An ok company - Staff Engineer WD Employee Review

2.0
Mar 28, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Interesting work/cutting edge technology in NAND Good coworkers Stock has performed well

Cons

Culture and care for employees not there The company acts cheap. There's no lunch or dinner and sometimes they'd give you a $10 voucher for lunch meetings. It's really hard to spend more than $15 in the cafeteria. The benefits are vanishing or reducing. The managers seem to only care about the number of hours of employees and not the performance and output. Great talent has been leaving the company. CEO is all about cost reduction.

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5.0
Jun 26, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The company has a good culture, with hard-working and smart employees.

Cons

The salary may be relatively low, with limited room for growth.

4.0
Jun 30, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- The company itself is doing well financially, allowing departments to take on bigger projects - Great work-life balance culture and unlimited PTO that actually allows for generate usage - Casual culture that encourages collaboration - Non-salary benefits are strong, with even lower-level employees benefiting from the stock purchase plan

Cons

- Despite its strong position, the company does trim headcount for the sake of efficiency - Work ethic seems complacent, but is offset by company's strong financial standing - Management can be cut-throat, but strong performers usually do well - Salaries are below market rate

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