HGST+WD+Sandisk culture is confusing - Technologist WD Employee Review

2.0
Jun 26, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Free coffee/tea Roth contribution to 401(k) Decent salary

Cons

While WD acquired HGST, the top management is mostly HGST, while middle is WD. This leads to a schizophrenic culture across the company. Sandisk appears to be an entity onto themselves. After merger, technical path was effectively demoted one step, or equivalently, management path was promoted one level. Poor/non-existent technical managers. Workforce reductions about every six months. Director and below must share office. Rats in my office (as in the four legged furry kind).

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