---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001327811-24-000198"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WDAY"
cik: "0001327811"
company_name: "Workday, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-10-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T23:06:40.796414+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Workday Co-President Doug Robinson to retire by Jan 31, 2025; will advise through Oct 2025

## Summary
- Robinson notified retirement effective Jan 31, 2025; will serve as advisor through Apr 30, 2025 with possible extension.
- He will also enter a consulting agreement through Oct 31, 2025; previously granted equity awards continue vesting.
- Robinson joined Workday in 2010 as employee #558; led North America Sales and Global Revenue before becoming Co-President.
- CEO and Executive Chair cite strong leadership bench; no immediate successor named.
- He will continue to receive current cash compensation during the transition and advisor periods.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001327811-24-000198
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WDAY
- cik: 0001327811
- company_name: Workday, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-10-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1327811/000132781124000198/0001327811-24-000198-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1327811/000132781124000198/wday-20240925.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001327811-24-000198.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Doug Robinson departed as Co-President at Workday, Inc..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Co-President
  source text: On September 25, 2024, Doug Robinson notified Workday, Inc. (“Workday” or the “Company”) that he will retire from his role as Co-President effective January 31, 2025 (the “Transition Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1327811/000132781124000198/0001327811-24-000198-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.