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Likelihood to Recommend
Hadoop
Apache Hadoop (and its subsequent add-ons) are well-suited to larger, unstructured data flows, such as aggregation of web traffic or advertising. Geospatial algorithms and their outputs are well-suited for this kind of aggregation as structuring that data is challenging, but leaving it unstructured and performing queries as-needed is a better fit for most business models. With the advent of data science, I would expect Hadoop fits a LOT of their initial outputs quite well.
Senior DevOps Engineer
Simpli.fiOnline Media, 201-500 employees
Workday HCM
Workday [Human Capital Management] [exceeds] our expectations! I don't have a lot to knock them for; however, there's always room for improvement. Some of the features seemed like they could use a revamp, and some of the customization issues were a little complex. Overall, customer service was exceptional. Their support team is phenomenal and quick to respond. I don't know of an industry that Workday wouldn't be a benefit.

Verified User
Program Manager in Human Resources
Security and Investigations Company, 501-1000 employeesFeature Rating Comparison
Human Resource Management
Hadoop
—
Workday HCM
8.7
Employee demographic data
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
9.0
Employment history
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
8.8
Job profiles and administration
Hadoop
—
Workday HCM
9.0
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
Hadoop
—
Workday HCM
9.1
Organizational charting
Hadoop
—
Workday HCM
8.9
Organization and location management
Hadoop
—
Workday HCM
8.8
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
7.4
Payroll Management
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
8.4
Pay calculation
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
8.6
Support for external payroll vendors
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
7.9
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
8.3
Benefit plan administration
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
8.9
Direct deposit files
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
8.9
Salary revision and increment management
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
8.3
Reimbursement management
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
8.3
Leave and Attendance Management
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
8.7
Approval workflow
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
9.1
Balance details
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
8.3
Annual carry-forward and encashment
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
8.7
Employee Self Service
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
8.8
View and generate pay and benefit information
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
9.3
Update personal information
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
9.0
View company policy documentation
Hadoop
—
Workday HCM
8.8
Employee recognition
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
8.1
View job history
Hadoop
—
Workday HCM
8.8
Asset Management
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
8.2
Tracking of all physical assets
Hadoop
—
Workday HCM
8.2
HR Reporting
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
8.2
Report builder
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
8.3
Pre-built reports
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
8.3
Ability to combine HR data with external data
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
7.9
Onboarding
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
9.0
New hire portal
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
9.0
Manager tracking tools
Hadoop
—
Workday HCM
8.9
Performance and Goals
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
8.3
Corporate goal setting
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
8.8
Individual goal setting
Hadoop
—
Workday HCM
8.4
Line-of sight-visibility
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
7.9
Performance tracking
Hadoop
—
Workday HCM
8.3
Performance Management
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
8.5
Performance plans
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
8.3
Performance improvement plans
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
8.4
Review status tracking
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
8.6
Review reminders
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
8.4
Multiple review frequency
Hadoop
—
Workday HCM
8.8
Succession Planning
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
9.0
Create succession plans/pools
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
9.3
Candidate ranking
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
8.6
Candidate search
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
8.9
Candidate development
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
9.2
Recruiting / ATS
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
8.5
Job Requisition Management
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
9.1
Company Website Posting
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
8.6
Publish to Social Media
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
8.6
Job Search Site Posting
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
8.0
Duplicate Candidate Prevention
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
8.1
Applicant Tracking
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
8.5
Notifications and Alerts
Hadoop
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Workday HCM
8.5
Pros
Hadoop
- HDFS is reliable and solid, and in my experience with it, there are very few problems using it
- Enterprise support from different vendors makes it easier to 'sell' inside an enterprise
- It provides High Scalability and Redundancy
- Horizontal scaling and distributed architecture
Sr. Engineering Manager/Delivery Manager
Nisum Technologies, Inc.Retail, 10,001+ employees
Workday HCM
- 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.
HR Technology Change Management and Training Lead
Indeed.comHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 1001-5000 employees
Cons
Hadoop
- Hadoop is a batch oriented processing framework, it lacks real time or stream processing.
- Hadoop's HDFS file system is not a POSIX compliant file system and does not work well with small files, especially smaller than the default block size.
- Hadoop cannot be used for running interactive jobs or analytics.
Senior Software Engineer
San Jose State UniversityComputer Software, 51-200 employees
Workday HCM
- To me, it did not have enough user guides or they were just lacking so you had to wing it. Sophisticated users appreciate the effort a software developer and provider has in making complete user guides. Makes it complete and comprehensive.
- I was expecting to see contact help by hovering over certain sections of the screens but did not see this, kind of surprised it was missing.
- I tried to cascade my performance goals to my team but they all duplicated, no idea why and our HR IT team could not figure it out. Appeared to be a hierarchy set up issue.

Verified User
Executive in Finance and Accounting
Higher Education Company, 10,001+ employeesLikelihood to Renew
Hadoop
Hadoop 9.6
Based on 8 answers
Hadoop is organization-independent and can be used for various purposes ranging from archiving to reporting and can make use of economic, commodity hardware. There is also a lot of saving in terms of licensing costs - since most of the Hadoop ecosystem is available as open-source and is free
Senior Vice President
IpsosInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees
Workday HCM
Workday HCM 10.0
Based on 17 answers
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

Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 10,001+ employeesUsability
Hadoop
Hadoop 8.5
Based on 5 answers
Great! Hadoop has an easy to use interface that mimics most other data warehouses. You can access your data via SQL and have it display in a terminal before exporting it to your business intelligence platform of choice. Of course, for smaller data sets, you can also export it to Microsoft Excel.
Senior Financial Analyst
Lowe's Companies, Inc.Retail, 10,001+ employees
Workday HCM
Workday HCM 8.7
Based on 12 answers
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
Associate Director, Human Resources
SNL FinancialFinancial Services, 1001-5000 employees
Reliability and Availability
Hadoop
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Workday HCM
Workday HCM 10.0
Based on 18 answers
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.
Engagement Manager, Workday Implementations
MeteorixInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees
Performance
Hadoop
Hadoop 8.0
Based on 2 answers
No answer on this topic is available.
Workday HCM
Workday HCM 10.0
Based on 16 answers
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
Engagement Manager, Workday Implementations
MeteorixInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees
Support Rating
Hadoop
Hadoop 6.9
Based on 6 answers
We went with a third party for support, i.e., consultant. Had we gone with Azure or Cloudera, we would have obtained support directly from the vendor. my rating is more on the third party we selected and doesn't reflect the overall support available for Hadoop. I think we could have done better in our selection process, however, we were trying to use an already approved vendor within our organization. There is plenty of self-help available for Hadoop online.
Vice President, Chief Architect, Development Manager and Software Engineer
WySTAR Global Retirement Solutions, a Wells Fargo CompanyFinancial Services, 10,001+ employees
Workday HCM
Workday HCM 8.3
Based on 44 answers
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.
Associate Director, Financial Applications
Georgetown UniversityHigher Education, 5001-10,000 employees
In-Person Training
Hadoop
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Workday HCM
Workday HCM 9.6
Based on 6 answers
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
• Training scenarios are not very real

Verified User
Analyst in Human Resources
Computer Software Company, 501-1000 employeesOnline Training
Hadoop
Hadoop 6.1
Based on 2 answers
Hadoop is a complex topic and best suited for classrom training. Online training are a waste of time and money.
Senior Vice President
IpsosInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees
Workday HCM
Workday HCM 7.0
Based on 7 answers
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

Verified User
Program Manager in Information Technology
Computer Software Company, 501-1000 employeesImplementation Rating
Hadoop
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Workday HCM
Workday HCM 10.0
Based on 36 answers
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.
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.

Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology
Computer Software Company, 10,001+ employeesAlternatives Considered
Hadoop
Not used any other product than Hadoop and I don't think our company will switch to any other product, as Hadoop is providing excellent results. Our company is growing rapidly, Hadoop helps to keep up our performance and meet customer expectations. We also use HDFS which provides very high bandwidth to support MapReduce workloads.

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Computer Software Company, 51-200 employeesWorkday HCM
I believe [Workday Human Capital Management] is probably the industry benchmark of excellence and has features that can easily be customized to meet the needs of organizations. It has strong and knowledgeable account teams that work closely with customers to develop the most efficient solutions. I believe oracle systems come the closest but they aren't smart and the technology still needs to be developed further.

Verified User
Team Lead in Manufacturing
Semiconductors Company, 10,001+ employeesScalability
Hadoop
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Workday HCM
Workday HCM 10.0
Based on 2 answers
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
Engagement Manager, Workday Implementations
MeteorixInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees
Return on Investment
Hadoop
- Hadoop has allowed us to scale out a few of our tier-1, customer facing applications to provide very fast access to reports and analytics.
- Hadoop was easily implemented by our Linux team and onboarded by our Hadoop Admins.
- Hadoop has been a very stable platform and only goes down due to server patching or other maintenance.
Senior Network Administrator
Vizient, Inc.Hospital & Health Care, 1001-5000 employees
Workday HCM
- Gave us almost 4 hours per HR rep back on new hire day 1. We have a start date every 4 weeks and the manual entry of paperwork that was able to be eliminated with Workday has allowed us to put more HR reps in the classroom to aid with more important day 1 tasks.
- Simplified search - the backend information is now housed in a simple database that allows me to pull with employee first or last name, or user ID.
- We paid more for this solution, but we've seen a 33% increase in employee interaction since doing so.
Regional Learning & Development Leader
Total Quality LogisticsTransportation/Trucking/Railroad, 1001-5000 employees
Pricing Details
Hadoop
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Workday HCM
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No