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 (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 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

3.0

Mar 6, 2015

Starting to become better

Staff firmware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Can learn a lot of industry-agnostic skills (programming, embedded systems, etc). Some industry-specific skills can be taken to a plethora of SSD companies.

Cons

If you get stuck working on things that are too hard drive specific, you can't really take those skills elsewhere.

4.0

Aug 6, 2014

Half the time there was a lot of work and half the time there was no work at all.

Firmware engineer intern

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

As an Intern, not much was expected of me so I didn't feel pressured. That being said I learned a lot and accomplished a moderate amount of work.

Cons

There will be times when you don't know what to do and no one has time for you. Again, that's as an intern. Some consider it a Con and others a Pro but after a while it gets old trying to keep yourself busy.

4.0

Aug 15, 2013

So So company

Principal firmware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Salary and bonus is ok, Hard working people get more pay.

Cons

work time is too long. Higher level Manager doesn't respect the employee.

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