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Workday Inc.

Workday Workforce Management

Composite Score

8.0 /10

CX Score

7.9 /10

79 Reviews Write a Review

What is Workday Workforce Management?

Create strategic workforce plans. Get the collaborative tools and insight your organization needs to build smarter workforce plans. With workforce planning from Workday, you can make better decisions and meet your business goals.

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Awards & Recognition

Workday Workforce Management won the following awards in the Workforce Management - Enterprise category

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0 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2025

1 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2024

Service Experience
Contract Negotiation

2024

7 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

2023

Service Experience
Contract Negotiation

2023

4 Top Rated Capabilities

2 Top Rated Features

2022

Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2022

Workday Workforce Management Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

90 Likeliness to Recommend

9
Since last award

78 Plan to Renew

6
Since last award

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

8
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+78 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 Workforce Management?

16% Negative

12% Neutral

72% Positive

Pros

Caring
Includes Product Enhancements
Security Protects
Helps Innovate

Feature Ratings

Average 82

Workforce Scheduling

Time Capture Physical

Labor Costing and Splitting

Time Capture

Workforce Planning and Forecasting

Shift Management

Rate Policies

Staffing

Attendance Management and Policies

Workforce Dashboards and Reporting

Absence Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 75

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Workday Workforce Management Reviews

Courtney S.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2024

Workday as a workstation for the HR team

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Workday Workforce Management from other similar products?

I really like how Workday allows you to see how business processes have evolved over time and how you can improve them. Having worked with ADP for a long time, I can say that Workday is the best HR tool. Assuming you are familiar with the system and all its configuration options, Workday is truly designed to accommodate any requirement.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite part about Workday is the variety of services it offers, from a business calendar to personal insights and performance management. There are also office announcements and coworker comments available there. For your convenience, they have included navigation shortcuts. I use it at least once a month, and preferably twice.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Because Workday has so many capabilities, it can be difficult to keep track of everything and determine where to get certain information, such as my income or bank account details. You should navigate carefully and check everything to make sure you are on the right tab.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Every aspect of our operations is now more streamlined thanks to the consolidation of our previously disparate systems for things like recruiting, vacation requests, performance reviews, etc. It's also much less complicated to use than the Bamboo HR, which we used before.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Unique Features
Efficient Service
Inspires Innovation

Nirav K.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2023

Fantastic product

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Workday Workforce Management from other similar products?

uniqueness

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

1-1 management

What do you dislike most about this product?

for some features it is hard to read

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Try atleast once

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Ayesha A.

Role: Student Academic
Industry: Education
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2023

Could be better

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Workday Workforce Management from other similar products?

Its more complicated than other products

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

You can do multiple things

What do you dislike most about this product?

User feedback isnt implemented fast enough.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

the product can be better

Pros

Security Protects
Reliable
Unique Features
Performance Enhancing

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Workday Workforce Management Ratings

90 Likeliness to Recommend

9 Since last award

78 Plan to Renew

6 Since last award

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

8 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+78 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Workday Workforce Management?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Workforce Scheduling The ability to configure work schedules for hourly and salaried employees and teams (e.g. crew, car, vessel), including rotations and recurring shifts.

Time Capture Physical The use of physical clocks (swipe, key, biometric, retina) to clock-in/out of a shift or a role.

Labor Costing and Splitting The ability to report on the cost of labor for schedules, resources, and work types against other reporting dimensions.

Time Capture The use of device-agnostic methods to clock-in/out of a shift or role.

Workforce Planning and Forecasting The ability to forecast and plan for labor requirements based on historical, heuristic, and other parameters.

Shift Management The ability for employees to exchange and bid on available shifts, rotations, and schedules.

Rate Policies The ability to configure or integrate with rate policies for jobs, resources, and other identifying attributes.

Staffing The rostering or assigning of resources to a shift or schedule based on a pre-defined set of criteria.

Attendance Management and Policies The ability to configure rules related to types of hours, job requirements, thresholds, and eligible employees.

Workforce Dashboards and Reporting The ability to report on both in-range (day, week, month, quarter, etc.) events as well as aggregate views of labor.

Absence Management The ability to configure absence policies and types, call-ins, and provide visibility into absences.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Workday Workforce Management Reviews

Courtney S.

Workday as a workstation for the HR team

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Nirav K.

Fantastic product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Ayesha A.

Could be better

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Workforce Scheduling

Time Capture Physical

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Workforce Planning and Forecasting

Shift Management

Rate Policies

Staffing

Attendance Management and Policies

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