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Workday

HQ Pleasanton, USFounded 2005publicWebsite @Workday
Composite score
16.9
rank #12 · cuts

#12 Cut. 20.2k employees.

Headcount
20.2k
0.0%
90d change
-0.2%
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
12.2%
within typical band
Average tenure
4.2 yrs
long — sticky culture
Time since last raise
9 mo
recent raise

Hiring flow · Workday

source: PDL v25

Headcount by role

12-month growth · PDL v25
Engineering
7,108
+1%
Operations
1,901
-1%
Sales
1,728
+3%
Analyst
1,409
+2%
Professional Service
1,298
+13%
Product
1,249
-4%
Sales Engineering
792
-1%
Support
716
+13%
Other
2,778

In the news

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

Events

Funding · post ipo equity · $2.0B
9mo ago
Layoff · 2.74% (546 roles)
Departures in 2025-05: 689 vs 6-mo baseline of 142.5 (4.84× spike). Derived from PDL.
1y ago

Score history

2026-06-08
16.9
rank #12
2026-06-01
16.9
rank #12
2026-05-25
40.0
rank #11
2026-05-18
41.1
rank #10
2026-05-11
41.1
rank #10
2026-05-04
41.1
rank #10
2026-04-27
33.9
rank #12
2026-04-20
32.6
rank #14
2026-04-13
32.6
rank #14
2026-04-06
32.6
rank #14
2026-03-30
36.0
rank #12
2026-03-23
37.5
rank #12