Workday Named #1 Best Place to Work in the Bay Area

PLEASANTON, CALIF. – April 30, 2009 – The San Francisco Business Times has ranked Workday, Inc. #1 on its annual list of Best Places to Work in the Bay Area.

Employees from almost 400 Bay Area companies participated in an independent, third-party survey that ranks companies based on their employees’ ratings of work environment and corporate culture. Workday tops the list for companies with 101-500 employees. It is the second consecutive time Workday has been named to the annual list.

Founded by Dave Duffield and Aneel Bhusri in 2005, Workday now has more than 340 employees. In just a few short years, the company has established itself as the leader in enterprise-class SaaS-based Human Resources (HR) and Financial solutions.

"There's no greater reward than having Workday voted a 'best place to work' by our employees," said Dave Duffield, Workday CEO and chief customer advocate. "Workday has the best team in the business, and it shows in our innovative products, the success of our customers, and the rapid growth we’ve enjoyed as a company. Aneel and I are honored to be part of this amazing group of people."

About Workday
Workday is the leader in SaaS-based enterprise solutions for human resources and financial management, providing new levels of business agility for a fraction of the cost of buying, deploying and maintaining legacy on-premise systems. More than 80 customers, spanning mid-sized organizations to global Fortune 500 businesses, have selected Workday. Workday Human Capital Management and Workday Financial Management use modern, standards-based technologies to provide an unparalleled level of agility, ease-of-use, and integration capability. For more information about Workday, please visit www.workday.com.