Is WD a good company to work for?

WD has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 4,996 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 68% 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 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at WD?

68% 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 (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))

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

68% would recommend to a friend

(4,285 total reviews)

Irving Tan

73% 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

1.0

Sep 4, 2015

Mountain View Location is a train wreck - Stay away

Software engineer

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Software Professionals: You are in Silicon valley and have hundreds of great career options . Hundreds of places that will value you, respect you, pay you well and grow your career well. So avoid this sinkhole.

Cons

Check the Mountain View location - Content Solutions specific reviews on this site. They are pretty eloquent about the bad situation. Check with employees and ex employees and also check the track records of the senior leaders. They all will speak volumes about the problems. As usual the current leadership will brush it off as "disgruntled people resistant to change". But when a majority of accomplished professionals say the same thing it means something.

4.0

Sep 3, 2015

“Great Company with Huge Potential”

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Excellent brand (market leader in storage) - Strong leadership (new SVP brought in with proven track record in delivering software for cutting edge consumer products) - Current leadership values open communication and transparency, people are free to question vision, direction and strategy - Great people - An opportunity for strong performers to make a big impact (are you currently a little fish in a big pond?) - Flexible working environment - Competitive compensation

Cons

Company is going through a fair amount of change – most people, in general, don’t like change

2.0

Sep 2, 2015

Work environment

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good opportunity for people who want to stay in old storage technology.

Cons

Does not want to move to SSD, happy with arcane technology, mostly belligerent management, lack of planning. Very few storage company so the skills are not very transferable.

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