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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
      4.0
      Aug 8, 2013

      the only thing constant is change.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Digital storage company that is the foundation of digital economy.

      Cons

      Company's products are not high up in the food chain.

      1.0
      Jul 31, 2013

      A dying company, about to collapse

      Senior principal engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      good salary, easy work style. good life. It is a very established industry, every area has been researched thoroughly. Therefore any inquiring mind has a lot to learn. The knowledge accumulation can be rapid, especially for new comers.

      Cons

      hard drive industry is being replaced by solid state drive business. the ship is sinking. WD and HGST merge is a sign of further shrinking of this business. Because HGST produces better hard drives than the original WD, the WD Fremont site is about to close within 6 months. There have been many waves of large-scale lay-off since 2012 (on Fremont site and San Jose site of WD), and many engineers left for better opportunities. The remaining engineers are here waiting for their packages. Some groups become empty, so there are occasionally some openings. The entire WD will shake in the next year. The Fremont site will close in 6 months for sure. The reason is on the area of magnetic head, WD Fremont is far behind HGST and vendors (Headway). The ship is sinking and there is no career chance for anyone.

      2.0
      Jul 29, 2013

      Interesting technology, but lacks company culture

      Firmware engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      interesting technology, some room for growth within the company

      Cons

      company behaves like an old company. Bureaucratic. Difficult to work with others because they are all over the world. People seem to focus on personal performance goals over the success of products and the company.

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