Is WD a good company to work for?

WD has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 4,999 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 62% 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 (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 296 reviews)); "Good culture as there are a lot of people coming from diversed background and ethnic" ((in 236 reviews)); "good benefit and not many change every year" ((in 209 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 204 reviews)); "Low salary and not easy to get there" ((in 140 reviews)); "No bonuses and takes too long to get promotion" ((in 56 reviews)); "Poor upper management." ((in 51 reviews)); "Long hours and not allow to sit" ((in 32 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

(4,285 total reviews)

Irving Tan

74% approve of CEO

62% 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 4,285 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

2.0

Mar 21, 2016

Old school and bureaucratic

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work-life balance - unless you are a Sr. Director or higher, generally there isn't a lot of demand on your nights and weekends. Free cross-fit and yoga

Cons

Outdated business model - despite some capital investment in growth areas, the political climate within the company still treats the growth business unit (BU) as a step-child and doesn't provide the non-capital support necessary for the fledgling BU to thrive (i.e., they keep moving the target goals for the BU, or adding target goals without providing additional resources) Bare minimum benefits Main locations in Irvine and San Jose are not ideal Bare minimum investment in resources, such as HR, IT and Legal

3.0

Mar 17, 2016

OK company

Staff engineer - firmware

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

the low level managers are kind,

Cons

no room to prompt

1.0

Mar 10, 2016

Just you typical corporate H1B-Visa abusing company with no real development.

Test engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You get left alone in your cubicle, and paycheck is always on time, and you will be sure to go home on time every night.

Cons

Cubicle farm, no real innovation, regular lay-offs, under market pay, tons of foreign "skilled" labour, you will never meet anyone higher than you direct supervisor, no real direction, more of a "see what sticks" company. I mean...they don't even have a QA for products. They just push the latest thing they bought from other companies out there without any real development or QA testing and then if they get any suckers to buy the product, they are happy.

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