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 368 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 221 reviews)); "good benefit and not many change every year" ((in 202 reviews)); "Work culture is good and awesome." ((in 129 reviews))

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

"Poor management (mostly manage up)" ((in 210 reviews)); "Low salary and not easy to get there" ((in 132 reviews)); "Poor upper management." ((in 49 reviews)); "Poor Management and leadership style" ((in 36 reviews)); "Long hours and not paid overtime" ((in 30 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

(781 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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4.0

Jan 5, 2014

Magnetic Storage is a stable business and WD is a strong player in this market.

Senior staff engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

After the acquisition of HGST, WD is one of the duopoly companies in magnetic storage business (the other is Seagate). Therefore if you have a stable position in the company that means job security. The jobs are also hard to outsource. In hardware business, I would say it is pretty good in terms of base salary and profit sharing.

Cons

Company is very tight on everything else such as Perks, insurance and working environment. That is the in culture of WD since that is how it is survived in the price-sensitive cusumer storage market (PC and external storage) with low profit margin. Also the company has a tradition that

3.0

Dec 22, 2013

Very dynamic working environment for better or worse.

Principal engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Reasonable compensation & benefits in terms of basic pay, pay rise and bonuses. The working environment is mostly open and flexible.

Cons

Middle management level lack of proper management skills. There're serious gap between the high level to the engineer level due to the insufficient communication and clear strategy by the middle management. Management approach varies significantly across different departments. Very poor English language level even at the engineer level and above.

4.0

Dec 12, 2013

Good place to

Senior research scientist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent work-life balance in terms of flexible time in the office and working from home, although much of that was due to my manager, but it was generally much more true than at most companies. Great deal of work independence with minimal micro-management. Many/most employees had offices. Base salary and raises weren't good, but bonuses were excellent (close to 30% with a good performance review in a good corporate year). Quarterly town hall meetings where the CEO was candid and answered any questions asked. No brainwashed employee attitudes; I always felt free to criticize the company or leaders at any time.

Cons

During bad years, there were layoffs, no raises, and no bonuses. Even during good years, raises were hard to get. Not a good place for climbing the corporate last because people tend to stay a long time. Sometimes there is a depressing feeling about the future fate of the HDD industry, but that's easily disproved by anyone who truly understands the stoge market. Cafeteria is not fancy, but is adequate.

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