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 369 reviews)); "people were great and fun to work with" ((in 300 reviews)); "Good culture as there are a lot of people coming from diversed background and ethnic" ((in 229 reviews)); "good benefit and not many change every year" ((in 196 reviews)); "Work culture is good and awesome." ((in 139 reviews))

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

"Poor management (mostly manage up)" ((in 212 reviews)); "Low salary and not easy to get there" ((in 134 reviews)); "Losing good people through frequent layoffs" ((in 82 reviews)); "Poor upper management." ((in 53 reviews)); "Low compensation to engineers and needs improvement a lot" ((in 50 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

3.0

Feb 7, 2024

Sandisk review

Systems engineer

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

New stuff to learn in SSD org

Cons

Management can do better with salaries

4.0

Feb 7, 2024

Good company if in the right team, otherwise it's a mess.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

I enjoyed my time at Western Digital mainly because of the team I was on. Everyone was supportive, and growth was prominent. My manager was also one of the best, taking the time to understand our work scope, jumping in to help, and backing us up. We had a great team dynamic, and work-life balance was there. Everyone understood we have a life outside work and there's no stress about creating our own schedule, but still getting our work done.

Cons

The company overall is unstable since there's a lot of ambiguity about the future and where teams will be placed. Due to finances, they've stopped 401k matching, semi-annual bonuses, and no Annual Compensation Review for the past year. Employees that are still there are unhappy, like no bonuses, no 401k, no ACR, how do they expect to retain employees? The talented employees have begun to leave one by one already. There's no long-term growth here. You have to play politics well and kiss up to upper management to get promoted. Otherwise, you're going to be stuck being a B-grade employee that will never see a promotion for years, despite doing your work well.

5.0

Feb 7, 2024

red

It administrator

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benefit for the people families

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time of work days 7

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