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Workday

HQ Pleasanton, USFounded 2005publicWebsite @Workday
Composite score
49.9
rank #24 · cuts

#24 Cut. Headcount up 3% over the last 90 days.

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Headcount
25.0k
+0.4%
90d change
+3.4%
Funding events (90d)
0
1 all-time tracked
Layoff events (90d)
0

headcount + trends: LinkedIn-tracked weekly series · funding & layoff counts: through Jul 2026 (frozen) + live news extraction

Signals

source: PDL v25
Inferred revenue
$1B-$10B
PDL estimate
Revenue / employee
$220k
midpoint ÷ headcount
12-month turnover
9.1%
low — retention is strong
Average tenure
4.4 yrs
long — sticky culture
Time since last raise
11 mo
recent raise

Hiring flow · Workday

source: PDL v25

Headcount by role

12-month growth · PDL v25
Engineering
7,454
+6%
Operations
1,917
-1%
Sales
1,800
+6%
Analyst
1,396
+2%
Professional Service
1,328
+11%
Product
1,325
+3%
Sales Engineering
820
+2%
Support
756
+19%
Other
2,854

In the news

relevance ≥ 6 · last 180 days
No recent mentions across our tracked sources.
Machine-readablesignals RSSJSON APIAPI & MCP docs

Events

Funding · post ipo equity · $2.0B
11mo ago
Layoff · 2.7% (554 roles)
Departures in 2025-05: 688 vs 6-mo baseline of 133.5 (5.15× spike). Derived from PDL.
1y ago

Score history

2026-08-17
49.9
rank #24
2026-08-10
45.9
rank #27
2026-08-03
17.9
rank #35
2026-07-27
15.4
rank #36
2026-07-20
32.6
rank #33
2026-07-13
39.3
rank #40
2026-07-06
38.7
rank #40
2026-06-29
7.1
rank #43
2026-06-22
7.1
rank #43
2026-06-15
44.8
rank #23
2026-06-08
13.4
rank #14
2026-06-01
13.4
rank #14