Is Seagate Technology a good company to work for?

Seagate Technology has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 3,411 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 2% over the last 12 months. 68% of employees would recommend working at Seagate Technology to a friend and 57% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Seagate Technology have been left by employees working as Intern , Firmware Engineer and Engineer II .

Does Seagate Technology pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Seagate Technology employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Seagate Technology. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Seagate Technology?

68% of Seagate Technology employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Seagate Technology 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Seagate Technology?

Engineer (149) , Staff Engineer (143) , Senior Engineer (113) , Intern (94) , Software Engineer (68) , Engineering Specialist (64) , Senior Staff Engineer (56) , Process Engineer (38) , Director (36) , Firmware Engineer (36) , Senior Software Engineer (35) , Senior Manager (32) , Internship (30) , Production Operator (30) , Manager (23)

What are the pros of working at Seagate Technology according to real employee reviews?

"Good For Work Life Balance" ((in 321 reviews)); "good high tech jobs great people to work with" ((in 271 reviews)); "Good benefits and HSA." ((in 170 reviews)); "Good and adoptable work timing and culture" ((in 132 reviews)); "I think the Pay was good" ((in 131 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Seagate Technology according to real employee reviews?

"Frequent layoffs and constant changing focus" ((in 194 reviews)); "Poor management and short" ((in 146 reviews)); "Low salary and" ((in 75 reviews)); "No bonus and promotion recently" ((in 56 reviews)); "depressing environment due to inadequate upper management." ((in 38 reviews))

What are employees saying about Seagate Technology layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Seagate Technology layoffs and their outlook for job security at Seagate Technology in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Seagate Technology locations?

Longmont , Bloomington , Fremont , Cupertino , Minneapolis , Shakopee , Oklahoma City , Scotts Valley , San Jose , San Francisco , Boulder , Denver , Shrewsbury , Colorado Springs , Edina , Houston , New York , Los Angeles , Milpitas , Santa Clara , Sunnyvale , Minnetonka , Saint Paul , Santa Cruz , Broomfield , Portland , Boston , West Valley City , China , East Brunswick

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3.8

68% would recommend to a friend

(2,922 total reviews)

Dave Mosley

66% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Work/Life balance

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Culture & values

3.6

Career opportunities

3.4

Senior management

3.4

Compensation and benefits

Seagate Technology has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,922 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Seagate Technology employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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3K reviews

3.0

Aug 15, 2015

Good company to work for, uncertainty regarding long term potential

Firmware engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great company to work for, good benefits, nice people to work with, good life work balance

Cons

Uncertainty surrounding growth in HDD business, salary freezes for foreseeable future, not enough investment in certain areas in flash memory storage development (in my opinion), not a lot of opportunities for growth and promotion, and short term reactionary moves made to placate investors and shareholders at the expense of long term potential, just like most public companies (why hire hundreds of new employees only to institute layoffs?)

2.0

Sep 15, 2023

Future doesn't look bright

Senior engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

I will echo the opinion that most people here seem to share while I was there: Talented and friendly engineering colleagues, low level management, and technologists/geniuses that the company had been somehow able to retain. Good stock purchase program. Recognized and rewarded hard work when able. Provided capabilities to move within the company.

Cons

Mid and above level management. No training was provided and it showed. Incompetency and greed is cemented in the company structure. Harsh layoffs. Frequent and souless. Staggered deliveries successfully kept Seagate off the national news headlines but constantly loom behind the better knowing minds of the employees. No clear direction. Some company initiatives were akin to asking lead engineers to throw darts at a word cloud for ideas. (This may be irrelevant following the layoffs if they consolidate and stick to what they were good at.)

1.0

Jun 1, 2023

Avoid this company at all costs!

Senior engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

On-site fitness center, decent pay and benefits

Cons

This company is a sinking ship and top management is well aware of it. The company has proven their commitment to paying out the dividend by continually having mass layoffs and pay cuts. Even after getting hit with a $300mil fine for selling HDDs to Huawei, the company insists on paying the dividend. HDDs will be extinct by 2030 and this is a dying company.

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