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      3.7

      69% would recommend to a friend

      (4,281 total reviews)
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      Irving Tan

      75% 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 4,281 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
      Nov 25, 2013

      Great Place to Learn

      Engineering design
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Learn a lot in a short period of time

      Cons

      You learn a lot because of overwork due to poor management scheduling

      1.0
      Nov 23, 2013

      A cheap company - Western Digital @Fremont, CA

      Senior staff engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      1. You may acquire good experience and knowledge in production FAB and R&D in process development; 2. Good ESPP, bonus is OK; 3. Good people to work with; 4. Probably still a good company for investment within 2 years. 5. Cost reduction is always #1 priority.

      Cons

      1. Company's culture - CHEAP. 2. Lack of creativity. The company copy almost every generation of head from Headway or Seagate; and the company names it as its own business model. 3. Hard disk drive industry is almost close to its end of life (5-10 years more?). 4. Worst benefit plan as per as I know in so many companies in bay area. 5. Promotion is very difficult. 6. The chance of salary increase is low, actually your salary is decrease every year because of inflation. 7. Cost reduction is always #1 priority.

      4.0
      Nov 22, 2013

      Electrical / Hardware Assurance

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great people, lots of room to learn.

      Cons

      IT and management is seemingly archaic in how it's ran.

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