Is WD a good company to work for?

WD has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 4,987 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 (215) , Senior Engineer (180) , Principal Engineer (152) , Engineer (151) , Software Engineer (110) , Firmware Engineer (105) , Intern (79) , Senior Software Engineer (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 378 reviews)); "people were great and fun to work with" ((in 302 reviews)); "Good culture as there are a lot of people coming from diversed background and ethnic" ((in 224 reviews)); "good benefit and not many change every year" ((in 209 reviews)); "Work culture is good and awesome." ((in 133 reviews))

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

"Poor management (mostly manage up)" ((in 204 reviews)); "Low salary and not easy to get there" ((in 131 reviews)); "Low compensation to engineers and needs improvement a lot" ((in 51 reviews)); "Poor upper management." ((in 50 reviews)); "Poor Management and leadership style" ((in 34 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 WD locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Israel , Boulder , Washington , Colorado Springs , Rochester , Newark , New York , Salt Lake City

WD reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(4,277 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 4,277 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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4K reviews

1.0

Aug 6, 2016

Don't ever consider working here

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Nice location if you work in Irvine office and brand new office building if you work in the finance/ marketing/ sales department in San Jose. Other than that, nothing's better compared to other companies.

Cons

- Compensation is 20% lower than the market average - Bad health insurance and benefit plan - Selfish management team always put their own interests first and lay off lots of lots of knowledgeable and great long-term employees - More than $15B of debt with 10%+ interest rate when the revenue is dropping year over year. -A company with no future for people with knowledge and skill set. - A company with great potential for people like playing political card in the buracracy environment.

2.0

Jul 10, 2016

Benefits could be better...

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Now known as the largest storage company in the world. Unlimited PTO benefits is great.

Cons

Health benefits are all high deductible. No other choices for PPO, EPO plans. I feel unprotected and financially insecure sometimes. They are a bit old school and non-progressive when it comes to understanding silicon valley cultural norms and supporting dual career tracks.

1.0

Mar 10, 2016

Just you typical corporate H1B-Visa abusing company with no real development.

Test engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You get left alone in your cubicle, and paycheck is always on time, and you will be sure to go home on time every night.

Cons

Cubicle farm, no real innovation, regular lay-offs, under market pay, tons of foreign "skilled" labour, you will never meet anyone higher than you direct supervisor, no real direction, more of a "see what sticks" company. I mean...they don't even have a QA for products. They just push the latest thing they bought from other companies out there without any real development or QA testing and then if they get any suckers to buy the product, they are happy.

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