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 376 reviews)); "people were great and fun to work with" ((in 295 reviews)); "Good culture as there are a lot of people coming from diversed background and ethnic" ((in 225 reviews)); "good benefit and not many change every year" ((in 202 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 135 reviews)); "Poor upper management." ((in 51 reviews)); "Poor Management and leadership style" ((in 34 reviews)); "Long hours and not allow to sit" ((in 33 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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Reviews by job title

4K reviews

3.0

Aug 24, 2021

Could do better guess they're lazy because they're no longer hungry for money.

Lab technician

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pay on the 1st ea mo, have a good budget for equipment, social benefits good, lunch partly subsidised.

Cons

Processes are slow moving, you cant change anything, bonuses are infrequent and far in between and depend on too many external factors rather than company performance or your own performance. Pay raise 10% once in 2.5 years. Worked from home (2-3 days a week) when covid started but called back into office full time in 2020 and no WFH ever since. Sometimes it feels they skim and cheap on their employees they could give so much more but decide not to.

4.0

Aug 24, 2021

Nice working environment for employees

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice working environment for employees

Cons

Too much of work load.

3.0

Aug 23, 2021

Senior software engineer

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

None to list not a good company

Cons

Rude people No promotion Need improvement should ve more focus

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Jobs at WD

Wafer Manufacturing Process Technician - Night Shift (Sun-Tue & alternating Sat., 7pm-7:30am)

Wafer Equipment Maintenance Technician

Wafer Manufacturing Process Technician - Day Shift (Sun-Tue & alternating Wed, 7am-7pm)

Photolithography Process Engineer

Technologist, RFIC Design Engineer

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Could do better guess they're lazy because they're no longer hungry for money.

Nice working environment for employees

Senior software engineer

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