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
- 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.
February 2025
Restructuring cut about 7.5% of the workforce and exited some owned office space.
February 2026
Another restructuring cut about 2% of the workforce and impaired some office space.
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.Revenue Operations Director (job posting, 'Our Approach to Flexible Work') Workday Careers, October 15, 2026
- 2.Workday Form 10-K for fiscal 2026 SEC EDGAR, March 6, 2026
Days a week are for most US corporate employees; some teams, roles and countries differ. Spot something out of date? Email hello@forgot.dev.
Other tech employers, side by side.
- Amazon5 days a week, since January 20255
- Dell5 days a week, since March 20255
- X (Twitter)5 days a week, since November 20225
- Intel4 days a week, since September 20254
- Snap4 days a week, since February 20234
- Apple3 days a week, since September 20223
- Expedia Group3 days a week3
- Google (Alphabet)3 days a week, since April 20223
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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.