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 372 reviews)); "people were great and fun to work with" ((in 300 reviews)); "Good culture as there are a lot of people coming from diversed background and ethnic" ((in 219 reviews)); "good benefit and not many change every year" ((in 197 reviews)); "Work culture is good and awesome." ((in 128 reviews))

What are the cons of working at WD according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management (mostly manage up)" ((in 202 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 31 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

4.0

May 24, 2016

Good people, interesting work.

Senior firmware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Competitive pay, including healthy 2x/year bonuses. Good people, interesting work.

Cons

Lots of consolidation (workforce reduction) happening right now as a result of the WD merger.

3.0

Nov 17, 2015

Sr. firmware engineer

Senior firmware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Brilliant people to work with

Cons

Need to be in good books of manager

3.0

Oct 4, 2015

An engaging+ but stagnating environment

Firmware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very open and engaging coworkers. Open, friendly environment. Management is sometimes open to improving the cultural atmosphere and engineering processes.

Cons

Volatile, unstable, and stagnating environment. Employees are often derailed from their career path by management with short-term myopia. Company often lays off reliable, talented and hard working engineers for cost realignment. There is a prevailing culture of apathy and short-term thinking here and at times a lack of real professional engineering standards.

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An engaging+ but stagnating environment

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