Workday Human Capital Management (HCM)

My usual use cases for Workday Human Capital Management  are that I am part of the total rewards team. My work cases involve viewing different employees' salary splits, compensation changes, when compensation changes happened, and what events triggered those compensation changes. I have to download reports from the repository containing salary details of all employees, including different components. Additionally, I record future bonus amounts and deferred cash bonuses for employees. These tasks are easily captured and recorded in the system.

The reports I can download with compensation details come in a very organized manner. I can record any future payments through the software, such as deferred cash bonuses that need to be paid one year later. These features are saved easily and my team can complete tasks in a hassle-free manner.

Workday Human Capital Management  has reduced administrative burdens and smoothed the process. I would rate it nine out of 10. You can easily record future payments or compensation changes that need to be made effective. The information about employee codes, variable compensation plans, and which variable compensation the employee receives gets captured in a very intuitive manner.

I have not directly encountered issues in Workday Human Capital Management, but my manager mentioned that the compensation module is not dynamic enough or flexible enough to accommodate the complexities in our salary structure. The compensation module could be improved for annual increments, promotional increments, and variable payouts. We find it better to handle these tasks through Excel rather than automate them through the Workday  module.

I have been working with Workday Human Capital Management for seven to eight months.

The stability and reliability of Workday Human Capital Management is good. I have never seen a breakdown of the software or any late response. It has performed consistently.

Workday Human Capital Management has been scalable. We have moved from 800 to 1,600 headcount, and I have found it to be very scalable.

I have not communicated with the technical support of Workday  for this product, but that area can be improved. We were trying to roll out the performance management process in Workday and were unable to customize it as per requirement. The person who manages the technical aspects was unable to customize the performance management system to our PMS requirements. Making tech support more accessible could help with customization needs.

I have been part of this organization for a relatively short time, so I am not aware of which software was used previously. Before this role, I have not worked extensively with any HCM tool.

I find this tool to be very effective, but I have not calculated the return on investment for the tool.

The software is from CaptivateIQ, not Adobe. I have not used the global compliance feature or advanced analytics. From an end-user perspective, I found the talent management tools effective, rating them nine out of 10. Workday Human Capital Management is considered a relatively costly module in the market. I am not sure about the cloud provider, and we do not have documentation, guides, or manuals. I have rated Workday Human Capital Management nine out of 10 overall.

I use Workday  for HR, specifically in human resources. We are using Workday  starting from the recruitment module, time tracking, leaves, time-offs, and performance management. We also use it for probation evaluations. I create different processes with specific workflows, which helps me tremendously. The interface of Workday is superior. It is easy and clear. Everything is organized effectively. I enjoy using Workday extensively. This might be because it is my first system to work on.

I have not used the financial management component of Workday. I used only HR, starting from recruitment till resignations. Everything regarding the workflow, onboarding, and anything in between, such as leaves, I worked on it in the HR department.

I create different processes with specific workflows, which helps me tremendously. The interface of Workday is superior. It is easy and clear. Everything is organized effectively. I enjoy using Workday extensively. This might be because it is my first system to work on.

The system is easy to use.

There is something that could be improved in Workday, specifically in the time tracking module. While I am not working on Workday now, I was a regional HRIS working for Egypt, Malta, India, and China. I mention these countries to relate to high population countries and companies.

In our company, we use assigned work schedules for our teams. Because we work with the time tracking module, we need to assign shifts. In the manufacturing industry, we might need to change shifts every day or week. Manufacturing teams are huge, approximately 50 to 200 people in one team. If this team has one leader, the leader needs to assign a work schedule for each person individually.

While there is mass upload functionality where we can load shifts for all people or specific groups, we need to select multiple people and assign them to a schedule from the interface itself. I have requested this functionality many times. When extracting business processes awaiting actions report, I can select different processes in one box, hit okay, and the report comes up. However, the same functionality does not work for work schedule assigning. If implemented, it would help many people in companies with high populations and big teams.

I have been using Workday for two years.

The support team from Workday is perfect. That is why I feel the difference. If my first experience with a support team was scheduling meetings for two or three days after, I would feel it was normal practice. However, with Workday, I can pick up the phone, call them on Teams, and they answer immediately. I do not need to schedule with them a week in advance.

Once I send an email, there is a support team of five or six people; anyone replies and can join a call or meeting immediately. Regarding different time zones, they were in Chicago while I was in Egypt, creating an eight-hour difference. I pick my time accordingly. I cannot call them at 3:00 AM their time, but when I call them around 9:00 or 10:00 AM, they answer. They never leave me on hold or waiting for weeks.

I was a customer of Workday. We also had a third-party partner, Two Block.

I do not know about their pricing, but Workday is expensive. For small companies, it is costly. The constraint is that you cannot use Workday in Egypt unless you have a site in the Americas or Europe. For my ex-employer, it was easy because they were based in Chicago, with another headquarters in Malta. With my current employer, we are an Egyptian public company based in Egypt; we cannot purchase Workday because it requires us to have a branch or headquarters in the Americas or Europe.

I would recommend it to other people, specifically if they meet the criteria of Workday. Workday is perfect.

On a scale of one to ten, I rate Workday 8.5 out of 10.

I am into consulting where I suggest products for my clients.

I can tell you about my research on Workday . Upon my initial research, I found that Workday  is something we might want to proceed with. I will be submitting my analytics to them and will see how it goes from there. They might want to connect with you based on my report.

I am knowledgeable about the Workday tool as I am there to get an overview of it.

I will be using Workday as a research analyst. The client is an organization of around 1500 people, operating in growing organizations within the retail sector.

What I appreciate best about Workday is the recruiting component. Recruiting has been a challenge for them according to what they told us. From the recruiting point of view, they are looking for solutions. They have a pool of candidates that in the past they might have neglected or did not have the requirement for that kind of talent. Now they are doing mass recruitment, and I think they will need those talent pools.

The tool is easy to use based on the videos I have seen. One of my friends works in Accenture, and they have been using their services. Accenture is a consulting firm and Workday is a partner of Accenture.

Comparing Workday to other products, I am taking a positive note about Workday and it is the first priority that I suggested compared to Oracle or other products.

Based on my experience and the requirement, I would give it an eight.

The ease of use is notable because seeing all the videos and demos, the user interface is quite simple to use. What I find most challenging is there are so many publications out there, and sometimes it becomes complicated with all those integrations and partnerships. There is so much information floating around Workday that it becomes overwhelming to digest all of it. However, going by the demo, I think it is quite simple to use.

I know a little bit about the initial setup, though not in great detail. I heard the integration and initial setup is not that heavy. Since the client is a mid-size organization with simple requirements, I think it would be easy to integrate. Though I do not know about the complex aspects, from what I can see, my client could definitely understand what they have to offer.

I suggest products for my clients and am familiar with Workday to get an overview of it. Oracle is the core extreme, and I know a bit about their products. Workday planning aligns with the client's requirements, and I will be sharing those key perspectives.

Workday will be part of my recommendation, and I will be communicating and sharing their numbers.

I am not currently using this product but I am exploring it for potential future use.

I do not know anything about the pricing as that is not part of my job. I am just there to make recommendations.

I would recommend this product to other people.

Regarding advice, I can only recommend things and share numbers based on my recommendation. Based on their internal study, if they are interested, they would contact you directly.

I have rated this solution 8 out of 10.