Is WD Rochester a good place to work?

Employees in Rochester have rated WD with 3.7 out of 5 stars in 20 anonymous Glassdoor reviews. To compare, worldwide WD employees have given a rating of 3.5 out of 5. Search open jobs at WD in Rochester or explore more of the top rated companies in Rochester .

Does WD pay well in Rochester?

WD employees working in Rochester rate their compensation and benefits with 3.4 out of 5 stars based on anonymously submitted employee reviews on Glassdoor. This is 3% better than the company average rating of all WD employees. Browse WD salaries in Rochester to find out how much you could get paid.

How is the work culture at WD in Rochester?

Employees in Rochester have rated WD with 3.5 out of 5 for work-life-balance (2.9% higher than company-wide rating), 3.7 out of 5 for diversity and inclusion (2.7% higher than company-wide rating), 3.6 out of 5 for culture and values (5.7% higher than company-wide rating) and 3.3 out of 5 for career opportunities (3.1% higher than company-wide rating).

How satisfied are WD employees in Rochester?

80% of employees in Rochester would recommend working at WD to a friend, compared to 78% of WD employees worldwide . This is based on 20 anonymous reviews submitted on Glassdoor.

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 the top reviewed WD locations?

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WD Rochester reviews

3.5

78% would recommend to a friend

(20 total reviews)

Irving Tan

Not enough data to show CEO approval

54% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.4

Culture & values

3.4

Work/Life balance

3.3

Compensation and benefits

3.2

Career opportunities

3.0

Senior management

Employees in Rochester have given WD a rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 20 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most employees have a good working experience in Rochester. The WD employee rating in Rochester is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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20 reviews

1.0

May 15, 2019

Get the Experience, then jump to the Tier 1/FANG tech companies

Systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* Get some experience straight out of college * Hang with other new college grads before they bail too * Talk about cutting crab grass, workin' on the fence, going to the Olive Garden, getting a boat and other Middle Class Fancy things with the long timers. Exhilarating . * Having old guys accuse your gang of college hooligans of stealing sandwiches out of the fridge in the breakroom. Yep, totally us, can't get enough of those Liver and Onion sandwiches with a side of prune juice. Delicious!

Cons

* Everything, literally everything. Weekly meetings with your manager (what?), extreme distrust of employees, micro-management, denial of any new technologies, it just... goes on. I'm surprised it all still functions. I was there during the giant mergers and my lord what a mess.

1.0

May 31, 2017

A Stepping Stone Into Real Tech Companies.

Button pusher

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- A lower budget, off-brand Game of Thrones work environment replete with narcissistic characters as well. Congrats, your job is a real-life HBO show! - Meetings about meetings on how to plan meetings and other meeting related subjects - 80's techno industrial campus that makes the Googleplex look like pure garbage - Free coffee that generates a lot of office drama over it (Haha, isn't so free now is it?) - A free opportunity to get horribly injured and continually ignore sound medical advice as you get more gains bro. Hurray for Scientolo... I mean Crossfit!

Cons

Are you a recent college graduate who's amped up to start cutting your teeth in the super-fast, HIGH ENERGY world of tech! Haha, not so fast there. Really, just slam on the brakes. Actually, just quit using those big fancy technology ideas and concepts. Let me teach you something. Now, this is how this will go. I say something, and you... just repeat what I said! The more stuff I say, you just keep repeating it and nodding your head. The more you do this, the more money you get when bonuses come around. It's just that simple! You just keep doing this until we get rid of you when you're too old and expensive. Since we brainwashed you, you're practically useless outside of this place. Sorry about that... welp, good luck!

4.0

Dec 26, 2016

Engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Company works hard to make employees feel valued. It is a good place to work with friendly co-workers and knowledgeable teams.

Cons

The recent merger with Western Digital and Sandisk has created large amounts of indecision. Until it is all figured out direction is limited and ever changing.

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