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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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