Is WD a good company to work for as a Engineer, Firmware Engineering?

Engineer, Firmware Engineering professionals working at WD have rated their employer with 3.5 out of 5 stars in 174 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of WD employees being 3.7 out of 5 stars. Search open Engineer, Firmware Engineering Jobs at WD now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Engineer, Firmware Engineering interview questions at WD .

Does WD pay Engineer, Firmware Engineering employees well?

Engineer, Firmware Engineering professionals rate their compensation and benefits at WD with 3.3 out of 5 stars based on 174 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 3% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Engineer, Firmware Engineering salaries at WD.

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 371 reviews)); "people were great and fun to work with" ((in 313 reviews)); "Good culture as there are a lot of people coming from diversed background and ethnic" ((in 228 reviews)); "good benefit and not many change every year" ((in 202 reviews)); "Work culture is good and awesome." ((in 134 reviews))

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

"Poor management (mostly manage up)" ((in 207 reviews)); "Low salary and not easy to get there" ((in 133 reviews)); "Poor upper management." ((in 54 reviews)); "1) No Bonus and Annual hikes" ((in 51 reviews)); "Poor Management and leadership style" ((in 36 reviews))

WD Engineer, Firmware Engineering reviews

3.5

55% would recommend to a friend

(174 total reviews)

Irving Tan

64% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

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Engineer, Firmware Engineering employees have rated WD with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 174 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Engineer, Firmware Engineering professionals have a good working experience there. WD is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Engineer, Firmware Engineering professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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174 reviews

2.0

Jul 24, 2016

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Principal firmware engineer

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Smart people are leaving. Hard to have balance between work and life. different department has different working style. Some of them are very tough. Some of them are nice.

Cons

Long working hour, less respectation to employees, poor medical benefit .

2.0

Jul 16, 2016

Worst Management ever

Senior firmware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It's located in Irvine, best city to work at in SoCal.

Cons

Bad culture. People are lack of responsibility and ownership. Pointing fingers and yelling all the time in the meeting. Bad Management, especially working in a firmware group. Management always handle things in a HW perspective. They don't listen, they have no patience, and no respect to the team. They treat things personally. Being salty and sarcastic. Avoid coming here if you want to learn new tech.

4.0

May 24, 2016

Good people, interesting work.

Senior firmware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Competitive pay, including healthy 2x/year bonuses. Good people, interesting work.

Cons

Lots of consolidation (workforce reduction) happening right now as a result of the WD merger.

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