WD reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(4,277 total reviews)
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75% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

WD has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 4,277 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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1.0
Mar 26, 2011

Lord of the Flies

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Salary is good. When profitable, they share the wealth with a nice bonus. Stock purchase plan and options too. They pay well. They have to because there is virtually no other reason to work for them.

Cons

Middle management is the worst I've ever seen. With the quality of PMs, it's startling that they are able to ship anything. Scheduling is very weak and unrealistic. Lack of any planning discipline. There are very entrenched political rivalries and the blame game is their favorite sporting event. Behavior is often very unproductive and unprofessional with those who yell the loudest winning the day, regardless of technical merit. They are good integrators and optimizers of the manufacturing process. Their capacity to develop new technologies is very weak as it is a different methodology than the integrate-test-ship cycle repeated every four months. I imagine more than half of their actual development budget is completely wasted through a lack of proper requirements, poor architecture, inefficient execution, cancelled projects, etc. All projects have a very definite time-horizon of a few months. Any longer term development devolves into chaos. Vacation policy is annoying with mandatory furloughs, a low maximum accrual, and nagging to keep your balance low.

3.0
Mar 22, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Data storage is a relatively stable market for now. WD pays higher-end salaries. Engineering staff in Colorado is top-notch, and generally free of politics and petty "people issues" .

Cons

Benefits are pretty bad, with 2 1/2 weeks of vacation for the first 5 years. No pay raises, so make sure you have negotiated up front. The main campus is southern California, and with the So Cal culture comes the high stress and lots of finger pointing. Engineering work is not well thought out, since schedules are mostly unrealistic, but there seems to be ample time to fix it. Training of new employees leaves a lot to be desired. Many new people feel pretty useless for several months since they lack good mentoring and instruction on procedures.

2.0
Mar 1, 2011

" Takes a special person to work at WD"

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Solid and financially driven company( as any good company should be). ESPP plan attractive and shares the wealth in that regard. Talented people in the trenches. Quality products and innovative thinking leads to good product and roadmaps.

Cons

Workforce is comprised of those that have been there for years and are in the click or those that are there for a short time and looking to frankly move on for management treats employees with little respect and unprofessionally behavior.

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