Is WD a good company to work for?

WD has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 4,991 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 1% over the last 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 (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 371 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 228 reviews)); "good benefit and not many change every year" ((in 207 reviews)); "Work culture is good and awesome." ((in 138 reviews))

What are the cons of working at WD according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management (mostly manage up)" ((in 212 reviews)); "Low salary and not easy to get there" ((in 137 reviews)); "Losing good people through frequent layoffs" ((in 83 reviews)); "Poor upper management." ((in 50 reviews)); "Poor Management and leadership style" ((in 35 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

(4,281 total reviews)

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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Reviews by job title

4K reviews

3.0

Jan 17, 2013

Commodity company focused on tech leadership and bottom line

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

HGST is focused on being the technology and cost leader in the HDD industry. They have a warm, open culture and lots of smart people.

Cons

The merger with WD slowed down or stopped a lot of the forward momentum that the company had. It also caused a whole bunch of good people to leave. It may take a while for them to build back the talent pool and accelerate growth.

3.0

Jan 9, 2013

It depends on particular depatrment and manager

Senior programmer analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Stable company with consitent profit, hence - regular profit sharing payments (sometimes up to twice your target incentive percentage)

Cons

Base salaries are moderate. It is very difficult to get promotion (I am a lucky one, thanks to my management). Vacations are short (13 work days at start, no floating holidays) until 4 years of service. In addition, the company "recommends" using your vacation accruals every quarter (!). In general, the company is stingy on small things. The working environment depends on your first and second line managers – as probably in most big companies. Again, I am lucky to have a great manager and interesting software projects.

3.0

Jan 4, 2013

Quite a disappointing place but pays your bills!

Staff engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Financially this company is doing great = Job security

Cons

Very poor treatment to employees both compensation & culturally; Poor work life balance; Way too much favoritism for people from certain nationality; Long term technical investment is absent

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Commodity company focused on tech leadership and bottom line

It depends on particular depatrment and manager

Quite a disappointing place but pays your bills!

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