Is WD a good company to work for as a System Engineer?

System Engineer professionals working at WD have rated their employer with 4.1 out of 5 stars in 25 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 System Engineer Jobs at WD now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked System Engineer interview questions at WD .

Does WD pay System Engineer employees well?

System Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at WD with 4.2 out of 5 stars based on 25 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 21.1% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about System 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 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))

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4.1

99% would recommend to a friend

(25 total reviews)

Irving Tan

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62% positive business outlook

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4.4

Career opportunities

4.2

Culture & values

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.2

Senior management

4.2

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Work/Life balance

System Engineer employees have rated WD with 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 25 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most System Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. WD is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by System Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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25 reviews

4.0

Jan 8, 2022

Good Learning opportunities

Systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

At Western Digital, you get a lot of opportunities to learn new stuff by the great training programs they have. Also, internal mobility is encouraged, so one can get exposure to different roles and learn a lot of new stuff.

Cons

Global teams make working hours pretty stretched out in the mornings and late evenings.

5.0

Nov 24, 2021

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Systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

-Great work life balance. A lot of company extra curriculars

Cons

-large company so lack of team building

4.0

Apr 13, 2021

Good Place to work

Systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great work life balance and technology

Cons

Gives up on projects too soon when things are not going as they would like.

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