I seen the hierarchy, its really absurd. Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents, Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents, Senior Executive Presidents ... WTH! So many redundancies?

As many of us, Sorry…. As a lot fewer of us Normanites expected the New Wafer Fab is going to be made weather tight and then idled for the foreseeable future. We were planning on running a 5 dollar board for the date when the first tool is... — read more 

During the most troubling time of my employment history where is my director. When announcements were made in April and May, where was he, on holidays. Now this week, when my career, my life and my families security hangs in the balance, where is... — read more 

It was suggested that Seagate was in negotiations with a merger or being bought out by someone…I thought nawww Seagates too big but then I heard The Big D and his posse are doing the deed in Singapore & after the 4th he’s headed LCOs way to deal with... — read more 

I posted this below on May 18th re STST layoffs after 'approx 100 jobs to go' was announced by Seagate PR department to the NI media. I was spot on with 228 applying. They knew more than 100 where going and 100 is simply a legal figure as regards... — read more 

Wish everyone goodluck, hope the severance package remain relevant

Anyone know what the package is ? Are we getting an extra 90 days ?

You still can monitor the General's jet despite Seagate's efforts to poorly conceal its location. To circumvent this, employ the Hex Code: A4FAE8 instead of relying on the Tail Number. Access the tracking through OpenSky Network at this link:... — read more 

I was laid off a few months ago and I can tell you that it truly turned into a blessing in disguise many often talk about. A lot of people (including me before the layoff) are stuck at Seagate because it's something they know and they don't want to... — read more 

Announcement expected that manufacturing specialists to be cut by over 25%

How long this industry still relevant ?

Heard some hallway whispers at NRM today about a bunch of scrap being produced in wafer. Pushing HAMR to the right yet again, should by be fine…. Nope definitely not.

80% of the cubes are empty Fresh green markers on all the cubes of those who were RIFed No more coffee stations Seems like all Ambassadors were impacted Fitness center is unstaffed and No more fitness classes Cold takeaway and limited hours for the... — read more 

Normally I would spend 85% of my workday tracking General Frosty as she lead by example at 30000 feet. Now that they found a way to block the Seagate Jet from the tracking sites I feel like a ship without a rudder. I’m left to aimlessly wandering... — read more 

It looks like all R & D in XCO is out. The group manager had a meltdown during group meeting. Either he's out july 3 or we all are.

Rumor says 20% cut of Engineering & Above

Most IT staff are busy converting their systems from Oracle to SAP. After migration then, will they RIF us? I don't think the company will pay to retrain us for SAP.

HAMR is just a smokescreen right now despite what Heavy D and Beardy J are saying. So many issues that it won’t go mass production for atleast 3 years. Lyve being shutdown and no real plans for a systems business. A monkey can sell the older hard... — read more 

The turnaround of Seagate is here. Here come 100TB drives, we have increased prices, and we will all benefit. There will be enough for the investors, executives, and the rank and file!

Anyone else think it's shady that they waited until immediately after the Quarterly Meeting to launch the Pulse Survey? It's almost as if they were trying to trick people into thinking it was a feedback form for the meeting itself so that less... — read more 

What does it take to be a general in the army nowadays? Clearly, we hired one with a losing record. What other motivational concepts are going to come out of her mouth? We might as well drop our we-pons and surrender because we need to do less... — read more 

I feel sorry for all that employees are going through..who have given their heart and soul and worked for this company. Hope all the employees get or move into something that really deserves their effort .

Other than everybody with half a brain, of course. Company-wide layoffs lead to many more workers quitting, study... — read more 

Tons of cash ba--s will kick in C'gate CEO office, hit the nose, big D has no where to hide.

Tech companies have been treating their employees like rubbish for some time now. And C-gate is not the exception, actually, this company is one of the best at it, or shall we say worst in general. And it is mostly on management! However, do we need... — read more 

If you’re too heavy handed or aggressive with deleting posts people will stop using your service. Negative reactions to Corporate Executives ineptitude and possible malfeasance should be expected. Free and open communications may be our only way of... — read more 

Is this confirmed? I heard engineering will be most affected. What’s the info on this?

This is a question for those who've been laid off before. It's taking me a bit longer than I expected to find a job and now I'm starting to worry. With all the startups hiring, I honestly thought finding a job if you're a good software engineer would... — read more 

What did you think of all hands? Interesting big D starts off with story of customers walking away fr Seagate…

I saw STX move up quite a lot these days

How long can we consider ourselves safe after the last layoffs? I'm hoping that we can at least finish this year without another major round. I am well aware that there are occasional cuts where a few people are affected, but that's something we... — read more 

I get it that on this site people are down on HAMR and STX. But…just wondering: Is there any chance HAMR can deliver? WD is struggling and does not have the equivalent of HAMR.

Rumours told , will be layoff on July but small percentage and another in Oct. Really don't understand, every 3 month layoff for sg seagate. Is it true?

https://blocksandfiles.com/2023/06/08/seagate-hamr-delivery/ Last Paragraph: "If HAMR technology fails to yield these benefits, Seagate has no ability to use the intervening ePMR and MAMR technologies being used by Toshiba and Western Digital. A... — read more 

Just curious, our VP is still wanting us to complete the 40 hrs of training for the performance review, this amidst all the layoffs, no bonus, no promo, no merit increase, and pay cut. What world do these people live in? There is no morale left... — read more 

……You have a chance to be laid off in 6 months…..Hammer the savior………….. https://blocksandfiles.com/2023/05/24/seagate-lays-off-staff-as-it-refinances-for-debt-repayment/

What is the criteria for lay offs in STST? Is it true the lucky first chosen ones who volunteer will be the people who have a poor sick record and poor disciplinary record? It doesn't seem fair.I think management are shooting themselves in the foot... — read more 

Rumor said people saw a big Dave Mosquito in Singapore today Not sure if it is true or not

This is actually the one goes with the May 22nd RIF. Rumor said sg gov wanted the unemployment rate data looks good for the quarter. 3 weeks + 3 days more to go