Workday: Worst app experience ever
Users express strong dissatisfaction with the Workday app, describing it in overwhelmingly negative terms. Common sentiments include frustration and a desire for alternatives, indicating a significant problem with its usability and functionality.
13 different people have complained about this since 02 Sept 2026, most recently on 23 Sept 2026.
- “I wish that I could use handwritten letters delivered by courier pigeons instead of using this hot garbage water app.”
- “Anyone saying they like this awful app is a bot or a corporate bootlicker likely working for some useless hr department slowing down an otherwise productive business .”
- “Workday — Worst app to ever touch the earth atmosphere.”
13 people in 13 posts across 1 source · demand low, pain moderate, competition moderate
The pain
shares of 13 quoted postsWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 13 people using Workday
- What goes wrong
- Not classified into a failure type — read the posts below.
- How bad
- 100% of posts are complaints · pain score moderate (45/100)
- Since
- 02 Sept 2026 → 23 Sept 2026
Is this a startup idea?
Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use — the fix belongs first to that provider.
- Complaints are about
- Workday
- Looking for something else
- 0% want an alternative · 0% ask the provider for a feature
- What the numbers say
- Almost nobody is looking for a different product — people want this provider to fix it, not a new option.
The pain — what people say
Their asks, who is writing, and the posts themselves
People are asking for
In their own words — asks pulled from the evidence, most-repeated first
“I wish that I could use handwritten letters delivered by courier pigeons instead of using this hot garbage water app.”
What people were doing
Every post behind this page, by what its author was doing — and when each one was written
- Complaint13100%
Sources
13 signals · 1 sources
Evidence
Raw public posts behind this opportunity — click through to the original
Workday — Worst app ever Workday is awful. It can’t manage multiple roles at all. Truly horrible. I’ve been having issues with me having two jobs since January this year, still ongoing. I have no idea why they can’t figure it out. It can’t be that hard to manage an employee with two jobs on the same company, but…
Strong complaint…worst and most confusing app that anyone will ever be forced to use. I wish that I could use handwritten letters delivered by courier pigeons instead of using this hot garbage water app.
Wishes it existedWorkday — App is terible Anyone saying they like this awful app is a bot or a corporate bootlicker likely working for some useless hr department slowing down an otherwise productive business . Terrible UI awful corporate slop literally the only function of this app should be clocking in and out and time keeping .…
Workday — Not happy I hate this stupid app. It never works for me. Don’t know how to use it.
Strong complaintWorkday — Worst app to ever touch the earth atmosphere This app the most ridiculous app ever. I can’t believe that schools choice this over literally anything else. They update it every 3 months so when you do finally figure out how to use it they completely change it on you. I just can’t believe people actually work…
Problem clusters
Distinct problems aggregated into this opportunity
Market and score
Products already there, how the score moved, and what it is made of
Opportunity history
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Why did it move?
Score unchanged at 39.4 · 01 Oct 2026, 19:00 → 20:15 UTC
How the score was measured39 measured values behind the seven sub-scores · each shows the value, then the points it earned out of 100Show ↓Hide ↑
Questions about this idea
- Is Worst app experience ever a startup idea?
- Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use, and the fix belongs first to that provider. The page shows what is frustrating users and how badly — not an open market to start a company in.
- How many people have this problem?
- 13 different people described it independently, in 13 mentions, the earliest from 02 Sept 2026 and the most recent from 23 Sept 2026. The quotes, with dates and links to the originals, are in the Evidence section.
- Is this problem getting worse?
- Current status: stable — mentioned at a steady rate. Momentum is 50/100, measured as how often it is mentioned recently compared with before.
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