Is WD a good company to work for?

WD has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 5,003 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 69% of employees would recommend working at WD to a friend and 63% 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 (107) , Senior Software Engineer (80) , Intern (79) , Technologist (64) , Director (51) , Senior Manager (49) , 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 361 reviews)); "people were great and fun to work with" ((in 306 reviews)); "Good culture as there are a lot of people coming from diversed background and ethnic" ((in 236 reviews)); "good benefit and not many change every year" ((in 198 reviews)); "Work culture is good and awesome." ((in 132 reviews))

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

"Poor management (mostly manage up)" ((in 211 reviews)); "Low salary and not easy to get there" ((in 135 reviews)); "Losing good people through frequent layoffs" ((in 83 reviews)); "Poor upper management." ((in 53 reviews)); "Long hours and not allow to sit" ((in 32 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

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3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(782 total reviews)

Irving Tan

75% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

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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

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2.0

Jan 13, 2014

Electrical Engineering

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

The team, great input and great teamwork

Cons

The management, they don't understand that they are fortune 500 company. They work like they are startup company with no real processes. Everyone works off of spreadsheets and not systems. The don't have a real planning system. they overproduce or they have shortages. Materials department doesn't work with the company. They are more concern about their bonus checks. They don't work on the best cost, but would rather negotiate a higher cost and show a fake quarterly 5% cost savings.

4.0

Jan 5, 2014

Magnetic Storage is a stable business and WD is a strong player in this market.

Senior staff engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

After the acquisition of HGST, WD is one of the duopoly companies in magnetic storage business (the other is Seagate). Therefore if you have a stable position in the company that means job security. The jobs are also hard to outsource. In hardware business, I would say it is pretty good in terms of base salary and profit sharing.

Cons

Company is very tight on everything else such as Perks, insurance and working environment. That is the in culture of WD since that is how it is survived in the price-sensitive cusumer storage market (PC and external storage) with low profit margin. Also the company has a tradition that

3.0

Dec 22, 2013

Very dynamic working environment for better or worse.

Principal engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Reasonable compensation & benefits in terms of basic pay, pay rise and bonuses. The working environment is mostly open and flexible.

Cons

Middle management level lack of proper management skills. There're serious gap between the high level to the engineer level due to the insufficient communication and clear strategy by the middle management. Management approach varies significantly across different departments. Very poor English language level even at the engineer level and above.

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Magnetic Storage is a stable business and WD is a strong player in this market.

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