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 369 reviews)); "people were great and fun to work with" ((in 315 reviews)); "Good culture as there are a lot of people coming from diversed background and ethnic" ((in 222 reviews)); "good benefit and not many change every year" ((in 192 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 209 reviews)); "Low salary and not easy to get there" ((in 142 reviews)); "Poor upper management." ((in 52 reviews)); "Poor Management and leadership style" ((in 35 reviews)); "Long hours and not allow to sit" ((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

Aug 7, 2016

A stagnant environment in a sunset industry

Firmware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice people, decent pay, and a culture with professional collaboration. Decent opportunities for horizontal movements.

Cons

Industry is stagnant and knowledge gained on HDDs will likely be worthless in the future. Company takes cost-cutting shortcuts and lays off hard working, reliable people to save money in the short term.

2.0

Jul 24, 2016

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Principal firmware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Smart people are leaving. Hard to have balance between work and life. different department has different working style. Some of them are very tough. Some of them are nice.

Cons

Long working hour, less respectation to employees, poor medical benefit .

2.0

Jul 16, 2016

Worst Management ever

Senior firmware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

It's located in Irvine, best city to work at in SoCal.

Cons

Bad culture. People are lack of responsibility and ownership. Pointing fingers and yelling all the time in the meeting. Bad Management, especially working in a firmware group. Management always handle things in a HW perspective. They don't listen, they have no patience, and no respect to the team. They treat things personally. Being salty and sarcastic. Avoid coming here if you want to learn new tech.

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