WD reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(4,278 total reviews)
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Irving Tan

75% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

WD has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 4,278 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
1.0
Feb 14, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Friendly people, cool building, nice location

Cons

DO NOT WORK AS A CONTRACTOR. This place is the WORST place for a temp job. First of all, I have 5+ years experience in the field - I contracted for this company for more than 2 years+ being promised for a full time position that NEVER HAPPENED. And so I worked here for a min wage of 30/hr (yes no joke) doing the duties of a senior engineer position. Worst yet, during hard times - they terminated my contract -- only to tell me that they will rehire me at $20/hour.... I think my 18 year old cousin gets paid that at his internship... and they offer me that for a SENIOR position?????? I am not joking, this is terrible. They are basically treating contractors like slave third world country labor. When I left and found a senior full time position elsewhere -- I realized what a terrible company this place was. I had many senior engineer level friends at WD getting paid ~75K and everyone thought that the benefits and pay was good... wrong. They need to get out and see that they are getting underpaid for their roles. My current senior full time position pays 1.5times more than what they make --- and the 2 other companies I had offers from were also 1.5times more. If you feel like being paid garbage and treated like garbage, work here.

4.0
Feb 9, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Great manager, challenging, location (southern CA), good bonus. Input is valued and solicited by management, no issues with speaking your mind.

Cons

Medical insurance is designed for healthy singles person. 6K in network, 6K out of network deductible - seems doctors are in network and labs / surgery centers are out of network. Long hours, worked holidays, which leads to burn out.

5.0
Jan 13, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Challenging work Good bonuses and profit sharing Decent benefits for entry level Decent training Great experience Very interesting technology worked on

Cons

Mandatory shutdowns when vacation time is required Can sometime demand very long hours when working towards a deadline No big complaints, just little things

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