Case Study: A+E Networks achieves greater HR agility and tens of thousands of dollars in savings with Workday Adaptive Planning

A+E Networks meets HR challenges with a menu of right-sized services

A+E Networks is a global media and entertainment company with 1,400+ employees that produces scripted series, nonfiction, documentaries, and movies for brands like A+E, HISTORY, and Lifetime. As production shifted and staff went remote in 2020, the company needed seamless HR workflows — especially for onboarding and training — but internal IT was stretched and hiring outside consultants wasn’t attractive.

A+E turned to Workday Success Plans for on-demand expert guidance, live demos in their tenant, toolkits, and peer Collaboration Crews to extend existing Workday capabilities. The result: onboarding materials that once took four hours now take 30 minutes, faster adoption of tools (including Outlook integrations and the VIBE dashboard), improved agility and efficiency, and operational savings measured in tens of thousands of dollars.

A+E Networks

Steve Gillooly

Vice President