A global HR software blackout left tens of thousands of employees unable to log their work hours as Workday placed its systems into maintenance mode.
Yesterday, a widespread outage on Workday's platform prevented employees at thousands of organizations from accessing payroll, time-off requests, and benefits information, prompting the company to activate maintenance mode to resolve inconsistent data issues.
The issue, first reported around 5:19 PM Eastern on Downdetector, has since tapered off, though the exact scope of affected clients remains unclear.
The platform, used by more than 11,500 organizations worldwide including major retailers and government agencies, has apologized and is working to restore full service.