


What is Workday Human Capital Management?
Workday is a leading provider of enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources. Founded in 2005, Workday delivers financial management, human capital management, and analytics applications designed for the world’s largest companies, educational institutions, and government agencies. Organizations ranging from medium-sized businesses to Fortune 50 enterprises have selected Workday.
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86 Likeliness to Recommend
97 Plan to Renew
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85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
Emotional Footprint Overview
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+90 Net Emotional Footprint
The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.
How much do users love Workday Human Capital Management?
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- Respectful
- Acts with Integrity
- Efficient Service
- Client Friendly Policies
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Talent Management
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Performance Management
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Workday Human Capital Management Reviews

Priyanshu S.
- Role: Finance
- Industry: Finance
- Involvement: Vendor Selection and Purchasing
Submitted Feb 2025
This is an excellent product.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Workday Human Capital Management from other similar products?
It has very good interface with easy to understand notifications section which makes it different for other applications.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
In Workday my favourite aspect is compensation part where you can see your compensation its bit easy to access.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Nothing is dislike in this product but they have to work on goal setting part because there is now clue how to fill it.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
I just recommend that they have to make it more simple for uploading data for profile because in slow internet it doesn’t work.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
Beatrice J.
- Role: Operations
- Industry: Media
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Feb 2025
Spectacular with its job for payroll.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Workday Human Capital Management from other similar products?
Cloud based to access data from anywhere.Global payroll support to automate payroll processing.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
I am stunned by dynamic workforce scheduling for real-time modeling based on our needs.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Great but limited with customization.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Highly commend for payroll and compensation which is flexible and easy to automate.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing

Neeraj G.
- Role: Consultant
- Industry: Manufacturing
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Oct 2024
Workday making easy and smooth everyday
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Workday Human Capital Management from other similar products?
It brilliantly integrates various HR processes like payroll. performance management, recruiting, time tracking etc into a single platform. User interface is good and easy to understand follow for both employees and professionals.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Being cloud platform, it provides real time updates and access to various systems. It offers powerful reporting and analytic tools.
What do you dislike most about this product?
There are limitations and less of customization feasibility. It has a steep learning curve.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
It's a unified system centralizing all the HR processes, reduction in manual work.
Pros
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
- Inspires Innovation
- Saves Time