#1 most frequent
United States of America
87.1%27 installations of 31
What is Workday Workforce Management?
Workday Workforce Management is a workforce operations software that integrates HR, time, and scheduling data, to eliminate disjointed processes that halt day-to-day operations.
Consistent with a worker-first approach, Workday provides mobile-first access to personalized pay, time, and schedules, giving workers frictionless on-the-go access. This helps overcome difficulties in retaining workers and keeps them engaged in a competitive labor market.
The solution creates visibility & insight with AI-driven, real-time manager insights for improved decision-making. Managers get insights from a single dashboard, helping to optimize team performance and control labor costs, while meeting customer demand and the needs of the business.
Categories & Use Cases
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Top Performing Features
Pay calculation
Pay calculation provides for computation of employee pay with state and federal deductions.
Category average: 9.1
Benefit plan administration
Benefit plan administration is administration of health insurance plans and 401k plans, and other benefits.
Category average: 8.2
Reimbursement management
Reimbursement management provides cash reimbursement for employee expenses related to business travel or other.
Category average: 8.1
Areas for Improvement
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment
Provide employees access to wages accrued during the pay period before the end of the pay cycle.
Category average: 8.5
Salary revision and increment management
Salary revision is the ability to modify individual employee pay.
Category average: 8.6
Support for external payroll vendors
Support for external payroll vendors is the ability to integrate with 3rd-party payroll services.
Category average: 7.9
Who Buys & Uses Workday Workforce Management
#2 most frequent
Canada
9.7%3 installations of 31
#3 most frequent
Germany
3.2%1 installation of 31
Pros
- Centralized system for comprehensive HR functions
- Streamlines payroll and expense management, including timesheets
- Effective employee data management with document upload capabilities
Cons
- User interface and navigation are often described as outdated and unintuitive
- Custom reporting is complex and requires deep understanding of data sets
- Mobile application experiences frequent sign-outs and general difficulty of use
Workday Workforce Management - An HR Force That Saves Time and Money
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Workday Workforce Management to manage personal data, HR functions, learning, networking, and career building. We maintain up-to-date contact information and preferred name/pronouns, update our emergency contacts, etc. We also have access to the ever-changing org chart and can see time worked, time-off requests, and when they get approved after submission. We can pull up past pay stubs and see our benefits easily.
Pros
- Approvals for time-off requests
- Approvals for expense reimbursement
- Upcoming seminars/webinars for continuing education
Cons
- It has a steep learning curve
- Not really a help desk available
- Not customizable on my authority level
Return on Investment
- Workday Workforce Management has lowered the amount of time team members have to go to HR for questions.
- The approval process for reimbursement is lightning fast.
- I am no longer requested to research my team's different benefit options, which saves me a LOT of time during enrollment periods.
Usability
Alternatives Considered
UKG Workforce Central (discontinued)
Other Software Used
ADP SmartCompliance, Dayforce, 247HRM
Workday Human Capital.
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Workday Workforce Management as our Human Capital system of record. This product adds document upload functionality, eliminating the need for a separate method for human capital document retention. It also allows you to see all employee IDs across integrated systems on a single screen. The time stamp for master data changes could be more user-friendly for location changes. Employee personal data changes has a easier tracking method.
Pros
- Capturing various system ID's for employees.
- Document upload functionality.
- Tracking employee made changes.
Cons
- How it tracks work location changes.
- The reporting functionality.
Return on Investment
- It is hard to classify, as we use WorkDay only for human capital management, not payroll.
Usability
Alternatives Considered
ADP Global Payroll
Other Software Used
ADP GlobalView Payroll, Kronos Workforce Dimensions / UKG Dimensions (discontinued)
Workday Workforce Management simplifies my job as a Leader
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Workday Workforce Management is a replacement for a much outdated system and the difference has been life changing as a Leader. It's literally a single stop platform that incorporates HR, people management, compensation, and performance. Navigating the platform is easy and intuitive, including use of the mobile app. I can't imagine having to go back to another system after this one was put into place. My job as Leader has been improved significantly by this organizational upgrade.
Pros
- Compensation Planning
- Performance Planning and Projects
- Onboarding/Hiring
Cons
- Visualization of performance planning documents
- Mobile app consistently signs out
Return on Investment
- Increased Leader efficiency
- Decreased time working across multiple platforms
Usability
Workday Workforce Management
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Workday Workforce Management to help manage our current workforce as well as building it up. We track time and attendance along with performance and goals. We recruit from within and outside of our network to fill vacancies. Employees looking to expand their career can look at open opportunities within the network. We can roll out trainings to team members and track compliance with those trainings all within the Workday site.
Pros
- Time and attendance tracking
- Job postings for talent aquisition
- Internal career hub for internal postings
Cons
- Sometimes what you can see and do is limited by your job title and the permissions associated with those titles - in our organization sometimes roles blend into others and are not as easily defined.
Return on Investment
- More efficient tracking of time and attendance
Usability
Alternatives Considered
ADP Vantage (legacy)
Other Software Used
TravelBank, SAP S/4HANA for product compliance, Ideagen EHS
Use Workday to help manage employees
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Workday to run many of our HR functions within our company from payroll to employee training to benefit management. Workday allows us to create and send out tasks for employees to complete without holding their hand through the entire process. We can send out tasks such as completing open enrollment without much intervention from the HR staff.
Pros
- Setting up training for our employees
- Completing open enrollment for our employees
- Managing payroll and time sheets for employees
Cons
- The cost is a bit more that some of the compeditors
- The interface is a bit outdated and can be cumbersome at times
- When a user is assigned training you have to go to the training tab instead of it just showing in the task section
Return on Investment
- Less time going through open enrollment
- Easy to setup and push out yearly training
- Easy to manage employee time sheets
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Paylocity
Other Software Used
GoTo Connect, Microsoft 365, Epicor Eclipse
