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What Is Workday HCM?

Workday is a leading enterprise platform that helps organizations manage their most important assets – their people and money. The Workday platform is built with AI at the core to help customers elevate people, supercharge work, and move their business forever forward. Workday is used by more than 10,500 organizations around the world and across industries – from medium-sized businesses to more than 60% of the Fortune 500.

Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) is the Workday flagship application suite for HR, with over 5,525 customers and more than 70% live. Other products targeting the CHRO include Workday Adaptive Planning, Workday Expenses, Workday Help, Workday Journeys, Workday Labor Optimization, Workday Learning, Workday Payroll, Workday Peakon Employee Voice, Workday People Analytics, Workday Prism Analytics, Workday Recruiting, Workday Scheduling, Workday Talent Optimization, and Workday Time Tracking.

Who Uses Workday HCM?

Workday HCM is designed for businesses of all sizes to help their organization's people practices in the rapidly changing world of HR. Workday serves more than 10,500 customers globally.

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Reviews of Workday HCM

Average score

Overall
4.5
Ease of Use
4.3
Customer Service
4.3
Features
4.4
Value for Money
4.3

Reviews by company size (employees)

  • <50
  • 51-200
  • 201-1,000
  • >1,001
Sarah
Sarah
System Administrator in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Information Technology & Services, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Increase HR and payroll compliance and daily efficiency

4.0 last year

Comments: Post-sandbox testing, Workday can update and release software. This sandbox environment allows me to try things out, observe what happens, and then fine-tune my procedures. Many issues are resolved because to Workday's ability to notify workers of pending tasks and make information about those tasks readily available to them.

Pros:

If you're familiar with the system and its customizations, you should be able to accomplish just about anything using Workday. I really like how workday can be used to both investigate past company procedures and improve current ones. After years of using ADP, I have concluded that Workday is the superior HR software.

Cons:

In my opinion, the time it takes to find and interview potential candidates is too long. While Workday's learning resources are excellent, I do wish they provided more configuration-specific instruction.

Lisa
Director of Human Resources in US
Telecommunications, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Great experience

4.0 2 months ago New

Comments: Great experience with Workday HCM. It’s a comprehensive solution for managing all HR functions in a company

Pros:

Workday HCM is easy to use and brings together all the essential tools for talent management, payroll, and recruitment. It integrates well with other systems and works seamlessly across devices

Cons:

It can be a bit complex to set up, especially for smaller businesses

Erin
Medical Director in US
Medical Practice, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Adequate Program

3.0 last month New

Comments: 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
Human Resource Manager in US
Health, Wellness & Fitness, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Workday HCM Is Impressive and Friendly to Use

5.0 3 months ago

Comments: 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.

Haruki
Sr. ADR in US
Computer Software, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Solid tool for all admin/payroll activities

4.0 2 months ago New

Pros:

Workday is a very easy tool to navigate, especially when trying to find specific documents related such as pay slips, insurance documents, etc. Their plug in makes it convenient for clocking in and out quickly.

Cons:

It sometimes takes a while for it to load documents and reporting.