WD reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(4,284 total reviews)
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Irving Tan

76% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

WD has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 4,284 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
2.0
Jul 10, 2019

Going Down Hill Fast

Recommend
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Pros

Diversity, Experience, Flexibility, Location & Great Co-workers!

Cons

Management is clueless. Too many Chiefs and not enough Indians. Since merging with HGST the company has gone down hill fast!!

3.0
Jun 3, 2019

Good strategy poor execution

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Big company with opportunities to do many different things Leader in the industry Decent benefits and compensation

Cons

Integration of 3 multi-billion corporations has created a constant state of change and uncertainty, with no end in sight Nepotism and politics hinder empowerment, collaboration, employee moral, strategy execution and productivity

3.0
Apr 18, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Good work life balance. Low level employees are very nice and helpful. Compensation is lower than industry level.

Cons

So much politics and bias at the high level. The promotions and decisions are very unfair. Managers are not properly trained.

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