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My theory is that companies choose workday because it saves them money. If I have an expense below a certain threshold, I just eat it rather than dealing with

My theory is that companies choose workday because it saves them money. If I have an expense below a certain threshold, I just eat it rather than dealing with workday's insanely complex expense report flow. I was railing against workday for a different reason last week. I had a qualifying event and needed to add a dependent to my health insurance. The first screen in the flow was to change my coverage, but it only offered "self" plans (not the self + dependent I was trying to change to). I finally learned (after 2 screenshot laden emails with HR) that I had to "submit my choice and continue" for the wrong plan before I'd be allowed to choose the correct self + dependent plan on some future screen that I had no idea even existed. The "submit my choice and continue" felt rather final.

throwup238 2y ago
> If your expenses and reimbursements are difficult to file, that's OK, because the people above you don't actually care if you get reimbursed. If it takes applicants 128% longer to apply, the people who implemented Workday don't really care. Throttling applicants is perhaps not intentional, but it's good for the company. [1] That was also the thesis from an article that made it to HN’s front page a week ago [2]. [1] https://www.businessinsider.com/everyone-hates-workday-human-resources-customer-service-software-fortune-500-2024-5 https://www.businessinsider.com/everyone-hates-workday-human... [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40273637 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40273637