Is WD a good company to work for?

WD has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 4,994 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 68% 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?

68% 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 (216) , Senior Engineer (180) , Principal Engineer (152) , Engineer (151) , Software Engineer (111) , Firmware Engineer (106) , 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 365 reviews)); "people were great and fun to work with" ((in 305 reviews)); "Good culture as there are a lot of people coming from diversed background and ethnic" ((in 226 reviews)); "good benefit and not many change every year" ((in 198 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 206 reviews)); "Low salary and not easy to get there" ((in 134 reviews)); "Poor upper management." ((in 52 reviews)); "Poor Management and leadership style" ((in 36 reviews)); "Long hours and not allow to sit" ((in 33 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 are the top reviewed WD locations?

San Jose , Irvine , Milpitas , Fremont , Rochester , Longmont , Mountain View , Lake Forest , New York , Newark , San Francisco , Colorado Springs , Israel , Houston , Los Angeles , Salt Lake City , Boulder , Washington , Boston , Chandler , Austin , Orange , San Diego , Santa Clara , Atlanta , Long Beach , Seattle , Miami , Texas City , Santa Ana

WD reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(4,284 total reviews)

Irving Tan

73% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

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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).

Reviews by job title

4K reviews

3.0

Aug 17, 2015

under appreciated wafer fab at Fremont

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good teams at engineer/manager level

Cons

penny-wise dollar-foolish at upper management

2.0

Jul 18, 2015

software engineer

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1- Kick back environment 2- Unlimited vacation

Cons

1- Management is disconnected from technology. Making bad decisions is the norm of the company. 2- The company wants to stay relevant in storage field, but they are clueless

3.0

Jul 10, 2015

Slowly modernising big enterprise company

Senior engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Genuine and mostly succesfull effort to modernise their infrastructure and internal processes. Mature and competent egineering talent. Excellent benefits. Working hard on diversifying their market beyond hard drives. Good working environment.

Cons

Part of a public company so there is friction on getting projects approved and out the door. Fairly narrow product scope so you're mostly refining features for each new generation. Conservative client base so limited room for radical innovation. Facing a market transition from HD to SSD and trying to enter new markets so there's some uncertainty about business direction. Merger with WD will happen in the indefiinte future.

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Jobs at WD

Fall 2026 Intern - IT Applications

Principal AI Program Manager

Supervisor, Customer Support

Technician 4, Engineering - Swing Shift (M-F 2pm-10:30pm)

Staff Engineer - Recording Test

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