Return to office tracker

Workday return to office policyHybrid, no set number of days.

Under Workday's 'Flex Work' approach, employees spend at least half (50%) of their time each quarter in the office or in the field with customers, instead of a set number of days a week. Some roles are designated remote 'home office' roles.

Days in the office

Hybrid, no set days
Policy
Hybrid
In effect since
Not known
Announced
Not known
Industry
Tech
Headquarters
Pleasanton, CA
Checked
Confirmed October 2026

What the policy says.

  • Job postings (Oct 2026): 'rather than a number of required days in-office each week, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role).'
  • FY2026 10-K (Mar 2026) describes a hybrid work model and gives a stipend to new remote-based employees.
  • Restructurings: about 7.5% of the workforce cut and some owned office space exited (Feb 2025); about 2% cut plus impairment of some office space (Feb 2026).

How Workday's policy changed since 2020.

  1. February 2025

    Restructuring cut about 7.5% of the workforce and exited some owned office space.

  2. February 2026

    Another restructuring cut about 2% of the workforce and impaired some office space.

  3. October 2026

    Postings still state the 50%-of-time-per-quarter Flex Work rule.

Sources and how sure we are.

ConfirmedFrom the company, or reported the same way by several major outlets.The requirement is a quarterly share of time (50%, about 2.5 days a week on average), so no day count is shown. When Flex Work was introduced is unconfirmed.

  1. 1.Revenue Operations Director (job posting, 'Our Approach to Flexible Work') Workday Careers, October 15, 2026
  2. 2.Workday Form 10-K for fiscal 2026 SEC EDGAR, March 6, 2026

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Questions

Does Workday require employees to return to the office?

Under Workday's 'Flex Work' approach, employees spend at least half (50%) of their time each quarter in the office or in the field with customers, instead of a set number of days a week. Some roles are designated remote 'home office' roles.

How many days a week does Workday require in the office?

There's no single company-wide number of days as of October 2026. Under Workday's 'Flex Work' approach, employees spend at least half (50%) of their time each quarter in the office or in the field with customers, instead of a set number of days a week. Some roles are designated remote 'home office' roles.

What was the latest change to Workday's office policy?

October 2026: Postings still state the 50%-of-time-per-quarter Flex Work rule.