Acquire, scramble and dump - Principal Programmer/Analyst WD Employee Review

1.0
27 Aug 2015
Recommend
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Pros

I had 8 months of employment

Cons

Could not figure out what to do with an acquisition, scrambled up what we were assigned to do, then blamed the employees of the acquisition by laying them all off. The execs that did the scrambling did nicely, thank you very much.

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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
Recommend
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Pros

Decent benefits and employee stock

Cons

They are enforcing work in office hybrid/ full time

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