Magnetic Storage is a stable business and WD is a strong player in this market. - Senior Staff Engineer WD Employee Review

4.0
Jan 5, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

After the acquisition of HGST, WD is one of the duopoly companies in magnetic storage business (the other is Seagate). Therefore if you have a stable position in the company that means job security. The jobs are also hard to outsource. In hardware business, I would say it is pretty good in terms of base salary and profit sharing.

Cons

Company is very tight on everything else such as Perks, insurance and working environment. That is the in culture of WD since that is how it is survived in the price-sensitive cusumer storage market (PC and external storage) with low profit margin. Also the company has a tradition that

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
Jun 16, 2026
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Pros

Stable firm if you find a pocket to cruise in

Cons

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