Word has it that WD Singapore will close by end of Sep 2016. It was formerly a HOYA company bought over by WD in 2011 to acquire the laptop HDD know how after getting very little inroads to small form HDD. Previously, it bought 2.5 media from HOYA... — read more 

WD has been making poor investment choices ever since 2007. Silicon Systems - total flop, where did their products go? lol Skyera - also a flop in my opinion HGST - was good, especially enterprise hdd, but ssd is doing well, but not for long. Without... — read more 

Rough % or #s will do. If you know the group name list them! WD SJ1: - WD SJ2: - WD Fremont: - WD Irvine: - WD International: - HGST Great Oaks: - HGST YB: - HGST International: -

How can hard drives compete w/SSD, except for data back-up? The SanDisk/Toshiba joint venture is building factory to produce 3D NAND.

This is worth a repost (from : @He9ePpy-hgi ), I am not the author but it's the best summary of what's going on at WD that I've seen so far... WD Irvine primarily focuses on hard drives for desktop and laptop computers. Fewer laptops and destops use... — read more 

I spent 9 years with WD (between 2004 and 2013) but left voluntarily to continue development of my side-business (InternationalTestInstruments.com), in which I develop high-speed serial protocol analysis for USB 2.0, 3.0 and PCI Express. I have sold... — read more 

I think we should all get together and stand up to WD management and let WD know that if our co workers get let go, we're leaving too. I'm tired of seeing my colleagues fall and no one is willing to pick them up.

Poking around. Can someone summarize what's happening at WD as it relates to layoffs?

Top management has already made a decision on the closure of the operation. After 4 years of operation, PNS will be closed and moved to Thailand. These are some of the steps that had to be taken in order to achieve the cost saving targets. These are... — read more 

I was let go in 2015. Good luck to all.

May the 4th , not layoff, be with you, my friends!

Worldwide Employees: 67,884 (as of Apr 1st, 2016 from quarterly financial results) US Employees: 8500 (as of Dec, 2015 from Cal Employment documents) CA Employees: 5600 (as of Dec, 2015 from Cal Employment documents) I know there was ~ 25000... — read more 

Any updates here please

Hi, in my department the people laid off are older than the ones who didn't get laid off. Federal law outlaws age discrimination, but it's so obvious in the tech industry, as documented by Forbes and so many other publications. What are you seeing in... — read more 

Quarterly earnings came out. In the conference call CEO Steve Milligan hinted that the company will now realize $800 million in annual savings from eliminating redundancies from the WD/HGST merger. This is up from a previous estimate of $650 million... — read more 

I was part of a previous layoff a couple of years back. I was always a team player. Went to lunch with the guys (and gals) attended company picnics. I even attended some co-workers family parties etc. I really thought I had become friends with many... — read more 

How are we high-tech engineers any different than university professors, airline pilots, nurses, etc that get protection from corporate greed through their unions?

The major wave of cuts will take place in May as it was reported here earlier, we are looking at about 4K headcount reduction, that's a far cry from what was discussed here before (30%)

What happens next?

FIT technician group is currently boxing up much of their test equipment to be shipped to Malaysia. Deep cuts probably on May 4th, everything will be done before all hands meeting on the 10th

San Jose Great Oaks campus (~1200 employees) reporting in. Nothing happened here today.

does anyone know if you volunteer to be let go, do you get a severance package, or did we all who volunteer just got hustled by the company?

Anyone knows more here? Have they changed the severance package?

When WD laid me off, the manager seemed harsh and cold. Here's a better approach "Unfortunately, when many department managers are faced with the gruesome task of telling people their jobs are being eliminated, they react in the worst possible way... — read more 

The 35% rumor comes from the worldwide employees. Do the the math; Seagate & WD have roughly 40% ish market share (WD seems to be always 2% higher). Worldwide employees for Seagate = 50K and Western Digital = 75K. There is a lot of redundancy now... — read more 

Perhaps the layoff package should come with some free drug prescriptions.

Rumor has it that the workforce reduction has started in Asia. No details yet.

Based on the interlocks so far, WD seems to be better at operation and HGST better at R & D. In both cases, the traditional HDD will be replaced by SSD. In a sense, leaving the HDD industry now is definitely better than 2-3 years from now. Take care... — read more