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 372 reviews)); "people were great and fun to work with" ((in 308 reviews)); "Good culture as there are a lot of people coming from diversed background and ethnic" ((in 221 reviews)); "good benefit and not many change every year" ((in 200 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 205 reviews)); "Low salary and not easy to get there" ((in 138 reviews)); "Poor upper management." ((in 50 reviews)); "Poor Management and leadership style" ((in 34 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

(4,276 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 4,276 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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Reviews by job title

4K reviews

1.0

Apr 7, 2022

Worst Company I ever worked for

Vice president

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Some of the people are good. Nothing good about this company.

Cons

This company is backed by a group out of India who do not care one bit about the operations in Canada except how much they can support wealth growth in India. The people are treated like a commodity and the CEO is a joke and a yes man who was only put in place after they tried some professional CEOs and found that they were not compliant to the masters from India.

4.0

Feb 10, 2025

Great company

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Welcoming culture, great benefits and perks

Cons

High demand, little work life balance

4.0

Sep 22, 2025

Western digital manager

Senior manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Great culture, collaborative work Clear guidelines on the project tasks

Cons

Monotonic, the job keep repeating itself.

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