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?

71% 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 (109) , 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 370 reviews)); "people were great and fun to work with" ((in 300 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 197 reviews)); "Work culture is good and awesome." ((in 133 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 132 reviews)); "Poor upper management." ((in 53 reviews)); "Poor Management and leadership style" ((in 38 reviews)); "Long hours and not allow to sit" ((in 32 reviews))

What are employees saying about WD redundancies in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about WD redundancy and their outlook for job security at WD in 2026.

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3.7

71% would recommend to a friend

(4,275 total reviews)

Irving Tan

74% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.8

Diversity and inclusion

3.7

Culture and 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 4,275 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

1.0

9 Jan 2019

Just a number. This company does not care about the individual.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Flexible working. Free parking. CrossFit. Not much else!

Cons

Upper management do not care. Experience counts for nothing. No opportunity to progress unless you’re ‘in’ with management. WD like to think themselves diverse and promote a ‘We’ culture, it is anything but. Pay isn’t great. Promotions are often unfair and leave many employees bewildered about what you have to do to get ahead in this company (apart from being best pals with someone in management already).

5.0

22 Feb 2018

Good place to work if you can perform well

Senior manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

High performance atmosphere Criticism taken on board Good perks and pay

Cons

Low career development opportunities Some redundancies

2.0

18 Jan 2020

Internal politics and short-term vision

Commercial truck driver

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Decent starting pay and benefits Flexibility (lot of remote working available) Very global company so tools are widely available and optimized for all positions

Cons

Rewarded on internal politics Lay-offs all year round They say they have long term vision, but lower employees are encouraged to execute without caring about long term strategy, if they don't execute, they'll be sacked for not being productive enough, so they execute even random activities with no relevance with the strategy, for the sake of executing People spend more time bullshitting about what they do than actually doing things because of too many separate reports to provide U.S wants to overlook everything even when it just makes everything less efficient Orgchart doesn't tell you what people actually do because they all have a say and an opinion on how to do your job

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