Thread regarding Teradata Corp. layoffs

@1j4 disagree. This company likes to outsource cheap labor, not hold employees to the same standards, and then fall back on the employees who have been here a long time to clean up the mess. Don't blame the clean up crew. Blame leadership.

There will only be more and more layoffs in addition to ongoing PIP. Predicted Feb 2026 layoff

@e3 Nailed it.

DS gone? Wonder what happened.

Looks like lay-offs have restarted again as I see several on LinkedIn putting up the green banner. Either they were let go just before Xmas or this week when they returned.

@1kt flake and brick are very different than edw, but they are constantly expanding usecases to the point of becoming goto lakehouse. Teradata differentiators do not make it to the recycled ppt. Those are neither understood nor promoted. Deep cut does that to any going concern. Td is shrinking everyday to natural demise. Some people are still seeing direct deposit, that's good.
Teradata is not LLM, cannot be one, does not have to become one. AI means different thing to different people. Where is that CTO? CRO? the new and accomplished ones? If you are still current employee, take a good look around you. get out or stay, your choice.

Oh Q1 will have layoffs at Teradata...no doubt...there's no compelling product or direction...no compelling offerings or technology - nothing that separates Teradata from Snowflake or Databricks or other companies that are actually moving in a positive direction...companies are not considering Teradata for AI - they are viewed as legacy, dated technology that's expensive, bloated, and non-customer friendly - akin to being Blockbuster against Netflix and Hulu and Paramount and Prime and blah blah blah...nothing is moving the needle - at least in the right direction...only customer attrition...and many of the ones that have been let go have been key contributors and have much knowledge capital...Rah, rah, blah...

@1j4 Those that dont respect the past are doomed to repeat it.

Tribal knowledge at this point is all Teradata has + a legacy architecture. Low intelligence h1bs wont have a clue and new college graduates wont know how to feed the beast

Net effect is layoffs or not customer migrations off Teradata will only increase.

@1as Enough with the victim speech. Tenure at Teradata is not a shield against accountability. Being here a long time does not make someone essential, visionary, or even effective. It just means they didn’t leave.
The “we keep this place alive” narrative is tired. If you’re constantly “cleaning up” after others, congratulations, you’ve described a failure loop, not a value proposition. Real contributors design systems that don’t need perpetual cleanup. Anything else is self-inflicted heroism.
This company does not exist to reward historical effort. It exists to execute now. Skill rot is real. Role redundancy is real. And yes, long-haulers are statistically overrepresented in both. Calling that out is not ageism. It’s basic operational hygiene.
Leadership is doing exactly what it should be doing: choosing the future over nostalgia. Protecting underperforming, long-tenured roles because feelings might get hurt is how companies decay quietly and then act shocked when the market finishes the job.
So let’s stop pretending this is complicated. Q1 should include decisive layoffs of entrenched, low-impact long-haulers who no longer move the needle. Keep the people who ship, adapt, and deliver. Cut the ones coasting on seniority and resentment.
That’s not cruelty.
That’s survival.

There will be continued layoffs. Remember this is a company with a declining revenue so layoffs is the ELT's only way of them achieving their bonus' as they don't have any other ideas.

@12r Wow. What a pompous, naive attitude. Let's be clear. Age and time at TD does NOT equal dead weight, lack of creativity, or inability to execute. MANY people who have been with TD for years are the very people keeping it afloat. You have just discrimated against and discounted many extremely valuable emoloyees, people who constantly "clean up" behind newbies, young employees, and the resolving door of engineers. Age doesn't matter. Competency AND ability to execute matter.

You want to blame someone? Look at the leadership team, but do not...DO NOT discount the many hard working employees who have kept this thing alive this long.

You probably think outsourcing is the solution to all of our problems as well. What. A. Joke. While SOME people get to do half the work and grow their technical skillsets, the rest of us are doing the actual work.

Please, grow up and look at the full picture, oh naive one. Wait until you've been at a company giving 100% effort for many years and wanting the BEST for the company. THEN we will talk.

@wc TDC needs to clear house too many people have been here for too long and have grown complacent. We need to send them packing to make room for younger more energetic talent

There will be ongoing refresh of skilled personnel. I’m really surprised that we have engineers who are not skilled enough.

@kn source? Trust me bro?

February layoffs 100%. Just in time to soften the Q4Y25 earnings call.

There will be layoffs every day starting January 1, 2026 with the last layoff happening on December 31, 2026. Starting January 1, 2027, Teradata will have a public auction in the courtyard of their San Diego office. Desks, computers, servers, new logos, and even certain people will be auctioned off to the highest bidder. Bring your checkbooks! You’re gonna need ‘em!

My 2026 prediction for Teradata

1. McMillion wont get fired
2. The business will make less $$$ YoY
3. The BoD wont change
4. McMillion and the BoD will use any money they can find to buy back stock to keep the stock price up.
5. None of the executive leadership or the BoD will buy any Tetadata stock out of their own pocket.
6. There will continue to be rounds of layoffs.