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This Workday THINGS ARE GETTING a little crazy at the Pleas-
anton, Calif., headquarters of software
Never Stops maker Workday. It’s only the second week
of October, but already employees are
transforming the cubicles inside their oth-
erwise charmless suburban office park into
RAPID-FIRE PRODUCT REINVENTION, festive and elaborate Halloween displays.
INTENSIVE RESEARCH, AND NEAR-ZERO This is a source of great pride for Aneel
DOWNTIME HAVE TURNED WORKDAY INTO Bhusri, Workday’s cofounder and CEO,
who humblebrags that the decorations
AN OFFICE-SOFTWARE JUGGERNAUT.
are part of a companywide office contest.
HERE’S WHY IT’S NO. 1 ON OUR FUTURE 50. Bhusri is a straitlaced guy, but he’s been
BY ADAM LASHINSKY known to step into a costume himself. He
BONUS HUNTERS
Staff at Workday’s
headquarters in
Pleasanton, Calif.
If the company hits
its high customer-
satisfaction marks,
every employee
gets a stock grant.
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