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Workday HCM

Overview

What is Workday HCM?

Workday Human Capital Management is built as a cloud-based system with global consistency in user experience. Workday HCM is part of a broader system with other Workday products.

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Recent Reviews

HCM for the Modern Age

8 out of 10
February 21, 2024
Incentivized
Workday HCM is currently being utilized to streamline and automate current manual processes as well as provide an ability to track our …
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Unlogical but it works

4 out of 10
February 01, 2024
Incentivized
I use Workday for managing candidates. Applications, contracts, checking information about managers. Job advert and all infomation about …
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Workday HCM Review

10 out of 10
September 21, 2023
Using Workday HCM, it is possible to gain a total image of the workforce for a user. Further, it helps to understand the total people …
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Workday for HRMS

7 out of 10
December 08, 2021
Incentivized
Workday is our organization's Human Resources application. We perform all the HR activities such as Personal Information view and update, …
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Popular Features

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  • Update personal information (88)
    8.1
    81%
  • Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc. (84)
    7.9
    79%
  • Employment history (86)
    7.4
    74%
  • Job profiles and administration (88)
    7.2
    72%

Reviewer Pros & Cons

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Pricing

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Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
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Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $100 per year per user
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Features

Human Resource Management

Organizing, tracking and providing instant access to critical employee data, job profiles, transfers, promotions, and benefits information.

7.7
Avg 7.8

Payroll Management

Provides for pay calculation and benefit plan administration, in addition to managing direct deposit, salary revisions and payroll tracking.

7.7
Avg 8.0

Leave and Attendance Management

Streamlines communication between HR and employees and facilitates efficient management of employee leave including requisitions, approvals, balance calculation, and annual carry-forward.

8
Avg 8.1

Employee Self Service

Employee portal allowing employees to view and update their personal information.

7.8
Avg 8.1

Asset Management

Maintaining a record of assets such as laptops, pagers, cell phones, etc. issued to employees. Record typically includes asset type, number, serial number and date of issuance.

6.8
Avg 7.7

HR Reporting

Pre-built and custom reports, and integration with external data.

7.7
Avg 7.6

Onboarding

Employee onboarding is the process of orienting new hires to the social and performance aspects of their jobs so that they are able to function in their new roles as quickly as possible.

8.1
Avg 8.0

Performance and Goals

Goal alignment is the practice of ensuring that all employees have clearly defined goals in support of the overall corporate strategy.

7.7
Avg 8.1

Performance Management

Performance management is the process of ensuring employees meet pre-determined objectives and goals through regular check-ins and appraisals.

8.2
Avg 7.9

Succession Planning

Succession planning is the identification and development of internal employees with the potential to fill key business leadership positions in the company.

7
Avg 7.9

Recruiting / ATS

Recruiting or Applicant Tracking Software is software used to manage the recruitment process electronically by handling job postings, applicant status, resume management, etc.

8
Avg 7.7
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Product Details

What is Workday HCM?

Workday Human Capital Management is built as a single system with a single source of data, single security model, and single user experience. Workday offers organizations a cloud-based system designed to evolve, to meet changing business needs today and into the future. The system also ensures that customers are always on the latest version with up-to-date capabilities, whether they’re using Workday on a browser or mobile device. Workday HCM is part of a single system with other Workday products including Workday Financial Management, Workday Payroll (for the U.S., Canada, France, and the UK), Workday Recruiting, Workday Learning, and Workday Planning.

Key product areas:
  • Human Resource Management
  • Organization Management
  • Business Process Management
  • Reporting and Analytics
  • Employee and Manager Self-Service
  • Absence Management
  • Benefits Administration
  • ACA Management
  • Compensation Management
  • Performance and Goal Management
  • Talent Management
  • Survey Framework
  • Contingent Labor Management

Workday HCM Features

Human Resource Management Features

  • Supported: Employee demographic data
  • Supported: Employment history
  • Supported: Job profiles and administration
  • Supported: Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
  • Supported: Benefits information
  • Supported: Organizational charting
  • Supported: Organization and location management
  • Supported: Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)

Payroll Management Features

  • Supported: Pay calculation
  • Supported: Support for external payroll vendors
  • Supported: Off-cycle/On-Demand payment
  • Supported: Payroll history for each employee
  • Supported: Benefit plan administration
  • Supported: Direct deposit files
  • Supported: Payroll tracking and auditing
  • Supported: Salary revision and increment management
  • Supported: Reimbursement management
  • Supported: Statutory form management

Leave and Attendance Management Features

  • Supported: Approval workflow
  • Supported: Email notifications
  • Supported: Balance details
  • Supported: Travel absence management
  • Supported: Annual carry-forward and encashment

Employee Self Service Features

  • Supported: Employee login
  • Supported: View and generate pay and benefit information
  • Supported: Update personal information
  • Supported: Request time off
  • Supported: View job history
  • Supported: View company policy documentation
  • Supported: View company news and information
  • Supported: Employee recognition

Asset Management Features

  • Supported: Tracking of all physical assets

HR Reporting Features

  • Supported: Report builder
  • Supported: Pre-built reports
  • Supported: Ability to combine HR data with external data

Integration with other HR capabilities Features

  • Supported: Additional HR capabilities (talent management, LMS, etc.) supplied by same vendor
  • Supported: Additional HR capabilities (talent management, LMS, etc.) supplied by different vendor

Performance Management Features

  • Supported: Performance plans
  • Supported: Performance improvement plans
  • Supported: Review status tracking
  • Supported: Review reminders
  • Supported: Multiple review frequency

Succession Planning Features

  • Supported: Create succession plans/pools
  • Supported: Candidate ranking
  • Supported: Candidate search
  • Supported: Candidate development

Onboarding Features

  • Supported: New hire portal
  • Supported: Manager tracking tools

Performance and Goals Features

  • Supported: Corporate goal setting
  • Supported: Individual goal setting
  • Supported: Line-of sight-visibility
  • Supported: Performance tracking

Recruiting / ATS Features

  • Supported: Job Requisition Management
  • Supported: Company Website Posting
  • Supported: Publish to Social Media
  • Supported: Job Search Site Posting
  • Supported: Duplicate Candidate Prevention
  • Supported: Applicant Tracking
  • Supported: Notifications and Alerts

Additional Features

  • Supported: Reorganization Management
  • Supported: Workforce Planning

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Workday HCM Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android

Frequently Asked Questions

Workday Human Capital Management is built as a cloud-based system with global consistency in user experience. Workday HCM is part of a broader system with other Workday products.

Workday HCM starts at $100.

Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM and SAP SuccessFactors are common alternatives for Workday HCM.

Reviewers rate Review reminders highest, with a score of 8.5.

The most common users of Workday HCM are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Attribute Ratings

Reviews

(1-3 of 3)
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February 21, 2024

HCM for the Modern Age

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Workday HCM is currently being utilized to streamline and automate current manual processes as well as provide an ability to track our employee's life cycles all within a single system. We use the Workday HCM for recruiting/onboarding, payrolling, talent management, and a plethora of other services. The primary business problem Workday HCM addresses is a single system to manage employee transactions
  • Reporting. There seems to be a virtually limitless way to report on hundreds of different data points
  • Performance Management capabilities have gone from manual pen and paper to online and fully automated with built-in routing and workflows
  • Payroll services have been enhanced and pay changes have been streamlined and made more efficient
  • Reporting. Can be very messy if the user does not know what they're doing
  • Roles in Workday need more configuration capabilities
  • Talent review process with calibration is a steep learning curve for HRBPs and support team members, requiring significant time investment for enablement and upskilling
Workday is well-suited to bring any company into the 21st century as far as managing your workforce. Would be less appropriate for smaller businesses as the cost/benefit ratio diminishes with fewer employees.
Human Resource Management (7)
72.85714285714286%
7.3
Employee demographic data
80%
8.0
Employment history
50%
5.0
Job profiles and administration
60%
6.0
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
90%
9.0
Organizational charting
90%
9.0
Organization and location management
70%
7.0
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
70%
7.0
Payroll Management (7)
61.42857142857143%
6.1
Pay calculation
80%
8.0
Support for external payroll vendors
70%
7.0
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment
N/A
N/A
Benefit plan administration
60%
6.0
Direct deposit files
70%
7.0
Salary revision and increment management
70%
7.0
Reimbursement management
80%
8.0
Leave and Attendance Management (3)
80%
8.0
Approval workflow
90%
9.0
Balance details
80%
8.0
Annual carry-forward and encashment
70%
7.0
Employee Self Service (5)
74%
7.4
View and generate pay and benefit information
70%
7.0
Update personal information
80%
8.0
View job history
80%
8.0
View company policy documentation
70%
7.0
Employee recognition
70%
7.0
Asset Management (1)
50%
5.0
Tracking of all physical assets
50%
5.0
HR Reporting (3)
76.66666666666667%
7.7
Report builder
80%
8.0
Pre-built reports
80%
8.0
Ability to combine HR data with external data
70%
7.0
Integration with other HR capabilities
N/A
N/A
Performance Management (5)
72%
7.2
Performance plans
70%
7.0
Performance improvement plans
70%
7.0
Review status tracking
70%
7.0
Review reminders
80%
8.0
Multiple review frequency
70%
7.0
Succession Planning (4)
67.5%
6.8
Create succession plans/pools
70%
7.0
Candidate ranking
60%
6.0
Candidate search
80%
8.0
Candidate development
60%
6.0
Onboarding (2)
75%
7.5
New hire portal
70%
7.0
Manager tracking tools
80%
8.0
Performance and Goals (4)
77.5%
7.8
Corporate goal setting
70%
7.0
Individual goal setting
80%
8.0
Line-of sight-visibility
80%
8.0
Performance tracking
80%
8.0
Recruiting / ATS (7)
72.85714285714286%
7.3
Job Requisition Management
90%
9.0
Company Website Posting
70%
7.0
Publish to Social Media
70%
7.0
Job Search Site Posting
70%
7.0
Duplicate Candidate Prevention
60%
6.0
Applicant Tracking
70%
7.0
Notifications and Alerts
80%
8.0
  • We've seen a positive reception from Management and Employees using the system for day-to-day, BAU transactions
  • Our data & analytics team has seen drastic improvements in the ability to track and monitor previously unexplored employee data points to drive business plans
  • The learning curve for non-tech savvy personnel is pretty high and there have been some issues with adoption for people who don't primarily use computers for day-to-day work
Significant change management around system capabilities tied to automation of certain processes for management, especially within an industry with high number of deskless workers (production/manuf.). Largest barrier is identifying ways in which to make the system more widely available for employees who aren't sitting at their computers all day. Deference given to managers to "own" scheduling automation more-so than legacy systems, but has shown to be difficult to readily adopt.
Large number of deskless workers, so ownership of processes/tasks tends to fall upon HR support teams or Managers. Additional, and new, system for tracking has shown to be difficult to move away from legacy systems with significant investment tied to enablement sessions which can also be viewed as time-sink as it's pulling managers off the line.
Workday has a much better workflow and automation process for routing information to appropriate parties.
75000
Mainly corporate functions and those pillars without significant number of deskless populations.
Overall, usability has been good, but largely 'owned' by HR support teams with additional support from some levels of management. Complexity of the system, initially, drew criticism as the use-case for moving existing processes embedded within other systems wasn't made clear. Change management to drive adoption was slow, but use cases and 'wins' have been shared to garner buy-in.
  • Goal setting
  • requesting time off
  • Voluntary resignation process
  • Talent review with calibration
  • succession planning and talent pools
  • Performance review workflow
Yes, but I don't use it
February 20, 2024

Workday works for you.

Noah Mark Blaustein | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Workday in our entire organization, fulfilling, new hires, I-9, managing day to day employee requests including paid time off, payroll forecasting, reports that detail financials, location database management, senior level approvals and so much more. It's a day to day workflow that for the most part is simple and easy to use.
  • Manage Time Off requests.
  • Requisitions for new hires.
  • Promotions and pay increase.
  • Data Changes
  • Full Recruitment workflows
  • The requisition and candidate flow can take a bit to get used to, there are some arrows to go to the next candidate that aren't in the best place for workflow.
  • For our hourly employees that work in multi-departments where a rate change is required, there isn't a way to make that change in the inbox module. It would be great if this functionality was added for a more productive flow.
Overall Workday is a great program for a large company that can focus on its core products and service and use a ready made and tailored business software that can complete the tasks workday can. No need to reinvent the wheel. Workday does this in a smart workflow.
  • Time approvals.
  • Recruitment
  • Pay Change & Approvals
Human Resource Management (7)
64.28571428571429%
6.4
Employee demographic data
50%
5.0
Employment history
50%
5.0
Job profiles and administration
50%
5.0
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
80%
8.0
Organizational charting
100%
10.0
Organization and location management
90%
9.0
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
30%
3.0
Payroll Management (6)
43.33333333333333%
4.3
Pay calculation
50%
5.0
Support for external payroll vendors
50%
5.0
Benefit plan administration
40%
4.0
Direct deposit files
40%
4.0
Salary revision and increment management
80%
8.0
Reimbursement management
N/A
N/A
Leave and Attendance Management (3)
60%
6.0
Approval workflow
90%
9.0
Balance details
90%
9.0
Annual carry-forward and encashment
N/A
N/A
Employee Self Service (5)
40%
4.0
View and generate pay and benefit information
N/A
N/A
Update personal information
50%
5.0
View job history
80%
8.0
View company policy documentation
50%
5.0
Employee recognition
20%
2.0
Asset Management (1)
N/A
N/A
Tracking of all physical assets
N/A
N/A
HR Reporting (3)
63.33333333333333%
6.3
Report builder
70%
7.0
Pre-built reports
60%
6.0
Ability to combine HR data with external data
60%
6.0
Integration with other HR capabilities
N/A
N/A
Performance Management (5)
64%
6.4
Performance plans
80%
8.0
Performance improvement plans
80%
8.0
Review status tracking
80%
8.0
Review reminders
80%
8.0
Multiple review frequency
N/A
N/A
Succession Planning (4)
17.5%
1.8
Create succession plans/pools
N/A
N/A
Candidate ranking
10%
1.0
Candidate search
40%
4.0
Candidate development
20%
2.0
Onboarding (2)
65%
6.5
New hire portal
80%
8.0
Manager tracking tools
50%
5.0
Performance and Goals (4)
60%
6.0
Corporate goal setting
80%
8.0
Individual goal setting
70%
7.0
Line-of sight-visibility
20%
2.0
Performance tracking
70%
7.0
Recruiting / ATS (7)
67.14285714285714%
6.7
Job Requisition Management
70%
7.0
Company Website Posting
90%
9.0
Publish to Social Media
90%
9.0
Job Search Site Posting
90%
9.0
Duplicate Candidate Prevention
10%
1.0
Applicant Tracking
50%
5.0
Notifications and Alerts
70%
7.0
  • Quicker workflows.
  • Better communication of tasks.
N/A
Overall workday has been a powerful and helpful tool to manage employment tasks. For scheduling, I wish there was a more robust, customizable scheduling tool that works well with our needs. We do use an outside calendar for time off.
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.
10000
All disciplines of our workforce use Workday including end users, managers, directors, VP, SVPs HR, Legal etc.
N/A
  • Time & Attendence
  • Recuriting
  • Data Change / Promotions
  • I-9 Verification workflow
  • Robust scheduling
Workday has more upside than not for our use.
Not Sure
  • Ease of Use
A more user friendly cloud based solution has been invaluable to using workday.
N/A
N/A
  • Don't know
  • N/A
Workday support has answered my questions when asked as well as taken feedback.
N/A
No
I had a question in the training module, and the support staff were quick to respond.
Once you understand how workday works, you become more accustom to their idiosyncrasies. It does take a while at first to understand their methood.
  • Approving hours
  • Looking for the right reports
  • Trying to understand the status of a process
Yes
Simple tasks can be completed easily on the mobile app.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We Use WDHCM for HRM, BA, TM, Workforce BI, Recruiting, and Time Tracking. I believe the platform can do other capabilities, but we have not been using it since my tenure. Essentially, associates can help themselves manage their patients through PTO, healthcare, and other benefits, as well as track their employee progress via reviews and yearly touch bases.
  • UI: the user interface is relatively intuitive.
  • Robust HR functions on the cloud.
  • Benefits tracking.
  • Benefits tracking Accuracy.
  • Included hands on support and product management.
Workday Human capital management works best when it is set and forget it. That is to say, if your org has done all the heavy lifting up front, scraped all data, and set up best practices and SOPs for the way HR is to be managed by a platform and then loaded these onto the platform, it works well. However, is transitions (from one ATS or platform over to this) or, if you had no real prep work done ahead of time, it could be done concurrent with implementing WDHRM - but I would highly not recommend that.
Human Resource Management (7)
62.857142857142854%
6.3
Employee demographic data
70%
7.0
Employment history
70%
7.0
Job profiles and administration
60%
6.0
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.
60%
6.0
Organizational charting
70%
7.0
Organization and location management
60%
6.0
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)
50%
5.0
Payroll Management (4)
52.5%
5.3
Pay calculation
70%
7.0
Direct deposit files
70%
7.0
Salary revision and increment management
70%
7.0
Reimbursement management
N/A
N/A
Leave and Attendance Management (3)
53.33333333333333%
5.3
Approval workflow
70%
7.0
Balance details
70%
7.0
Annual carry-forward and encashment
20%
2.0
Employee Self Service (5)
74%
7.4
View and generate pay and benefit information
80%
8.0
Update personal information
80%
8.0
View job history
80%
8.0
View company policy documentation
70%
7.0
Employee recognition
60%
6.0
Asset Management
N/A
N/A
HR Reporting (3)
46.66666666666667%
4.7
Report builder
50%
5.0
Pre-built reports
50%
5.0
Ability to combine HR data with external data
40%
4.0
Integration with other HR capabilities
N/A
N/A
Performance Management (5)
62%
6.2
Performance plans
60%
6.0
Performance improvement plans
50%
5.0
Review status tracking
60%
6.0
Review reminders
70%
7.0
Multiple review frequency
70%
7.0
Succession Planning (3)
60%
6.0
Candidate ranking
70%
7.0
Candidate search
60%
6.0
Candidate development
50%
5.0
Onboarding (2)
65%
6.5
New hire portal
60%
6.0
Manager tracking tools
70%
7.0
Performance and Goals (4)
65%
6.5
Corporate goal setting
70%
7.0
Individual goal setting
70%
7.0
Line-of sight-visibility
60%
6.0
Performance tracking
60%
6.0
Recruiting / ATS (7)
74.28571428571429%
7.4
Job Requisition Management
60%
6.0
Company Website Posting
80%
8.0
Publish to Social Media
80%
8.0
Job Search Site Posting
80%
8.0
Duplicate Candidate Prevention
70%
7.0
Applicant Tracking
70%
7.0
Notifications and Alerts
80%
8.0
  • There are some better analytical insights.
  • UI is relatively straight forward.
  • Decreased HR productivity from having to manage old platform protocols.
The Work Day Human Capital Management platform tool can solve most needs of a corporation our size. Our HR team's challenge has been legacy plugins and protocols that we use but need support updating, and now WD no longer provides that support and requires a whole system upgrade at a new cost. The alternative would be to pay for Specific WD support on a separate bill.
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 have often used WD at other shops, and the UI is, therefore, relatively intuitive and familiar to pick up.
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