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 374 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 229 reviews)); "good benefit and not many change every year" ((in 204 reviews)); "Work culture is good and awesome." ((in 135 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 136 reviews)); "No bonuses and takes too long to get promotion" ((in 54 reviews)); "Poor upper management." ((in 53 reviews)); "Long hours and not allow to sit" ((in 34 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

1.0

Aug 10, 2017

poor culture

Principal firmware engineer

Recommend

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.

1.0

Aug 3, 2017

Senior Firmware Engineer

Senior firmware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Really bright engineering team and a lot of access to various experts.

Cons

Project Management caused many schedule delays through poor planning. It was a really toxic work environment with a lot of aggressive individuals. I experienced many sexist comments throughout my years there.

4.0

Mar 20, 2017

Work and life balance

Staff firmware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great technology & people, Much to learn. Product & development processing is well thought out and organized.

Cons

Work life balance is not good

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