Is WD a good company to work for?

WD has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 5,002 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 69% of employees would recommend working at WD to a friend and 63% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about WD have been left by employees working as Intern , Intern - Hourly and Test Engineer .

Does WD pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, WD employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at WD. This rating has improved by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at WD?

69% of WD employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated WD 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

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 372 reviews)); "people were great and fun to work with" ((in 294 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 208 reviews)); "Work culture is good and awesome." ((in 132 reviews))

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

"Poor management (mostly manage up)" ((in 203 reviews)); "Low salary and not easy to get there" ((in 135 reviews)); "Poor upper management." ((in 53 reviews)); "Poor Management and leadership style" ((in 33 reviews)); "Long hours and not allow to sit" ((in 31 reviews))

What are employees saying about WD layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about WD layoffs and their outlook for job security at WD in 2026.

What are the top reviewed WD locations?

San Jose , Irvine , Milpitas , Fremont , Rochester , Longmont , Mountain View , Lake Forest , New York , Newark , San Francisco , Colorado Springs , Israel , Houston , Los Angeles , Salt Lake City , Boulder , Washington , Boston , Chandler , Austin , Orange , San Diego , Santa Clara , Atlanta , Long Beach , Seattle , Miami , Texas City , Santa Ana

WD reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(4,287 total reviews)

Irving Tan

75% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Culture & values

3.5

Career opportunities

3.4

Compensation and benefits

3.2

Senior management

WD has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 4,287 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The WD employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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4K reviews

3.0

Jan 8, 2017

An OK place

Senior principal engineer firmware

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Irvine location. Integration of HGST and SanDisk would made WD a big player in the storage market

Cons

- Way too many layoffs ins the last 2 years. At least 4 layoffs in the last 2 years when I was there. - Company was in a massive integration efforts (of 3 companies) so the overall employee morale were low. - Not a lot of new technologies development

3.0

Jan 5, 2017

Great company, but find profitable area

Chief database architect

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great company, well known, great people and good culture

Cons

make sure the department or area you choose had a vision that will last more than a short time so that you can work there for many years rather than a short time

2.0

Jan 5, 2017

Inside Sales Account Manager

Inside sales representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Learned about new products systems and platform solutions

Cons

Very Micro managed, a step backward in my job roll once my previous company SanDisk got acquired by Western Digital and HGST

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Great company, but find profitable area

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