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

Firmware Development Engineer professionals working at WD have rated their employer with 3.5 out of 5 stars in 171 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of WD employees being 3.7 out of 5 stars. Search open Firmware Development Engineer Jobs at WD now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Firmware Development Engineer interview questions at WD .

Does WD pay Firmware Development Engineer employees well?

Firmware Development Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at WD with 3.3 out of 5 stars based on 171 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 3% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Firmware Development 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 (106) , Senior Software Engineer (80) , Intern (79) , Technologist (64) , Director (51) , Senior Manager (48) , 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 378 reviews)); "people were great and fun to work with" ((in 302 reviews)); "Good culture as there are a lot of people coming from diversed background and ethnic" ((in 229 reviews)); "good benefit and not many change every year" ((in 209 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 139 reviews)); "Poor upper management." ((in 52 reviews)); "Long hours and not paid overtime" ((in 32 reviews)); "Poor Management and leadership style" ((in 32 reviews))

WD Firmware Development Engineer reviews

3.5

55% would recommend to a friend

(171 total reviews)

Irving Tan

64% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

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Firmware Development Engineer employees have rated WD with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 171 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Firmware Development Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. WD is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Firmware Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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171 reviews

3.0

Nov 21, 2025

Headline

Senior firmware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good experience at western digital

Cons

Work culture requires to work on weekend

3.0

Nov 21, 2025

Hit or Miss

Firmware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

If you're with the right team, it's great. The people are nice, the work pace is reasonable, the expectations are realistic. I felt like my contributions meant something, and I felt very comfortable in the quality of our work and the feasibility of what we were trying to achieve. My manager was very kind and put in the effort to make sure I was in a position to do my best work. One of the best places I've ever worked. 5 stars.

Cons

If you're with the wrong team and are in a stable enough position to go elsewhere, please do. Management behaves incredibly inappropriately, an almost comically textbook example of a toxic workplace environment. It's a very disrepectful, needlessly high stress environment, all to produce worse outcomes on longer time scales. I am also being actively prevented from doing my best work. Deeply disappointed that the company has allowed this behavior to persist. 0 stars.

4.0

Nov 9, 2025

Great Work Place

Firmware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great work life balance, great people to work with

Cons

far from publich transportation/ train

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