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    Workday HCM

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AWorkday Human Capital Management is a cloud-native system offering a globally consistent user experience. Workday HCM is part of an intelligent, unified system with other Workday products.N/A
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    Workday HCM
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    Workday HCM
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Workday HCM
    Considered Both Products
    Workday
    Chose Workday HCM
    Workday Human Capital Management is more than just an ATS, Greenhouse works as just an ATS. I think Workday Human Capital Management is great for the entire candidate lifecycle. From applicant to hire to onboarding.
    Incentivized
    Chose Workday HCM
    It is worldwide acceptable application in compare to other available applications.
    Incentivized
    Chose Workday HCM
    The issue with ADP that I have found is that it is not as user-friendly for employees, nor the administrators using the product. I prefer using the Workday Human Capital Management system as our HCM place of record.
    Incentivized
    Chose Workday HCM
    Workday is more robust and works well with interfacing on Social media for job posts. Also, the main thing that the Workday Human capital management platform tool has going for it is that Workday can and often is used in other capacities and other applications, so employees …
    Incentivized
    Chose Workday HCM
    SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite
    Incentivized
    Chose Workday HCM
    UKG can have some security issues with new user profiles on personal experience and its harder to adapt for elderly users. We had many situations where support was slow to respond to our tickets as the platform glitched or failed sometimes, unlike Workday HCM where all users …
    Incentivized
    Chose Workday HCM
    I was not involved in the selection, but it is a great system that I highly recommend
    Incentivized
    Chose Workday HCM
    I do not remember the names of other ATS. But the last one I used were much more logical.
    Incentivized
    Chose Workday HCM
    We do use Workday as the other HCM systems do not have a good built in communications channel. Choosing Workday was particularly easy due to its interface. Employees feel that they are on a social platform even when they are in office, which breaks the usual barriers to …
    Incentivized
    Chose Workday HCM
    The workday human capital management stacks up against ADP due to the overall different features that we have got in a single platform. With Workday HCM, we do not have to select multiple vendors or tools to manage employees, salary details, career progress, etc. Also, the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Workday HCM
    They are almost similar, to be honest. But because Workday was introduced to me first, I learned a lot from this software. Lattice comes close, but I think Workday was way easier to use.
    Incentivized
    Chose Workday HCM
    Workday HCM helps my organization better align our corporate strategy with defined objectives and KPIs while managing the performance of team members to deliver results. The user interface and time tracking capabilities of Workday HCM are also best-in-class. The Workday cloud …
    Incentivized
    Chose Workday HCM
    Oracle Cloud HCM and PeopleSoft HCM are well-defined tools for HRMS activities. Oracle Cloud HCM is super easy to use by end-users and gives all standard functions for HR activities. The personal information, career, performance are well defined in Oracle Cloud HCM. It's out of …
    Incentivized
    Chose Workday HCM
    I'm not the decision-maker, only a user, so I haven't compared other products like Workday [Human Capital Management].
    Incentivized
    Chose Workday HCM
    I have not worked with similar products in my career experience. Since we deployed Workday Human Capital Management, everything has been running smoothly. I will recommend this product due to its high performance records. It has developed and streamlined our plans effectively …
    Incentivized
    Chose Workday HCM
    I did not make the personal selection, but Workday [Human Capital Management] hands down has way more capabilities than ADP time tracking used to be able to do. The software is intuitive and a "one stop shop" for relevant information, and helps employee efficiency when electing …
    Incentivized
    Chose Workday HCM
    Unfortunately, I do not recall the brands of the other human capital management software programs or tools I used at my current company or workplaces prior. I do think that is a testament to Workday with its strong branding and compelling features. I was not part of the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Workday HCM
    Modern Workday has better features, and is more user friendly than previous versions of ADP, although it's been a while since I have used ADP, ultimately I do enjoy Workday's offerings.
    Incentivized
    Chose Workday HCM
    SuccessFactors may not have had all the HR processes and features required, which is why we moved to Workday. But SuccessFactors definitely had a much more understandable UI and manager experience. We only used SuccessFactors for the performance tracking functions and features, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Workday HCM
    Workday Human Capital Management looks at data from a different perspective and allows us to look at the same data from a macro level and a micro level and all points in between. It’s really amazing the data capabilities offered by Workday Human Capital Management.
    Incentivized
    Chose Workday HCM
    It's a great tool for us now that we've scaled. It will be able to grow as we become 10,000 employees+ across the world. The build has been complex, but as we gain expertise on the team, we unlock critical functionality that enhances our HR sophistication.
    Incentivized
    Chose Workday HCM
    Workday is by far one of the leading HCM application systems out there. So easy to configure and yet so advanced in capability. The WD Community of resources and other clients is very very helpful. It has allowed us to be successful in all our HR needs, looking to consolidate …
    Incentivized
    Chose Workday HCM
    There are a lot of functions of Workday that we choose to manage over Confluence (our internal wiki). Not sure if this is better or worse but its a choice we've made. They both have not good search functionality so thats something could benefit from.
    Incentivized
    Chose Workday HCM
    I was not involved in the selection/procurement process, so I can't comment here.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    42 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    31 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    41 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    19 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    25 Answers
    Features
    Workday HCM
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.6
    96 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Employee demographic data8.481 Ratings
    Employment history8.891 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration8.693 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.9.288 Ratings
    Organizational charting9.387 Ratings
    Organization and location management9.084 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)6.759 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Workday Human Capital Management
    9.0
    80 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Pay calculation8.568 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors8.856 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment9.818 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration8.563 Ratings
    Direct deposit files8.869 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management9.266 Ratings
    Reimbursement management9.243 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.6
    74 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Approval workflow8.573 Ratings
    Balance details8.473 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment8.959 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.4
    94 Ratings
    4% above category average
    View and generate pay and benefit information8.983 Ratings
    Update personal information8.792 Ratings
    View company policy documentation7.673 Ratings
    Employee recognition8.157 Ratings
    View job history8.883 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.4
    25 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Tracking of all physical assets8.425 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.5
    78 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Report builder8.974 Ratings
    Pre-built reports8.676 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data7.964 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.6
    56 Ratings
    9% above category average
    New hire portal8.452 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools8.852 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.5
    60 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Corporate goal setting8.750 Ratings
    Individual goal setting8.759 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility7.951 Ratings
    Performance tracking8.658 Ratings
    Performance Management
    Comparison of Performance Management features of Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.9
    63 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Performance plans9.062 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans8.954 Ratings
    Review status tracking8.758 Ratings
    Review reminders9.058 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency8.951 Ratings
    Succession Planning
    Comparison of Succession Planning features of Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.0
    40 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Create succession plans/pools9.334 Ratings
    Candidate ranking7.735 Ratings
    Candidate search7.938 Ratings
    Candidate development6.837 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Workday Human Capital Management
    Feature
    Workday Human Capital Management
    8.3
    48 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Job Requisition Management8.045 Ratings
    Company Website Posting8.339 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media8.734 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting8.440 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.839 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking8.240 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts8.444 Ratings
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    Workday HCM
    Small Businesses
    Zoho People
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zoho People
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    PeopleStrong
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Workday HCM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (108 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (18 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (13 ratings)
    Availability
    6.6
    (8 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (22 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.6
    (6 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.0
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (11 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Workday HCM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Workday
    I would say it's well suited in every environment because I think it does so much. It's like the holy grail of HRIS systems is what I like to call it because thinking about all parts of the employee lifecycle, it lives here in Workday Human Capital Management. So I love the fact that you can do the people data analytics, you can store employee records, the talent acquisition pieces there. I'm thinking I can't think of anything negative right now except for the fact that I can't drill down into the data for the people analytics side. Other than that, I think it's literally, yeah, the holy grail of HRIS systems, I love it and I would highly recommend it.
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    Pros
    Workday
    • Groups employees in management hierarchies and creates Org Charts that are easy to navigate and allow for visualizing management chains regardless of employee locations
    • Intuitive and easy to use. The Workday search functionality works very much like Google; one can search for anything that they have access to in the database and drill down into the various details. All information is connected through hyperlinks and users can easily keep digging into the details for as far as their security access would take them.
    • Tasks such as to do, review or approve items are sent to the user's Workday Inbox, very much resembling email. Notifications about outstanding "to do" items are also sent to each the user's work email address on a daily basis.
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    Cons
    Workday
    • Should have more option in time sheet like choose project code or something.
    • On The pay page, it should have options to view past salaries; it may be there already but not in the version that I use.
    • The employee information page does not have a back button to navigate to the previous page.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Workday
    It is work to make one system the source of truth for our data, but now that it is done, there is less work involved in staying on this path. This means for us that maintaining and/or implementing new modules like performance, finance, talent, etc. is simple. It's a no-brainer
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    Usability
    Workday
    Workday's on a great path in terms of user experience. Their goals is to deliver a use experience that doesn't require training or instruction, like Amazon on the consumer side for example. That's hard to do when you're talking about complex business processes and important and sensitive employee information, but they're doing it well
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Workday
    In 2014, Workday has changed the update process. There will be two updates a year; the updates will be delivered to customers typically in a 24 hour window during these two weekends a year. They also keep the Community up-to-date about any planned outages, etc. There is weekly scheduled downtime on Friday night.
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    Performance
    Workday
    From my perspective, the system runs like a well oiled machine and I have not had any issues with customers complaining about speed. If a report is taking long to run, the report can run in the background and you can go about your business. For larger enterprises, there is additional space and machines to process the application in what Workday refers to it as Extended Configuration Tenant
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    Support Rating
    Workday
    Workday is still learning about the needs of higher education. I have seen rapid improvement in support and knowledge over the last year so am confident this will continue to improve. Overall however, I have found the Support Team to be extremely responsive and Workday offers the advantage of having support across several timezones so that we never wait more than a few hours for a response.
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    In-Person Training
    Workday
    Some training is offered online. Cost is per-person. This also gets quite expensive. Training doesn’t follow a logical path A to B. Starts in middle. When you try to do it afterwards at your desk, difficult.
    • Training scenarios are not very real
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    Online Training
    Workday
    I have done for report writing and mass imports (EIBs). They give materials and you run through examples, i.e. you don’t just watch them do tasks, so that is helpful. Training is expensive – a single reporting writing class is $600 per person for virtual training
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    Implementation Rating
    Workday
    It was implemented before my joining the company. At my last company, we used Workday professional services.

    Based upon my experience at my last company, I would rate the implementation experience an 8/10. There are different ways to set things up and we had different people telling us different things. It set us back a couple of times.

    Regarding configuration advice, we could set things up where every manager has supervisory organizations, or have it financially based i.e. aligned to cost center/department. We chose the individual manager path and I think we should have chosen a department route. Going down the individual manager path, to maintain the information, we have to inactivate a supervisory org whenever a manager changes/leaves.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Workday
    Workday is an incomplete product, by this I mean it must work alongside other products and does not work by itself. Trying to make several different products work smoothly together becomes very challenging. As compared to ADP products, when purchased all together work very well all together. Also, ADP has extensive Training programs and extensive Customer Support. So ADP's products are far superior to Workday's products in my opinion.
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    Scalability
    Workday
    Workday has released Financials and is continuing to develop it's Human Capital Management footprint with the addition of Workday Recruiting. I think customers will find that is easy to add on additional functionality in the system. Workday does make it easy for customers to make changes without relying on IT resources. The Business Process framework is a visual tool that allows functional resources to make changes and see the flow of the transaction
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    Return on Investment
    Workday
    • Positive ROI, we were one of the first organizations that went with Workday HCM, and we received numerous discounts. Cloud systems are the way to go and we feel the system is stable for our growing work force.
    • The user conferences have been helpful to network and learn more deepness in the modules and functionality.
    • Right off the bat, our implementation costs were lower than budgeted and we had less 'billing' surprises.
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