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☆ A Black Workday employee sued the company after it sent police to his home for a 'wellness check'
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Rosalie Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

A Black Workday employee sued the company, claiming race and disability discrimination. AdvertisementA Black Workday employee filed a race and disability discrimination lawsuit against his employer after it sent police to his house for a "wellness check" while he was being treated at a hospital and had requested medical leave. He also sent a completed leave request form and said he would file the required Family and Medical Leave Act paperwork soon. On October 20, 2022, while he was still at the hospital, Workday sent police to his house for a "wellness check." In May 2023, Hill went on approved disability and medical leave, although he said he was denied long-term disability leave.

Persons: Anthony Hill, —, Hill, Hill's, Cassie Lenning, Lenning, didn't, Anthony, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor Organizations: Service, Business, Department, Labor, Court, District of Columbia Locations: Northern, California's, California, Maryland, Montgomery County

☆ A portfolio manager who's outperformed a major value index for over a decade shares 4 cheap stocks that the market's overlooking
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Christine Ji | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Market disconnectsSpeaking of mistakes in the market, Rosenthal thinks the current composition of the market is untenable and due for a correction. "We don't think the equal-weighted S&P or any kind of index ex the Mag Seven is at an extremely low valuation," Rosenthal said. Rosenthal holds CVS (CVS) in his portfolio. Nippon Sanso (NPXYY) is a Japanese oil and gas company that Rosenthal believes is undervalued. Combined with the structural tailwind of corporate reforms within Japan, Rosenthal believes this Japanese company's stock is well-positioned to appreciate in the coming years.

Persons: —, Scott Rosenthal, Rosenthal, Rosenthal's, it's Organizations: Service, Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management, Wiley Global Value Fund, Business, Econ, CVS, Nippon Locations: Japan

☆ Workday stock gains as software provider widens 2027 margin target
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Subscription revenue growth grew 17%. With respect to guidance, Workday is now looking for an adjusted operating margin of 25.25% in the 2025 fiscal year, compared with the 25% forecast it provided in May. In September 2023, Workday said it was targeting a 25% adjusted operating margin for fiscal year 2027 and subscription revenue growth between 17% and 19%. Deutsche Bank analysts led by Brad Zelnick increased their 12-month price target on Workday stock to $275 from $265. "The increased 30% operating margin target was the big upside surprise as it is now committed both sooner and greater than most were expecting," the analysts wrote.

Persons: Carl Eschenbach, Zane Rowe, Rowe, We're, Brad Zelnick, Piper Sandler, Jerome Powell, Carl Eschenbach didn't, Julie Biel Organizations: Deutsche Bank, Citi, Evercore ISI, Computing Fund Locations: Davos, Switzerland

☆ Salesforce and Workday CEOs explain their new joint AI venture
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Julie Coleman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

In an interview with CNBC's Jim Cramer, the CEOs of Salesforce and Workday , Marc Benioff and Carl Eschenbach, discussed the their companies' new partnership. Both CEOs said the strength of this new venture stems from the confluence of their large data sets. "AI is all about data, and if you have access to the data, then you can have phenomenal AI," Benioff said. Eschenbach said that Salesforce and Workday have the three most important data sets in the enterprise — employee data, customer data and financial data. He also said the new program benefits customers because they don't have to move between platforms to access services.

Persons: CNBC's Jim Cramer, Marc Benioff, Carl Eschenbach, Benioff, Eschenbach Locations: Salesforce

☆ Cramer's Lightning Round: PNC is a buy
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Julie Coleman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

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☆ Workday cuts full-year subscription revenue forecast
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Human resources software provider Workday cut its annual subscription revenue forecast on Thursday, citing concerns about lower customer headcount growth as a hiring slowdown and IT budget cuts soften demand for its payroll services. The company sees subscription revenue for fiscal year 2025 in the range of $7.70 billion to $7.73 billion, down from its prior forecast of $7.73 billion to $7.78 billion. "Our updated subscription revenue guidance reflects the elevated sales scrutiny and lower customer headcount growth we experienced during the quarter," said Workday CFO Zane Rowe. For the second quarter, Workday expects subscription revenue of about $1.90 billion, nearly in line with analyst estimates, according to LSEG data. Subscription revenue rose 18.8% to $1.82 billion in the quarter.

Persons: Zane Rowe Organizations: U.S Locations: Pleasanton , California

☆ Workday Has Become the Most-Hated Workplace, Business Software
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( Matt Alston | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Every HR professional and hiring manager I spoke with — whose lives are supposedly made easier by Workday — described Workday with a sense of cosmic exasperation. "Workday does not have oversight or control of our customers' job application processes.") If candidates hate Workday, if employees hate Workday, if HR people and managers processing and assessing those candidates and employees through Workday hate Workday — if Workday is the most annoying part of so many workers' workdays — how is Workday everywhere? (Workday's "customers choose the frequency at which they conduct reviews, not Workday," said the spokesperson.) "HR software sucking" is a big tent.

Persons: you'd, Workday's, —, David Duffield, Teladoc, UKG, Cory Doctorow, It's, He'd, Matt Alston's, Stone Organizations: Fortune, Netflix, Goodwill, Spotify, Washington Post, Ohio State University, FedEx, Nintendo, Honda, LinkedIn, IBM, Oracle, Bank of America, Automation, Rippling, Systems, Facebook, Wired Locations: San Francisco, Amazon's, It's, Bonusly, Maine

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Unity Software, Cava, Zoom Video, Viking Therapeutics and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Unity Software — Shares tumbled 15% after the video game developer forecasted that adjusted EBITDA would come in below analysts' expectations for the current quarter. Analysts polled by FactSet had expected $113 million in EBITDA, while Unity is expecting only between $45 million to $50 million. Workday's adjusted earnings came in at $1.57 a share, higher than the $1.47 expected by analysts polled by LSEG. AutoZone's earnings of $28.89 per share topped the $26.28 per share analysts had anticipated, according to LSEG. The company's $3.85 billion revenue was also higher than the anticipated $3.84 billion.

Persons: FactSet, LSEG, CarGurus, they'll, AutoZone, EBITDA, Wells, — CNBC's Michelle Fox, Tanaya Macheel, Sarah Min, Jesse Pound Organizations: Unity, LSEG, FactSet, PPG, Barclays, PPG Industries, FDA Locations: EBITDA, Cava, Wells Fargo, U.S, Canada

☆ Cramer's Lighting Round: Vertiv is a buy
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Julie Coleman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

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Persons: GlobalFoundries, You've, They've, Rene Haas, Jim Cramer's Organizations: Cal, Maine Foods, Maine Locations: Taiwan

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: General Motors, Petco, Foot Locker and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Petco — Shares of the pet retailer plummeted 17% after reporting a third-quarter loss of 5 cents per share. Analysts had anticipated the company would earn 2 cents per share on revenue of $1.51 billion, according to a LSEG survey. CrowdStrike — Shares of the cybersecurity company gained 2.7% after it reported positive third-quarter earnings and raised its fourth-quarter forecast. The results topped estimates of 74 cents per share on revenue of $777 million expected by analysts, according to LSEG. The company, which was slated to report its third-quarter earnings after the bell on Wednesday, posted its results early.

Persons: TD Cowen, Steve, Hormel, LSEG, NetApp, CrowdStrike, Okta, Phillips, Elliott, CNBC's David Faber, —, Macheel, Jesse Pound Organizations: Toyota, AstraZeneca, pharma, LSEG, General Motors, GM, JMP Securities, Elliott Management Locations: Tuesday's, U.S

☆ Workday raises annual subscription revenue forecast on steady product demand
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Nov 28 (Reuters) - Workday (WDAY.O) raised its annual subscription revenue forecast and beat estimates for quarterly profit and revenue on Tuesday, benefiting from an easing macro environment and strong demand for its cloud-based software services. Shares of the Pleasanton, California-based company rose 3.2% in extended trading. The company now expects full-year subscription revenue of $6.598 billion, compared with its previous expectation of $6.570 billion to $6.590 billion. The company reported third-quarter total revenue of $1.87 billion, higher than analysts' estimates of $1.85 billion, according to LSEG data. Workday's subscription revenue rose 18.1% to $1.69 billion.

Persons: Carl Eschenbach, Zaheer Kachwala, Maju Samuel Organizations: ADP, Accenture, Thomson Locations: Pleasanton , California, Bengaluru

☆ Wall Street banks want AI to write performance reviews
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Wall Street banks are turning to AI to streamline processes like writing performance reviews. Software firm Workday said it's seen an uptick in banks expressing interest in its new AI products. AdvertisementWall Street banks are looking to speed up operations and cut costs by deploying AI to write performance reviews among other tasks, a Workday boss said in an interview with Bloomberg at its conference in Barcelona. Workday's co-CEO Carl Eschenbach said Wall Street banks are keen to get their hands on some of its new AI products. A number of Wall Street banks are optimistic about how AI will improve productivity since the launch of OpenAI's chatbot ChatGPT in November 2022.

Persons: —, Workday's, Carl Eschenbach, Eschenbach, ChatGPT, Jamie Dimon Organizations: Deutsche Bank, Service, Bloomberg Locations: Barcelona

☆ Workday CEO says AI is worth an upfront cost that 'we all just have to recognize'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Julie Coleman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Co-CEOs of Workday , Aneel Bhusri and Carl Eschenbach, told CNBC's Jim Cramer artificial intelligence is worth a hefty upfront cost. "I think AI is as important and maybe as disruptive as the cloud was," Bhusri said. "Different than the cloud, these large language models that AI are based on, they require massive amounts of compute to build the models and train the models. And so there's an upfront cost that we all just have to recognize. Bhusri and Eschenbach explained that their company's AI program is especially helpful to managers, as it will be able to write job descriptions and career growth plans.

Persons: Bhusri, Carl Eschenbach, CNBC's Jim Cramer, Eschenbach, It's, Thursday's

☆ Workday's Co-CEOs talk Wall Street's response to its latest projections with Jim Cramer
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWorkday's Co-CEOs talk Wall Street's response to its latest projections with Jim Cramer'Mad Money' host Jim Cramer talks to the co-CEOs of Workday, Carl Eschenbach and Aneel Bhusri, to talks the stocks large drop, the companies annual users event, latest projections and more.

Persons: Jim Cramer, Carl Eschenbach, Aneel

☆ Jim Cramer says the slide in shares of enterprise cloud provider Workday may be an overreaction
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Workday (WDAY) plunged on Thursday after management lowered its outlook for subscription revenue growth. Shares of the software company declined nearly 10%. Jim Cramer described the long-term forecast, which was released on Wednesday, as "worrisome" but said Workday's past fundamentals have been solid. "This company has been straight-shooting so maybe we can feel whether the stock's [move] is an overreaction," Jim said. The CNBC Investing Club does not own Workday but holds shares of Salesforce (CRM), another enterprise software giant.

Persons: Jim Cramer, Jim Cramer's, Jim, Carl Eschenbach, Aneel Organizations: BMO Capital, CNBC

☆ Workday's new CEO and CFO are 'the two best copilots you could have', says Jefferies' Brent Thill
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWorkday's new CEO and CFO are 'the two best copilots you could have', says Jefferies' Brent ThillBrent Thill, Jefferies research analyst, joins ‘Closing Bell’ to discuss sinking Workday shares, the impact of interest rates on the software industry and more.

Persons: Jefferies, Brent Thill Brent Thill, Bell

☆ Companies are starting to care more about skills than degrees — here’s how to still make your resume stand out
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Sophie Kiderlin | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

One way companies are changing their approach is by focusing more on skills, rather than qualifications like college degrees or previous work experience. How skills-based hiring worksHiring based on skills can have a wide range of benefits both for workers and employers, Duke said. According to Workday's Pell, skills-based organizations are "far more likely to outperform their traditional counterparts" when it comes to innovation, efficiency, and adaptability. Another major benefit for both workers and employers is that skills-based hiring can be vital for building a more diverse workforce. Companies that focus on skills also often provide development opportunities to their employees, Pell said.

Persons: Xavier Lorenzo, Sue Duke, Duke, Daniel Pell, Pell, Workday's Pell Organizations: CNBC, HR, Duke, Companies

☆ JPMorgan, H&M join Google, Meta to buy, collectively, more than $1 billion of carbon removal
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Catherine Clifford | In Catclifford | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

"We see Frontier's advanced market commitment as an important demand signal boost for the carbon removal market. Carbon dioxide emissions from energy production topped 36 billion tons last year, according to the International Energy Agency, with total global carbon dioxide emissions projected to have been 40.6 billion tons in 2022, according to the Global Carbon Project. So far, Frontier has spent $5.6 million buying nearly 9,000 tons of contracted carbon removal from 15 carbon dioxide removal startups that are collectively pursuing seven methods. And Living Carbon is a synthetic biology startup working on engineering natural systems to remove carbon dioxide. "However, the science is increasingly clear: Carbon removal is an increasingly necessary tool for limiting warming.

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Norwegian Cruise Line, Target, Advance Auto Parts and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Hims & Hers Health — Shares of the telehealth stock soared by 17% after the company reported quarterly results that surpassed estimates. However, Target's full-year earnings guidance came in below expectations. Zoom's full-year revenue guidance came in lighter than expected, but topped estimates on its earnings guidance for 2023. Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings — The cruise company fell 12% after reporting a wider-than-expected loss for the fourth quarter. Analysts surveyed by Refinitiv had forecast an 85 cents per share loss on revenue of $1.5 billion.

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Zoom Video, Occidental Petroleum, Workday and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Eric Yuan, founder and CEO of Zoom Video Communications, stands before the opening bell during the company's initial public offering at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York on April 18, 2019. First-quarter earnings per share guidance came in above expectations, according to Refinitiv. The energy giant missed analysts' expectations for fourth-quarter earnings and revenue, according to Refinitiv. Workday — Workday's stock fell 1% even after the human resources software company beat Wall Street's fourth-quarter revenue and earnings expectations, according to Refinitv. Hims & Hers posted a smaller-than-expected loss for the fourth quarter and revenue that came in slightly above Wall Street's expectations, according to Refinitiv.

☆ Walmart skipped running a Super Bowl commercial this year but still got tons of free promotion
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Ben Tobin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Instead of running a Super Bowl commercial, Walmart found a way to play off other companies' ads. The Bentonville, Arkansas-based retail giant hasn't had a Super Bowl advertisement since 2020Top editors give you the stories you want — delivered right to your inbox each weekday. Throughout the evening, Walmart tweeted out links to products related to those featured in other companies' commercials. The last time Walmart featured a Super Bowl ad was in 2020 when the retailer touted its grocery pickup service. Here are some other Tweets where Walmart advertised its products on Super Bowl Sunday.

☆ Workday cuts about 525 jobs but says it's not the result of overhiring
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-31 | by ( Rohan Goswami | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Aneel Bhusri and Carl Eisenbach, Co-CEOs of Workday, speaking on Squawk Box at the WEF in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 17, 2023. Workday , a cloud-only business planning software company, will lay off 3% of its employees, the company's co-CEOs wrote in a message to employees Tuesday. In October 2022, the company reported head count of more than 17,500 employees, an increase of over 15% compared with January of that year. The cuts are not the result of overhiring and the "majority" will occur in Workday's technology and product units, co-CEOs Aneel Bhusri and Carl Eschenbach wrote. Severance packages for international employees would be "similar" to those offered to U.S. employees, Bhusri and Eschenbach wrote in the message.

☆ Workday names Sequoia's Carl Eschenbach as co-CEO, alongside Aneel Bhusri
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Workday said on Tuesday that co-CEO Chano Fernandez is leaving the company and being replaced by Sequoia Capital's Carl Eschenbach, a former VMware executive and member of Workday's board. Eschenbach will serve alongside Aneel Bhusri, who co-founded the company in 2005. Bhusri became a co-CEO again in 2020 with the appointment of Fernandez, a former SAP executive who joined Workday in 2014. Before Workday, Bhusri held leadership roles at PeopleSoft, which Oracle acquired in 2005 for $11.1 billion. WATCH: Workday co-CEO on the firm's quarterly results and why its finance applications saw strength

☆ Papaya Global: 2022 Top Startups for the Enterprise
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Cnbc.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Israel is a well-known hub for some of the world's most advanced cybersecurity startups, but Papaya Global is aiming to make the nation known for leading in payroll technology as well. Combining onboarding, payroll and compliance on a global basis for both staff and contract workforces of companies with operations in over 140 countries, investors accelerated funding in 2021 and Papaya reached unicorn status, still a rare feat for a female-led startup. The company now handles over $3 billion in payroll for 700-plus customers including Cyberark, Shopify , Vimeo, Payoneer , Microsoft , Panasonic and fellow Top Startups company Canva. Investors include Workday's VC arm, Sir Ronald Cohen's family investment firm Dynamic Loop Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, New Era Capital and Tiger Global. The 2022 Top Startups for the Enterprise list is powered and inspired by the members of CNBC's Technology Executive Council (TEC).

☆ 8 companies Amazon, Microsoft, or Google might buy as they shop for deals amid the market downturn, including Workday, Unity, and Roku
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Belle Lin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

That means Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud could be poised for a merger-and-acquisition spree. As for cloud acquisitions, analysts said Amazon's cloud unit didn't often buy companies. Cybersecurity has been a greater focus for Microsoft, AWS, and Google Cloud after the hack of the IT-software company SolarWinds in 2020. In 2019, Google purchased the data-analytics company Looker for $2.6 billion in cash under Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian. With Kurian at the helm, bringing with him the Oracle acquisition playbook, Google Cloud may now have a bigger M&A appetite.

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