Dying Star... - Anonymous employee WD Employee Review

2.0
Jul 15, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

1. Flexibility to take time off and meet other family commitments. 2. Stability in terms of job security.

Cons

1. Poor compensation. 2. Rapidly decreasing bonus structure 3. Poor decision making at the executive level impacting good quality hard working middle management and engineers. 4. Diminishing hard disk drive industry that will slowly wilting away and going where floppy drives went. Although at a slower rate. 5. Below average medical insurance plan and reduction in other benefits. It used to be a great company to work for but with outside cost pressure, declining PC market, coupled with poor upper management, it is a dying star.

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
Jun 30, 2026
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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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