Great Company to work, Slow to progress (at the moment) - Principal Engineer WD Employee Review

4.0
16 Jan 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Great company, great opportunity to learn in various area after merger with HGST & Sandisk corp. You will be exposed to the integration process of how great companies work together, and streamlining their legacy processes from three into one, by phases, by area. You can get supportive team here, you can contribute for your department as well across functional, if you willing too.

Cons

Pain time to cut staff, cut budget during the long process of consolidating three giants into one, to keep it slim, efficient, and getting out one best practice to fit all. You gotta be patient & open-minded as it takes time, quite long; that no staff replacement, slow promotion cycle, until the new process is in place, by phases.

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5.0
1 Mar 2026
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Pros

Smart and hard working coworkers. Great exposure to technology. Lots of opportunity to grow and learn.

Cons

High workload, but understandable due to the timing and project I was involved in.

3.0
4 Jun 2026
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Pros

Decent benefits and employee stock

Cons

They are enforcing work in office hybrid/ full time

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