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 367 reviews)); "people were great and fun to work with" ((in 303 reviews)); "Good culture as there are a lot of people coming from diversed background and ethnic" ((in 233 reviews)); "good benefit and not many change every year" ((in 199 reviews)); "Work culture is good and awesome." ((in 137 reviews))

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

"Poor management (mostly manage up)" ((in 208 reviews)); "Low salary and not easy to get there" ((in 133 reviews)); "Low compensation to engineers and needs improvement a lot" ((in 50 reviews)); "Poor upper management." ((in 49 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

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3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(782 total reviews)

Irving Tan

75% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

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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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2.0

Oct 25, 2014

Uncertainity

Research engineer/technologist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Currently the best products on the market. Colleagues mostly helpful and try hard to deliver on milestones. First and second line managers often helpful/interested in their people/projects. Was a good place to do some fundamental science. Bi-annual bonuses for those ranked well, options and rsu for top ranked employees. Salary increases based on ranking: 2-5%, yearly.

Cons

Elimination of Research for HDD. Poor execution/direction from senior management. Executive team lacks technical expertise and qualifications. Executive decisions appear to be arbitrary and not aligned with stated goals/vision. Full merger with WD when Chinese allow it. Appear to be divesting in HDD business- not clear where growth will be found.

3.0

Oct 17, 2014

Great company to work for

Anonymous

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits. Fantastic twice per year bonuses. Great stock plan.

Cons

No raises for at least the last 5 years.

3.0

Oct 1, 2014

A lot of good minds but slow to adapt to changes

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Even though disk storage is considered old tech, it still has a lot of growth potential due to more need for digital media storage - Very structured big company environment if you like that - Bonus program and incentives are pretty good

Cons

- Salary is not very high compared to other companies - It wants to differentiate with software but quality of software engineering is not there - Slow to adapt to changes in industry.

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