Is WD a good company to work for as a Principal Firmware Engineer?

Principal Firmware Engineer professionals working at WD have rated their employer with 4.1 out of 5 stars in 22 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of WD employees being 3.7 out of 5 stars. Search open Principal Firmware Engineer Jobs at WD now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Principal Firmware Engineer interview questions at WD .

Does WD pay Principal Firmware Engineer employees well?

Principal Firmware Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at WD with 4.1 out of 5 stars based on 22 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 18.7% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Principal Firmware Engineer salaries at WD.

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 364 reviews)); "people were great and fun to work with" ((in 308 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 213 reviews)); "Work culture is good and awesome." ((in 132 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 141 reviews)); "Losing good people through frequent layoffs" ((in 83 reviews)); "Poor upper management." ((in 51 reviews)); "Poor Management and leadership style" ((in 34 reviews))

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4.1

79% would recommend to a friend

(22 total reviews)

Irving Tan

Not enough data to show CEO approval

75% positive business outlook

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4.9

Work/Life balance

4.1

Culture & values

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Senior management

4.1

Compensation and benefits

4.1

Career opportunities

Principal Engineer, Firmware employees have rated WD with 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 22 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Principal Engineer, Firmware professionals have an excellent working experience there. WD is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Principal Engineer, Firmware professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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22 reviews

1.0

Aug 10, 2017

poor culture

Principal firmware engineer

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CEO approval

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Pros

interesting work if you ignore all the roadblocks created by other staff and management

Cons

many members of my technical team would consistently claim to management that it is "stupid" to do something or "impossible" instead of buckling down and solving problems. just a depressing culture seeing members of my team promoted for not solving problems but instead self-proclaiming themselves as experts. i came from legacy hgst. at that time, the pushback was rightfully from above, but i've never been on a worse engineering team as far as culture after the merger as far as having talent at wrong influence levels and setting very poor work environment examples.

3.0

Nov 3, 2016

Laid off twice in 3.5 years

Principal firmware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Not many to list. Only thing is decent compensation package but depending on profitability

Cons

High stress due to consumer electronics volatility, stock ups-and-downs, layoffs happened almost quarterly, not trying to keep valuable employees, etc.

2.0

Aug 16, 2016

Principal Firmware Engineer

Principal firmware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

was a good place to work before SSD disrupted the HDD industry.

Cons

The company is falling apart

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