Item: Workday Cloud Platform
Rating: 8
Author: Siddharth Asiwal

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Workday Cloud Platform is used by the entire organization for track, manage and integrate employee information with other software and systems in the organization. It makes the life easier for both the employees and management by bringing all the human capital management tasks in a single interface. We can fill timesheets, check our payroll and investment declarations, apply for leaves, nominate colleague for rewards and give recommendations and shout outs. It is also integrated with our recruitment platform so that all human capital related information is captured at a single place.

Pros and Cons

Clean and intuitive interface
Ability to create surveys to gauge employee sentiment and then also able to analyze the responses in a presentable manner
Ability to analyze all the employee data right from recruitment to performance appraisals and then using cutting edge Machine Learning to predict and recommend personalized learning paths for each employee

Machine Learning along with Natural Language Processing can be used to classify different tasks into categories required by the organizations. This will help people to prioritize tasks in the inbox without spending a lot of time sifting through it.
User interface should have been customizable so that one can customize at least some of the elements on the interface
Pricing is very high for a medium sized organization to afford

Return on Investment

Employee sentiment has become more positive as evident from various internal and external surveys
Employees are able to save a lot of time by finding everything they need at a single place
Hiring process has become more transparent as workday has helped removed unconscious bias from the hiring process

Key Insights

Do you think Workday Cloud Platform delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Workday Cloud Platform's feature set?

Yes

Did Workday Cloud Platform live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Workday Cloud Platform go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Workday Cloud Platform again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Microsoft Power BI, PDFfiller, Adobe Acrobat Reader DC

Likelihood to Recommend

Workday Cloud Platform is primarily suited for large organizations with individual teams handling various Human Resource functions. Since the data is scattered, Workday is an excellent tool to bring all the data to a single platform and then use Machine Learning techniques to generate both descriptive and prescriptive insights to make sure the skillset portfolio remains updated.

Swiss Army Knife for Human Capital Management

Overall Satisfaction with Workday Cloud Platform