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| I think it's gone better than I could have ever even anticipated |
| And I think if you look at our results throughout FY '24, I think we had a hell of a year capped off with a solid Q4, and I think we've set a really long-term durable growth profile for the company that I think will continue for many years to come |
| In the last year, our operating margins have expanded by 500 basis points in a year, 500 basis points in a year while making all these investments to maintain our current growth rate |
| And I think we've laid out a really good plan over the next three years, as I just said to maintain our growth and expand operating margin |
| But we're very confident in our investments and our ability to do so |
| So if we get a seat at the table and we have an opportunity to compete, we're doing extremely well |
| And I think you've seen that resiliency play out in the last year and even heading into this year, we're projecting really solid growth once again this year, while expanding operating margins |
| So I think when it comes to international and our focus on the medium enterprise, we're doing extremely well |
| And then the last thing I'd say is, as you know, with our penetration rate and our success around HCM, we're seeing people realize the benefit of having a single platform across both HCM and financials to do financial and people planning and actually leverage its common data set, especially when it comes to AI to drive better insights and output from moving financials to the cloud in conjunction from -- with HCM |
| And all of them are great leaders with tremendous experience |
| A lot of them are doing experimentation and that experimentation will be done first with partners they trust which is why I think we have a really unique advantage to take -- the first mover, if you will, when it comes to AI |
| We're saying we're going to grow the business, 17% to 19% over the next three years and expand operating margin |
| But we're building a long-term durable business that's highly profitable, throwing off good free cash flow, expanding margin, all while maintaining growth at a similar rate we're doing today over the next three years |
| We've delivered or slightly beat our guidance, and we've increased operating margin |
| Listen, we think we have a rich opportunity |
| So to your point, that people are pulling back on their spending, and you can show a really strong total cost of ownership or ROI story, they will lean in |
| So I think it was in rising back in November in Europe at our User Conference, we announced the co-innovation with Accenture around our Accenture Skills Cloud, which is an amazing opportunity for people to say who want to move to a skills-based workplace |
| It's just on what do they spending money? I say that because if you have a strong value proposition like I think we have, whether it's a headwind or tailwind, we'll continue to execute well and people will lean into us |
| So even though we're guiding to 24.5%, there's still headroom for us to expand operating margins, all at the same time while maintaining investment in the growth opportunity that we see ahead |
| Last week, on our earnings call, we said we saw a nice uptick in new logos for financials |
| I think now we have got the best talent acquisition and sourcing platform in the industry |
| Very pleased to have with us from Workday, Carl Eschenbach, the CEO |
| So International is a huge opportunity for us |
| Number one, if you look at what we get at renewal rate at the time of renewal, we have an innovation index that we get from our customers to continue to drive our innovation and fuel our growth |
| It's been an under number of them, which is why I said earlier on, the thing I've been super impressed with is my workmates at Workday and their openness and willingness to try new models and really lean into some strategic initiatives we have to drive growth |
| And as that happens, it's opened up a tremendous opportunity for us to engage with customers a lot more than we probably would have otherwise if they had enforced this migration |
| We estimate that only 20% to 25% of financials, right, has moved to the cloud, which represents a huge opportunity for us going forward |
| Last year alone, our partners did a great job deploying our platform, 95% of Workday platforms, ERP or HCM were deployed on time and on budget to our partner ecosystem |
| It's just a huge opportunity for us |
| And I think the year we had his co-CEOs was really well done |
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| There's a challenge out there that everyone is facing |
| New management yourself now as the CEO, simply Investor Relations, setting numbers low enough that you know you can beat them |
| One last question, this is a little bit broader than just financials, but this is also taking place in a macro backdrop that has been pretty cautious in terms of spending throughout 2023 |
| And I think it's holding back their business priorities |
| And Workday is not really able to go after those more process industries, if you will |
| It was a little bit below how Workday had been talking about growth -- had been talking about durable 20%-plus growth |
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