Is WD a good company to work for?

WD has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 4,986 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 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 (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 372 reviews)); "people were great and fun to work with" ((in 303 reviews)); "Good culture as there are a lot of people coming from diversed background and ethnic" ((in 225 reviews)); "good benefit and not many change every year" ((in 202 reviews)); "Work culture is good and awesome." ((in 131 reviews))

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

"Poor management (mostly manage up)" ((in 210 reviews)); "Low salary and not easy to get there" ((in 136 reviews)); "Poor upper management." ((in 52 reviews)); "No bonuses and takes too long to get promotion" ((in 51 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 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

63% 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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Reviews by job title

4K reviews

1.0

Sep 4, 2015

Mountain View Location is a train wreck - Stay away

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Software Professionals: You are in Silicon valley and have hundreds of great career options . Hundreds of places that will value you, respect you, pay you well and grow your career well. So avoid this sinkhole.

Cons

Check the Mountain View location - Content Solutions specific reviews on this site. They are pretty eloquent about the bad situation. Check with employees and ex employees and also check the track records of the senior leaders. They all will speak volumes about the problems. As usual the current leadership will brush it off as "disgruntled people resistant to change". But when a majority of accomplished professionals say the same thing it means something.

3.0

Aug 31, 2015

Management has no vision

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Decent work environment. Good pay for higher level employees. Has a lounge and medical office on-site. Nice modern building.

Cons

Schedule layoffs every 6 months. Bad healthcare benefit. New senior management whips the lash pretty good to make schedule then layoff the workers once the work is done. Not trust worthy.

1.0

Jul 23, 2017

Top-heavy, dead weight...nepotism at almost all levels

Anonymous

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Comprehensive health insurance benefits. 401K is standard. Unlimited vacation (depends on your manager) Not much to share in that space.

Cons

Layoffs every quarter for the past 3 years as part of the integration process and now called the transformation year. Layoffs are scheduled on a quarterly cadence, and some executives continue to post their lavish vacations on FB and IG during the layoffs week. They sacrifice the worker bees to keep the highly paid management team. Work environment is the worst I have seen in my years of employment at WD. It's the survival of the fittest. Welcome to the "mean girls" and "boys club" environment. The path to promotion or keeping your job is undermined by nepotism and has become a common practice, starting with middle management. Business plans and ID designs are dependent on management's wives or management's children's vote. It's a joke! Never mind that market research is in the queue.

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