Is WD a good company to work for?

WD has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 5,001 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 69% of employees would recommend working at WD to a friend and 63% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about WD have been left by employees working as Intern , Intern - Hourly and Test Engineer .

Does WD pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, WD employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at WD. This rating has improved by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at WD?

69% of WD employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated WD 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at WD?

Staff Engineer (216) , Senior Engineer (180) , Principal Engineer (152) , Engineer (151) , Software Engineer (111) , Firmware Engineer (107) , Senior Software Engineer (80) , Intern (79) , Technologist (64) , Director (51) , Senior Manager (48) , Test Engineer (44) , Manager (43) , Senior Firmware Engineer (36) , Internship (34)

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

"Very flexible and good work/life balance." ((in 371 reviews)); "people were great and fun to work with" ((in 313 reviews)); "Good culture as there are a lot of people coming from diversed background and ethnic" ((in 228 reviews)); "good benefit and not many change every year" ((in 202 reviews)); "Work culture is good and awesome." ((in 134 reviews))

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

"Poor management (mostly manage up)" ((in 207 reviews)); "Low salary and not easy to get there" ((in 133 reviews)); "Poor upper management." ((in 54 reviews)); "1) No Bonus and Annual hikes" ((in 51 reviews)); "Poor Management and leadership style" ((in 36 reviews))

What are employees saying about WD layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed WD locations?

San Jose , Irvine , Milpitas , Fremont , Rochester , Longmont , Mountain View , Lake Forest , New York , Newark , San Francisco , Colorado Springs , Israel , Houston , Los Angeles , Salt Lake City , Boulder , Washington , Boston , Chandler , Austin , Orange , San Diego , Santa Clara , Atlanta , Long Beach , Seattle , Miami , Texas City , Santa Ana

WD reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(4,286 total reviews)

Irving Tan

75% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

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WD has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 4,286 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The WD 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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4K reviews

4.0

Jan 16, 2017

Great Company to work, Slow to progress (at the moment)

Principal engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great company, great opportunity to learn in various area after merger with HGST & Sandisk corp. You will be exposed to the integration process of how great companies work together, and streamlining their legacy processes from three into one, by phases, by area. You can get supportive team here, you can contribute for your department as well across functional, if you willing too.

Cons

Pain time to cut staff, cut budget during the long process of consolidating three giants into one, to keep it slim, efficient, and getting out one best practice to fit all. You gotta be patient & open-minded as it takes time, quite long; that no staff replacement, slow promotion cycle, until the new process is in place, by phases.

3.0

Jan 13, 2017

Constant Changes, Morale at All Time Low

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Company is investing in business growth areas. Stock is doing well as a result. Lots of future potential for growth.

Cons

Depending on the team, you will either work long hours or short hours. Some team are very short staff, so people are doing 2 or 3 peoples job. Teams keep shrinking and everyone keeps being asked to do more.

3.0

Jan 8, 2017

An OK place

Senior principal engineer firmware

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Irvine location. Integration of HGST and SanDisk would made WD a big player in the storage market

Cons

- Way too many layoffs ins the last 2 years. At least 4 layoffs in the last 2 years when I was there. - Company was in a massive integration efforts (of 3 companies) so the overall employee morale were low. - Not a lot of new technologies development

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