Is WD a good company to work for?

WD has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 5,002 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 (49) , 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 376 reviews)); "people were great and fun to work with" ((in 295 reviews)); "Good culture as there are a lot of people coming from diversed background and ethnic" ((in 225 reviews)); "good benefit and not many change every year" ((in 202 reviews)); "Work culture is good and awesome." ((in 133 reviews))

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

"Poor management (mostly manage up)" ((in 206 reviews)); "Low salary and not easy to get there" ((in 135 reviews)); "Poor upper management." ((in 51 reviews)); "Poor Management and leadership style" ((in 34 reviews)); "Long hours and not allow to sit" ((in 33 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

(781 total reviews)

Irving Tan

75% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Culture & values

3.5

Career opportunities

3.4

Compensation and benefits

3.2

Senior management

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Reviews by job title

781 reviews

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5.0

Jul 16, 2015

Good

Principal engineer, firmware

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Working environment, salary, competitive package, company culture, flexible hours, good location, cutting edge HDD technology, good management, good teamwork, break room

Cons

HDD being replaced by SSD, sunset industry, working pressure, some managers are not professional

2.0

Jul 15, 2015

Dying Star...

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1. Flexibility to take time off and meet other family commitments. 2. Stability in terms of job security.

Cons

1. Poor compensation. 2. Rapidly decreasing bonus structure 3. Poor decision making at the executive level impacting good quality hard working middle management and engineers. 4. Diminishing hard disk drive industry that will slowly wilting away and going where floppy drives went. Although at a slower rate. 5. Below average medical insurance plan and reduction in other benefits. It used to be a great company to work for but with outside cost pressure, declining PC market, coupled with poor upper management, it is a dying star.

2.0

Jul 14, 2015

Fast Pace

Senior engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

People are intelligent and good. Company has great process and open for more improvement. Very great working environment for motivated people

Cons

Salary and Benefits are below average. Company policy often cutting cost by cutting more benefits. Some major websites like youtube were blocked even the work requires watching tutorial there.

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