FLD - You Have A Decision To Make By The End Of October 2025
Do you continue the financial charades to keep the stock price up for maybe another 6 to 8 months, or do you do what is necessary to make F5 a world class Security Firm.
There are many of us that were RIFd over the last many years that would like to come back and make F5 a world class Security Firm.
Wait longer than 10 days and it will be beyond the timeline to make F5 a world class Security Firm.
@2xt FLD was a merciful prophet and skipped over the 2020 covid.
FLD only knows financial numbers - he knows nothing about how to be a leader of a business.
@249 lay-offs are a business failure, hard stop. I don't know what they teach in France. But here they are considered a business failure even if the cool kids are doing it.
@246 Pretty sure it's the company that cut organizational cost for fun, for years, and invited this breach, threatening all our Federal agencies. That is what the record shows.
@23f What about 2017,2018, 2019,2021,20222,2023 and 2024. Was that all a trend, too?
@OP and the financial charades continue while f5 stock declines
@2cz hare rama, hare hare hare!
@24a God is back!!!!
@25z but I am le tired
@246 had to find a company with integrity.
@24h You should take a nap.
@120 Ignore the f5 minions. They are nothing more than devoted cult followers.
@249 the ramblings of AI
@24j More proof.
@24k YAWN. YAWN. YAWN.
@24j YAWN. YAWN. YAWN.
@24h LOL. I like how you had to copy us. Here, let us try:
I HATE F5!! I WANT EVERYONE TO SUFFER ASSOCIATED WITH F5!! I HAVE NO LIFE THANKS TO F5!! WAAA WAAA WAAA!!
How did I do? Did I capture it? I think so.
@24g YAWN. YAWN. YAWN.
@24f More proof.
@24e you can gargle this proof as you switch browsers and devices to spam votes.
@24d More proof.
@24c "our."
Sir or madam, I'm not op. I've not been laid off. Just another internet rando thats tired of your virtue signaling, f5 gargling, dismissive bs. I'm not even the first person in the last hour you've confused for another.
@24b Thanks for proving our point.
So very sorry your life is so miserable.
Hopefully at some point, probably a long time from now, you can move on.
I’m sure you’ll keep posting your anger here until then.
@24a yawn.
@249 It really demonstrates the lack of maturity by a few of those that were laid off. Most have moved on. But a few, probably those that would have normally have been fired, cannot let go. They want others to suffer like they think they have. But the only one making them suffer is themselves.
@247 It’s been 12 days since the 10 day deadline. We’re 2 days past the timeline to saving F5.
So, if that is true, why are those predicting F5 ruin still here? F5 is done, right? Yet, you will continue to come back here again and again because of your animosity towards a publicly traded company that had the audacity to lay you off. Grow up. This has been happening since the dawn of capitalism. Find another job. Quit living in the past. Move on. Or, do the opposite and prove me right.
@23d the funniest thing about FLD’s incompetence (that has led to the F5 stock price crashing) is the mantra of let’s just blame China. Blaming China is not going to save $FFIV from crashing to below $150
security negligence that led to this breach and may compromise US government agencies WILL come back to bite you frauds
@246 maybe it’s f5 a security company that has been breached so hard it will soon be bankrupt and brought to its knees. How the $FFIV stock symbol doing?
@245 Great. How’s the job hunt going? Still nothing? Maybe it’s not the companies. Maybe it’s you?
Mr/s Yawn seems to be on an incognito voting spree again, as usual. Hows life in People Ops?
@23e You’re boring us to near death. YAWN. YAWN. YAWN.
F5 is so unique in this. (sarcasm)
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-10-30/layoffs-are-piling-up-raising-worker-anxiety-here-are-some-companies-that-have-cut-jobs-recently
@a5 First deal is done, Mr T. Two rounds of layoffs to kiss 2025 goodbye and say hello to 2026.
@234 YAWN. YAWN. YAWN.
It's been decided.
The financial charades continue with the 2 upcoming RIFs.
Regrettable.
YAWN.
This is the best post I’ve seen here since they fired my butt. After ten years and a founder of Silverline. I remember a time when all the hackers in the Seattle area wanted to be at f5.
It was a nice pipeline: Edmonds InfoSec ATA; a firewall troubleshooting stint at Watchguard or local ISP; then f5 to really round out. Now i urge talent elsewhere.
Are you the one who hacked BIG IP?
Folks,
I’ve been watching. We’ve been patient. Too patient, frankly. And let me be clear that nobody’s been more patient than I. Nobody.
But that time is over.
You got 10 days to close this terrible situation. I don’t care how you do it. I don’t care what you do. Get it done.
If we can’t lock this deal in 10 days, I’m pulling the plug. Full stop. We walk. No more meetings, no more calls, no more dancing around.
We’re not here to play checkers. We’re here to win. We do deals. Big deals. The best deals. And this? This isn’t looking like a winner.
Clock’s ticking. Make it count.