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Workday

HQ Pleasanton, USFounded 2005publicWebsite @Workday
Composite score
17.1
rank #20 · cuts

#20 Cut. 20.2k employees.

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Headcount
20.2k
0.0%
90d change
-0.3%
Funding events (90d)
0
1 all-time tracked
Layoff events (90d)
0

Signals

source: PDL v25
Inferred revenue
$1B-$10B
PDL estimate
Revenue / employee
$272k
midpoint ÷ headcount
12-month turnover
9.5%
low — retention is strong
Average tenure
4.3 yrs
long — sticky culture
Time since last raise
10 mo
recent raise

Hiring flow · Workday

source: PDL v25

Headcount by role

12-month growth · PDL v25
Engineering
7,138
+2%
Operations
1,882
-2%
Sales
1,741
+4%
Analyst
1,397
+1%
Professional Service
1,301
+11%
Product
1,263
-3%
Sales Engineering
793
+1%
Support
719
+13%
Other
2,765

In the news

relevance ≥ 6 · last 180 days
No recent mentions across our tracked sources.

Events

Funding · post ipo equity · $2.0B
10mo ago
Layoff · 2.81% (560 roles)
Departures in 2025-05: 699 vs 6-mo baseline of 138.5 (5.05× spike). Derived from PDL.
1y ago

Score history

2026-07-20
17.1
rank #20
2026-07-13
17.8
rank #20
2026-07-06
17.1
rank #21
2026-06-29
8.6
rank #27
2026-06-22
12.2
rank #30
2026-06-15
18.2
rank #18
2026-06-08
16.0
rank #15
2026-06-01
16.0
rank #15
2026-05-25
36.2
rank #15
2026-05-18
34.8
rank #16
2026-05-11
34.8
rank #16
2026-05-04
34.8
rank #16