Anyone who has been at Viasat for a long time is just there for a paycheck at this point. The days of it being an innovative company and a great place to work… are over.
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Its a new age the company needs a nee set of ba--s and so do the workers, if tour going to be in a sector that ia tech related and tour companies price is has and remains to be going down expext layoff for any company!
@1q7 No…just doing your job well is not enough when the market inflexion was missed by the senior technical ‘management’. They have been responsible for the massive decline in the company share value over the past 5 years, with debt from the desperate acquisition of Inmarsat to avoid a fade into oblivion. MD failed to take Starlink seriously and hence they are incapable of defining or delivering an innovative strategy now that returns this company to its former glory. Lack of belief from investors in our plan to reduce our debt burden, ‘cat-herding’ in the MSSA to try and align other MSS’s to compete with the mega-constellations, multiple spectrum challenges, poor culture and increased staff attrition. The best option is to be acquired, replace this technical ‘golf club’, spin off the BU’s so then can take a neutral approach to connectivity…and start a recovery from the continual $10 stock that we now are
I was layed off in Nov 2023. I had been at Viasat for many years. I had/have some anger about the way it was carried out. Maybe karma is real. I'm doing well now. I don't ever wish that I still work there. I hope everybody who was affected by it is doing well.
Sometimes success requires a new understanding of the job.
ViaSat is a good company that has withstood many setbacks, many changes, and integrated many acquisitions.
If somebody thinks they can do another job, that they have not done previously, they probably do not understand the job sufficiently to do it well.
ViaSat will get through this period by everyone doing the job they are good at.
"critical niche"s are nice. I thought I had one back in 2023 but still got surprised by my site GM. The severance was good for a few months.
My new work has cr-p for severance, the coffee is cr-p, and the health insurance is industry bottom of the barrell.
Find yourself a critical niche in the process and grind away. Zzzzzzz
Interesting that the only highlight wrt the staff survey in the engineering all-hands last week was the number of people who had completed it. I’m hearing the results in terms of (a) desire to promote the company externally (b) desire to stay beyond 2 years and (c) confidence in the senior management were awful. Anyone hearing the same (from reputable sources obviously)
Hence the term "legacy"
In my opinion, the culture there has been sc--wed up for at least 15 years. A million bucks to spin a board? Lots of acquisitions that seemed so loosely stitched together.
Arclight was the most innovative home grown technology I ever saw there.
Beyond those things, plenty of follow on govt business to keep them alive. Not so innovative though. Just a lot of cramming new features into old hardware.
Can confirm been at vsat for 15+ years, don’t even care if there’s no raises, pay is great when I barely put in any effort
Lol glad to hear I’m not the only one that feels GC is the most uninspiring leader I’ve ever listened to. Probably fine as a cto but don’t put him in front of hundreds
Yep…atrocious lack of engineering leadership given GC couldn’t look less bored and uninterested if he tried. Not that he looks like he is trying at anything based on his performance in every all-hands I have seen him in. Just replace him with an LLM…it would be cheaper, more charismatic and also more likely to come up with a better strategy on…well…literally everything
It's laughable how they tout veteran friendliness on LinkedIn. Sure, hire techs that fit an SNS niche, but vets take the hit on layoffs at least as much as any other group.