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Workday outage leaves workers at over 11K companies unable to access payroll and workplace accounts

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Ballasy, N. (2026, November 14). Workday outage leaves workers at over 11K companies unable to access payroll and workplace accounts. Just The News. https://justthenews.com/index%2Ephp/nation/technology/workday-outage-leaves-employees-unable-access-payroll-and-workplace-accounts?utm_source=justthenews.com&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=external-news-aggregators

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Just The News · collected 2026-11-14 · by Nicholas Ballasy

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As of November 14, 2026, Workday, a cloud-based human resources and financial management software provider, experienced a significant outage affecting over 11,500 companies, including major businesses like Walmart. The disruption began on November 13, 2026, leaving employees unable to access payroll information and complete other HR tasks. Workday temporarily placed some of its systems into maintenance mode after identifying an issue during testing of its backup systems, which left certain data in an inconsistent state. The company is investigating the cause and working to resolve the issue, apologizing for the inconvenience caused to its customers.

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California Pleasanton Workday

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Workday ORG · 5× California GPE · 2× Pleasanton GPE · 2×

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Workday outage leaves workers at over 11K companies unable to access payroll and workplace accounts The Pleasanton, California-based company said it is investigating a major service disruption after encountering a problem while testing its backup systems.
framing: assertive · carried by 2 article(s) · first seen 2026-11-14
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Workday outage leaves workers at over 11K companies unable to access payroll and workplace accounts · assertive framing
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Workday outage leaves workers at over 11K companies unable to access payroll and workplace accounts · assertive framing

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Workday outage leaves workers at over 11K companies unable to access payroll and workplace accounts The Pleasanton, California-based company said it is investigating a major service disruption after encountering a problem while testing its backup systems. asserted
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A widespread outage affecting Workday disrupted access to workplace accounts Friday and employees at numerous organizations have been unable to check pay information, request time off or complete other human resources tasks. asserted
employees → affect → tasks
The Pleasanton, California-based company said it was investigating a service disruption after encountering a problem while testing its backup systems. asserted
it → base → systems
Workday placed some of its systems into maintenance mode after discovering that the issue had left certain information in an inconsistent state, potentially causing errors when customers attempted to access their accounts or complete transactions. asserted
customers → place → transactions
“Some of our customers are experiencing a service disruption and we’re working urgently to investigate and resolve the issue,” the company said in a statement. asserted
company → experience → statement
“We sincerely apologize for the challenges this is causing impacted customers.” asserted
this → apologize → customers
The disruption began Friday, Nov. 13, and affected multiple Workday customers. asserted
disruption → begin → customers
The company had not publicly identified all affected organizations or disclosed how many employees were unable to access the platform. asserted
employees → identify → platform
Workday provides payroll, benefits, recruiting and other human resources services to more than 11,500 organizations worldwide. asserted
Workday → provide → organizations
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