/2024

Workday HCM Is Impressive and Friendly to Use

My overall experience with Workday HCM is amazing.

Pros

Workday HCM has been an amazing and consistent human capital management solution.
The features of Workday HCM are easy to understand.

Cons

I do not have reasons to dislike Workday HCM.
Workday HCM is superb.

Sarah
  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Features
5
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
4

4.0
Reviewed on 8/01/2025

Generally good, but a bit tricky to learn and hard to integrate with other systems

Overall, I use Workday most days. Being able to find everything in one place is great, and the ability to run reports to check on training courses etc. is good. It is easy for the instructional designers to upload courses and track completions, and the HR team can run an array of different reports and control access to sensitive data.

Pros

We use Workday HCM at the moment, and it is very powerful, linking talent management, holidays, payroll and benefits. We recently merged systems with another company's systems, and this was tricky but worked well in the end.

Cons

I dislike the fact that Workday will time out annoyingly quickly if you are writing something like a staff review, losing your work irrevocably. I believe this may be a setting changeable by our IS team, but the cloud-based nature of Workday means that it can be fragile to bad connections etc. We have also not yet been able to integrate it into our ADP system for parts of the business, so some managers can't approve leave if their employee works in a different location.

Jesse
  • Industry: Media Production
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5.0
Reviewed on 16/01/2025

Global/Multi-Country HR and HCM Management Software Guru

Reliable online applicant time tracking systems (ATS, time tacking and being accurate and efficient global performance, career, onboarding, payroll and core HR, HCM management system tool.

Pros

I use it to onboard all trainees and for ATS, B.A.C.L.M.S as well as pre-made/built blocks for time tracking.

Cons

We are satisfied and OK with all has, Workday HCM worths it.

Preben
  • Industry: Automotive
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5.0
Reviewed on 24/12/2024

Happier and more productive employees with accurate, on time payments and self-service options.

Rigorous security measures and data encryption ensures safety of sensitive payroll information.

Pros

Has automated compliance which reduces compliance expenses. Continuous learning helps improve AI algorithms, creating a cycle of ongoing enhancement. Makes it easy to tackle the complex.

Cons

Really helpful and superior to have. I have no comparison with any other software. It is the best.

Shailyn
  • Industry: Consumer Goods
  • Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
0
Features
4
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
0

4.0
Reviewed on 16/01/2025

Easy to use and fairly enjoyable

I enjoyed using the app. It was easy to use, provided me with all my payroll information, and it was easy to keep track of my learning and mandatory courses.

Pros

Easy to use, quick login and my information felt quite secure.

Cons

Would log me out occasionally, or would have to call to get password reset.

Verified Reviewer
  • Industry: Airlines/Aviation
  • Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
3
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5.0
Reviewed on 6/02/2025

The go to standard overview tool for employees

Workday was easy to navigate, overloaded with functionalities. I joined the company and resigned using it. It was the standardized tool and helped me navigate corporate life easily.

Pros

The in depth FAQ and support was good, it was easy to navigate and covered all features, including employment period, payslips, all under one site.

Cons

Even though all functionalities were covered by workday, sometimes due to mismatch of wordings (like the paygrade levels), companies would use external software or at times would have to explain the things on workday once more in person.

Verified Reviewer
  • Industry: Food & Beverages
  • Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
2

4.0
Reviewed on 1/02/2025

Workday Review 2025

Overall my experience has been positive. As previously mentioned it has a user-friendly interface, strong automation, and seamless integrations. It combines HR, payroll, talent management, and benefits administration in one platform, reducing the need for multiple systems.

Pros

What I like the most about Workday HCM is its user-friendly interface, strong automation, and seamless integrations. Not to mention the UI is easy to navigate making it a better time for employees and employers.

Cons

What I like least about Workday HCM is that setting it up can be time consuming and resource intensive. Also while Workday offers flexibility, certain customizations require technical expertise which isn't very user friendly of Workday.

Anil
  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5.0
Reviewed on 11/08/2024

Can handle multinational payouts and offers customized benefits packages.

A cool thing about Workday HCM is that you can sign up for free and play around with the tool, not being charged until you pay first team member.

Pros

Dedicated local Workday HCM experts ensures comprehensive and tailored assistance. It also integrates seamlessly with popular software tools platforms making work easier and enjoyable. Automated invoicing streamlines financial tasks, saving time and energy on such tasks. It is also a perfect solution for remote and global teams.

Cons

We find Workday HCM to be user-friendly and intuitive to navigate on the employee and manager side alike. However, additional charges apply for specific advanced features such as onboarding automation.

Melissa Daniela
  • Industry: Higher Education
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
4

4.0
Reviewed on 4/08/2024

Why Workday HCM Is The Best

Pros

When it comes to workforce planning and management, Workday HCM offers leading features.
In addition, it is also great as payment processing solution.

Cons

So far Workday HCM has met business set needs. No malfunctioning reported.

Wannes
  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
1
Customer Support
3

3.0
Reviewed on 7/11/2024

good tool but can be cumbersome to use

IT does what it is supposed to do but coming from another much more intuitive tool this one seems like a step back for time/absence management.
for other HR related stuff this system works well.

Pros

It can be greatly customized for the usecase of the company

Cons

very cumbersome system for absence management. Also no easy way to see an overview of your team as manager for absences and holiday planning.

Busola
  • Industry: Retail
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5.0
Reviewed on 10/08/2024

HR system at its best

I love it because of the flexibility and ease at which you can navigate to the different parts of the app

Pros

It is very friendly and easy to use. It can even link you to other sites if the HR defines them. Its like a quick link to those other platforms. The amount of data stored on workday is huge for each staff. I can see my payroll so easily on workday HCM

Cons

I am not sure it is okay to see the salary of people working under you but workday allows this.

Bart
Bart
  • Industry: Staffing & Recruiting
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Features
5
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
4

4.0
Reviewed on 7/11/2024

Highly promising sometimes a little high on the click

Workday's strategy to build a simple and highly configurable product that is relatively simple to maintain on a low training level makes it an exceptionally adequate product. Their blockchain strategy for the future is an exceptionally promising concept. Example: Basically once locked in i.e. a formal background check can be locked in, and for future chchecks one would only need to update the gap since the last check, this can make the whole process very efficient and effective putting way less strain on employment checks, less external agency cost and so forth.

Pros

it's exceptionally well built for user configuration with it's highly flexible drag and drop customisation "out of the box"

Cons

it can be very "click heavy" to complete a workflow and having two browser windowns open with workday at the same time can cause glitching.

Stuart
  • Industry: Biotechnology
  • Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
5

5.0
Reviewed on 7/12/2024

Workday HRM Gereat Tool for HR Tasks, but Could Be Faster.

Overall my experience with Workday has been great. It makes tracking payroll, time management, and benefits easier for managers and employees. Once you get used to it, it's a very helpful tool. I would like to see it get faster in the future, and maybe simplify the reports to be more readable by non HR professionals.

Pros

The design is clean, and easy to use, making it easy to find what I need. I like the fact that I can perform tasks on my desktop or phone, this come in very handy when traveling. Features like tracking time off, viewing my pay stub, and managing my team are all in one spot saving me time.

Cons

Sometimes the system is slow. Finding certain reports and understanding them can be cumbersome for me, because I'm not familiar with HR tools as a manager of people.

Jennifer
  • Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
3
Features
5
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
5

5.0
Reviewed on 7/11/2024

Always Evolving HR System

I enjoy using Workday HCM as it's a one stop shop for our company's HR data. Moving to Workday was a big improvement from our previous HR system where we had an account per country, totalling to over 10 accounts. I would say there is a steep learning curve in the beginning as an Admin and even for employees. And the training and certificates are overpriced so I have had to learn how to configure/use Workday through other mediums.

Pros

It can be used globally. The user interface and usability is easy to understand (similar to Facebook's interface), the ability to customize, the different modules and features it supports. The tool is always evolving as the company has 2 releases every year.

Cons

It is created for the US by the US. It does not accommodate for international laws and compliance resulting in us having multiple tools to support international countries.

Samantha
  • Industry: Hospital & Health Care
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5.0
Reviewed on 27/08/2024

I love it!

I've used Workday for many years now and as we continue to navigate the program we learn more tools and advancement upgrades that make the payroll process self sufficient for employees.

Pros

Workday makes payroll tracking easy and its puts more responsibility on employees to keep track of their hours worked relieving the demands of the administration staff.

Cons

I can't think of any negatives to report.

Maria
  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5.0
Reviewed on 25/09/2024

Workday user experience

My overall experience with Workday is very good.

Pros

Mostly I like the wide range of usage that it provides.

Cons

The one thing that is making my work harder is that even with delegations I cannot cancel/delete changes that I have initiated.

CECELIA
  • Industry: Hospital & Health Care
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5.0
Reviewed on 5/12/2024

WORKDAY REVIEW

CAN VIEW MY HOURS, PAYCHECKS... CAN VIEW MY PERSONNAL INFORMATION.IT KEEPS A RECORD OF YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS, CERTICIFATIONS AND REIMBURSEMENTS.

Pros

VERY EASY TO USE. USE FOR MULTIPLE THINGS

Cons

NOTHING REALLY. IT CAN BE USED FOR ANYTHING

Lucy
  • Industry: Cosmetics
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
4
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
4

4.0
Reviewed on 17/02/2024

I can't ask for more when handling payroll.This tool is smart.

Workday HCM has promoted productivity and general growth through great intelligence and dedication from the customer service. It is a must have tool.

Pros

In simple terms, Workday HCM is more than enough for me. I have enjoyed it's flexibility in usage, customization, integration and implementation too. There is reliable content out of its analytics. Automation is a great way to save time and improve productivity and accuracy. Workday HCM is an empowering tool.

Cons

None. I honestly find no cons for Workday HCM. It is working well for us.

Sharon K
  • Industry: Pharmaceuticals
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5.0
Reviewed on 17/08/2024

Work Day App.

I really like it, very convenient when you have mutable task to do and also nice that you can look at any past pay stubs if needed. Very helpful in tracking your vacation time.

Pros

It is pretty easy to navigate through once you have done it several times.
It auto fills your work days, so unless your work week changes, it is very fast to submit your work time.
I really like that everything (payroll, vacation, etc..) are all in one location.
I like the option of being able to use on my work computer or personal phone

Cons

Although I know it is a good idea, having to use the authenticator is a little bit of a hassle. I am not sure if it is my phone or the app. but occasionally I have to restart my phone to get the app to open.

Verified Reviewer
  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
0
Features
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
0

5.0
Reviewed on 7/08/2024

Excellent Design and Functionality

Pros

From an employee's perspective, it's incredibly intuitive and easy to use. The mobile support is excellent. It greatly enhances the convenience of HR tasks like payroll, leave management, performance tracking, and organizational charts.

Cons

From a user's perspective, there are no real drawbacks. The functionality and design are both excellent. However, from a company's standpoint, the cost can be a burden depending on the organization's size.

Ryan
  • Industry: Financial Services
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Features
5
Ease of Use
4
Customer Support
5

4.0
Reviewed on 10/09/2024

Great cloud features, industry standard.

My overall experience with Workday HCM has been positive, though with a few learning curves. The platform offers a wide range of HR tools that are highly integrated, making it easy to manage everything from hiring to performance reviews in one place. I appreciate the user-friendly interface, but some of the more advanced features, like custom reporting, require a bit of a deeper dive to fully understand. The mobile app is incredibly convenient, allowing me to access what I need from anywhere. It’s a powerful system, but getting the most out of it can take some time.

Pros

Workday HCM is a well designed, cloud-based HR management platform that simplifies everything from payroll to talent management. The interface is intuitive, though navigating some advanced features can take time to master. Its mobile accessibility is a standout, making it easy for employees and managers to handle tasks on the go.

Cons

Custom reporting can be a bit complex for non-technical users, but the ability to export and import from excel make this easier.

Steven
  • Industry: Food Production
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
  • Review Source
Value for Money
4
Features
4
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
4

5.0
Reviewed on 13/11/2024

Workday HCM efficiency.

Workday HCM has really helped my company cuts costs by reducing time taken to do jobs.

Pros

I like how workday HCM connects the workforce.

Cons

Sometimes workday HCM can be a little slow.

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