Workday Human Capital Management (HCM)

What do you like best about the product?

The event was very well organized. I appreciated the effort put into coordinating the sessions and overall schedule, which helped make the experience enjoyable.

What do you dislike about the product?

The sessions filled up very quickly, making it difficult to attend the ones I was interested in. More available seats or repeat sessions would improve the experience.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Workday HCM helps keep employee information and core HR processes organized in one place. This makes it easier to access records, track updates, and reduce manual administrative work.

What do you like best about the product?

Hcm is new user friendly and the recent updates to navigation etc have made it even easier to find what you need efficiently with the menu. new branding improvements have also been a good addition

What do you dislike about the product?

security could be a bit easier to customize and understand from a non-security admin pov. for instance a better way to set and report on hr partners who manage multiple orgs

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

we do not use or have no considered other programs so i am not sure necessarily as its our only option. implementing prism has been a dreat addition thiugh

What do you like best about the product?

The ease of use for Business process config and integrating with our other platforms. The use of api’s and connectors, etc make using the platform pretty easy.

What do you dislike about the product?

The introduction of metered usage and the requirement to sign a new umsa is still a bit of an unknown for us. We also do not yet have extend in our ecosystem and I feel like we may not be maximizing our investment…..yet.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

We need an enterprise ERP system that can manage multiple companies, and multiple lines of business etc. it also serves as the backbone as we modernize our data strategy and look for a single source of truth

What do you like best about the product?

Our small HR department has been able to learn how to be self sufficient with configuring workflow, alerts, products, notifications and custom reports.

What do you dislike about the product?

You can configure pretty much anything customized to your needs, which means a lot of basic things have to be configured instead of being there automatically.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Coordination of performance management processes between managers, employees and HR, including learning, reviews, improvement plans, development plans.

What do you like best about the product?

Currently, Workday HCM is one of the best options on the market. It brings together the connections companies need with other ERP options, and it integrates seamlessly with other modules.

What do you dislike about the product?

Sometimes we can’t meet the exact setup a specific company wants, because while the product is customisable, it isn’t always configurable in the way they need. I’d also like to see more self-service options available.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helps us host data for hundreds of thousands of employees seamlessly, while also preparing reporting that can be used to support employee development and overall company growth.

It also makes it easier to launch complex performance and goals assessments for employees, and to provide this data to vendor systems.

What do you like best about the product?

It's efficiency; seems that Workday is continuing to improve this through each Release. I do think the business processes make this easy to follow for the most part

What do you dislike about the product?

It is a little more difficult to customize than I originally thought. Upon building it seemed like they could meet all business needs, but we have found limitations.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is helping to process large amounts of information on new hires to keep our processes moving for high volume hiring which we deeply need at this time.

What do you like best about the product?

I find Workday HCM easy to use for both HR and employees. It is a process-oriented tool that streamlines various processes like compensation, benefits, and payroll, making it an easy tool for all teams involved. Additionally, it automates the HR business processes and provides reporting and analytics, which improve HR productivity, security, data accuracy, and efficiency.

What do you dislike about the product?

I do not have anything

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Workday HCM automates HR processes, reducing errors and streamlining tasks like approvals and integrations. It's easy for HR and employees to use and boosts productivity by improving process efficiency and data accuracy.

What do you like best about the product?

I find Workday HCM really easy to use, which is great, especially for managing high-volume store hiring and seasonal recruitments in retail. It makes the onboarding and offboarding processes so much easier. After the initial learning phase, it becomes really intuitive, making it simple even for complex tasks like managing employee records and compensation.

What do you dislike about the product?

The initial learning curve with Workday HCM can be a bit challenging if you're new to the program. It takes some time to get used to it, but once you do, it's really intuitive.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Workday HCM helps manage high volume store hiring and seasonal recruitments, making the onboarding and offboarding process easier in my retail job.

What do you like best about the product?

Workday's single, unified data model is the biggest win. HR, payroll, benefits, talent, and reporting all live on one platform, so there's no reconciling data across systems. The configurability is strong too: business processes, security groups, and calculated fields let us tailor the system without custom code. The twice-yearly release cadence keeps things fresh, and Workday Community makes it easy to find answers and learn from other customers.

What do you dislike about the product?

The learning curve for administrators is steep. Business process configuration, security, and condition rules are powerful but can be hard to troubleshoot, and a small change can have ripple effects. Reporting is flexible but not always intuitive, especially calculated fields and prism/advanced reporting. Semi-annual releases also mean constant regression testing and change management. Finally, some native UI and self-service experiences feel dated compared to what employees expect, and certain enhancements take a long time to land via the Ideas process.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Workday replaces the patchwork of disconnected HR, payroll, and benefits tools with one system of record, so we're not reconciling spreadsheets or chasing data across platforms. Everyone works from the same real-time data, which cuts manual rework and makes reporting and audits much more reliable.

For me as an HRIS manager, the benefit is control and speed. I can configure business processes, security, and reports in-house instead of waiting on custom development, and I can roll out new capabilities like talent and skills features through the regular release cycle. Employees and managers get self-service for things like job changes, time off, and performance, which reduces the number of tickets and one-off requests coming to HR.

What do you like best about the product?

One integrated system from Hire to Pay for our NORAM population. Effective dated transactions with the right impacts to payroll allowing business as usual activities to occur daily.

What do you dislike about the product?

Reporting does not scale, as we get bigger, we are constantly challenged with getting the data we need, quickly. With reporting, you need a solid understanding of calculated fields, which takes a while to master.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Workday allows us to have one integrated system for HR data, that allows us to run Workday native payrolls relatively effortlessly for NORAM, and offers solutions to integrate with external payrolls relatively effortlessly vendors through PECI. Workday has two major updates annually and weekly updates which allows the system to continue to evolve based on customer feedback.