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Western Digital Receives 2020 Pro Patria Award for Exemplary Support of Guard and Reserve Employees
Highest honor given by the California Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Committee, a U.S. Department of Defense Program SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nHighest honor given by the California Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Committee, a U.S. Department of Defense Program\n\n SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nWestern Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC) announced today it has received the 2020 Pro Patria Award from the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a Department of Defense program. The highest-level honor bestowed by the California ESGR state committee, the award recognizes employers that demonstrate steadfast and exemplary support to National Guard and Reserve employees.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210513005385/en/\nWestern Digital was selected by California's ESGR committee in the Large Business category. The selection committee evaluated the service, leadership, community outreach, and company policies in place that facilitate employees to serve in the military.\n\nIn 2018, Western Digital created its We.Salute business resource group to better serve its diverse military employees, their families, and their work teams by providing additional internal and external resources to those who are serving or have served their countries.\n\n“We are deeply grateful and proud of our servicemen and women for their service and sacrifices to protecting their respective countries,” said David Goeckeler, CEO of Western Digital. “We want to help eliminate any stress that arises from transitioning between work, deployments and military training requirements, while also making our veterans and reservists feel valued for their courage, dedication and work ethic. We are honored to receive this award and are committed to supporting our veterans and reservists in both their professional and military careers.”\n\nSince establishing We.Salute, Western Digital has grown the program to expand and evolve its capabilities to better serve its members, including:\n\n\nCreating an in-house roundtable with non-profit organizations assisting veterans and veteran families in crisis\n\n\nSharing beneficial information and external resources with veterans and active-duty employees\n\n\nSending care packages to deployed team members\n\n\nFacilitating reservists transitioning to and from mobilization, as well as training supervisors on the importance of reservists to the organization\n\n\nOrganizing donations t...