Workday

Technology

Founded in 2005 by PeopleSoft veterans Aneel Bhusri and Dave Duffield, Workday is a leading enterprise cloud provider for human capital management (HCM), financial management, and AI planning.

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Quick Facts

Founded: 2005
Founders: Aneel Bhusri & Dave Duffield
Headquarters: Pleasanton, California
Public Ticker: NASDAQ: WDAY

About Workday

Workday was founded in 2005 in Pleasanton, California by former PeopleSoft executives Aneel Bhusri and Dave Duffield following Oracle's hostile takeover of PeopleSoft. They envisioned a pure multi-tenant cloud platform for enterprise finance and HR.

Workday generates over $7.2 billion in annual revenue, serving over 10,000 global enterprise customers, including more than 50% of the Fortune 500. Its unified cloud architecture delivers Human Capital Management (HCM), Financial Management, Adaptive Planning, Procurement, and AI-driven workforce analytics.

What Workday Does

Workday HCM (Human Capital)

Global core HR, payroll, benefits, talent management, workforce planning, and employee experience.

Financial Management

Enterprise accounting, procurement, project billing, audit compliance, and financial reporting.

Workday Adaptive Planning

Enterprise financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and scenario modeling software.

Workday AI

Ethical AI capabilities embedded into HCM and Finance for talent matching, anomaly detection, and forecasting.

Career Areas

Types of professional roles found inside Workday.

Software Engineering (Distributed Cloud/UI)
AI & Machine Learning Engineering
Product Management
UX & Product Design
Enterprise Software Sales & Development
Professional Services & Implementation
Financial Planning & Corporate Strategy
People Operations & HR

Workday's History

2005
Founded in Pleasanton
Aneel Bhusri and Dave Duffield found Workday following PeopleSoft acquisition.
2012
NASDAQ IPO
Workday goes public on NASDAQ, raising $637 million in landmark SaaS IPO.
2018
Adaptive Insights Acquisition
Acquires business planning software leader Adaptive Insights for $1.55 billion.
2021
Peakon Acquisition
Acquires employee engagement platform Peakon for $700 million.
2023
Workday AI Expansion
Announces native generative AI tools integrated into HCM and Financial Management workflows.

Purpose & Values

“To inspire a brighter work day for all”

Workday focuses on delivering innovative, customer-centric enterprise cloud software while maintaining a top-ranked employee culture.

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