Thread regarding Seagate Technology Inc. layoffs

It’s not how a good business is run

Well I’m sure you have noticed that 80% of the “work” at this company is documenting slides to update management. Simply knowing what’s going on and what the latest numbers are is currency at Seagate so the top can look engaged and deliver the next news blurb of good progress. The company has driven all decisions up to VP instead of down to knowledge experts which further exasperates update work. So the opposite of empowerment is? I’m ok collecting my check for this and following the update and carry out orders routine but it’s not how a good business is run.

@b8+1jwdre6x2 makes a good point.

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A wise successful Seagater once described Seaagte as “a Ponzi scheme for status reports.” He was not wrong.

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@ny interesting that there is no mention of TCO in the article… https://engineering.fb.com/2025/03/04/data-center-engineering/a-case-for-qlc-ssds-in-the-data-center/#:~:text=HDDs%20have%20been%20growing%20in,cost%20than%20existing%20TLC%20SSDs.

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The 30+ year conversation of HDD vs flash continues to amaze and confuse. Yawn…

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Post ID: @y4+1jwqdxysd

@qe Let me guess, you shorted the stock.

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Post ID: @v6+1jwqdxysd

The Moziac roadmap is nothing but a tool to convince know-nothing investors not to pull their money out. HAMR has a future!

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@pw Meta’s not buying Mozaic 3, how much longer before other CSPs follow suit? What’s the point of Mozaic 4,5 roadmap when throughput isn’t being addressed. Get ready for ‘digestion’ of ur booked orders….dummy

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Post ID: @qe+1jwqdxysd

@ny It's about the booked orders dummy. Stop reading Zucks drivel.

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Post ID: @pw+1jwqdxysd

Don’t understand why the stock is at ATH today. Meta came out with a case against high capacity HDDs vs QLC a few months back. Too much d-mb money out there.

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Post ID: @ny+1jwqdxysd

@kc+1jwqdxysd back again

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Post ID: @n4+1jwqdxysd

We are the FAANG company.

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Post ID: @kc+1jwqdxysd

They don't make decisions that way: The tool is declined, the employee laid off anyway and they raise the dividend.

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You: I'd like us to purchase this tool so I can do my job better for Seagate.

Most Dir/VP: We might have to layoff someone to buy that. Are you sure you want to do that? Do you need that tool enough to destroy someone's life in your group and end their employment here so we all have to do more work? Or even worse, cut everyone's raise and bonus just so you can have a new tool to play with?

You: But...I mean...it's just a $250 tool. Umm, never mind. Time to just quiet quit I guess.

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Well in fairness, who makes decisions over a $15 mil piece of wafer equipment? It's not going to be the low level director signing that one off. Some decisions have to be made at the VP level. I do agree that low level purchasing should not be held hostage by a VP.

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Post ID: @bt+1jwqdxysd

This has been true for far too long.

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