Lately, whomever of my colleagues I’m talking to, everyone’s looking for another job. That surprised me a little, to be honest, based on my own experience here. You always have to be ready, but I'm still very comfortable here and I don't think the... — read more
An Old-Timer Weighs In
Me: worked at NRM > 20 yrs. You: who the fukc knows. So listen up, cuz I know stuff. Hammer: bad idea. Way overdue. It won't work. Think about it... you can't put a hammer in a disc drive. It's too big and won't fit. Hammer s are like a... — read more
SHK extended life?
Building's buyer backed out, leased back to STX for 2 more years?
Northern Ireland
New Troubles brewing....Time to rethink N.Ireland ?
Severance Package
Now that the Severance Package policy has disappeared from the internal web site any thoughts on what the new one will be? Capped at one month like IBM?
Can they keep anyone talented?
More and more great people are leaving. Whoever has any marketable skill is already gone. It never ceases to amaze me that they are completely indifferent to it, as if they actually want to get rid of the best ones. Totally insane. Can they do... — read more
Will there be a 2022 big layoff?
That’s why we’re here. Spill it.
Company of paradoxes?
I’m starting to hate this company. Those at the top just don’t care about us, and it seems to me that there’s no interest at all to stop the sinking of this ship. Seagate has long since become a paradox company. For example, someone has made a good... — read more
Health is priceless...
I’m well paid here and there aren’t many places where I would be paid that much for the same job as here, but honestly, I would gladly give up part of the salary just to make the atmosphere a little better. It's become unbearable for me to work... — read more
What many better things?
I think those defending HAMR here, are probably the big reason why it’s been such a disaster for years and continues to be. (...) It will work at some point in the future, it will be horribly late though and prevented the company from doing many... — read more
Appreciate the job for the pay, be prepared to move on
Seagate has always been unstable. I worked there for 8 years and even as my training was ending, we had a layoff and just about every 6 months during my entire time there they had layoffs. Always be prepared to be walked out the door at any given... — read more
SSDC Shrinking ?
The head is leaving. Rumours of large scale cutdowns too.
Seagate Springtown OFT
Seagate Springtown and the underwhelming "Our Future Together" initiative. This bright idea came to the fore because of the behaviours of the Management and the HR department.Seagate Springtown spent a lot of money on this initiative, OFT has been in... — read more
Less and less benefit?
Yeah, they have no idea what people do / need. They think software engineers are “typists”. This continues the trend that’s obvious. We are to be more like contractors and mercenaries for hire. That means you provide your own tools, office, and... — read more
Going cheap during pandemic
What really bugs me as an employee is how cheap this company has become when it comes to work essentials. Just prior to the pandemic, they instituted some weird policy that we could no longer purchase 24" monitors for our office. I guess they feel... — read more
Who’s safe? NO ONE!
For the life of me I can't understand how there're still colleagues of mine who think they're safe from layoffs. Come on, rally? Nobody is safe here, unless you’re part of the executive leadership. Last year I saw coworkers with valuable experience... — read more
Last days of generosity?
Here’s my thought: Seagate has been a lay-off machine at any ill wind. They can do what they want when offering severance. But if they make it too low, people will say “Stuff this, I’ll find a better place that values employees better.” In some... — read more
Diversity
Someone mentioned something about diversity in one of the posts (Does the Business Excellence dept make STX better?). It's a joke. You realize there is a huge lack of diversity at that company. There are less that 4% Latino and 4% black employees and... — read more
Legacy Voluntary Program for US,UK and Singapore
Any comments on this LVP that replacing the VEEP :(
I'm still grateful to work here
This is not a perfect job by far but it's something that's providing me with a steady pay and at least some benefits when so many around me are not that lucky. Those of you who keep complaining about the company should really think about that once in... — read more
Does the Business Excellence dept make STX better?
I thought a poster was joking that seagate had this department but looked it up and appears real and has an svp running it. What does it do? Have they improved what you do?
Revenue Continues To Drop
Year over year drops can mean only one thing. LAYOFFS
How Many Unique Seagate People are on this platform ?
Since this is a anonymous platform, not sure if its 20, 200 or 2000 .. lets try replies ... do this ONCE. if you are current employee say C followed by the next number from the previous reply .. so C1, C2, C3, C4 ... etc If you are an ex... — read more
Second Pandemic payment
Rumour of second covid payment but different set of criteria this time . Anyone heard ?
After the Q4 earning report
I expect small lay offs, then bigger one about 20% in second week of May. Outsourcing already started.
Board has 2 jobs. When will they do one?
2 jobs Hire or fire the CEO Choose when to buy a company or sell seagate 5 years of declining revenue, botched systems acquisitions, failed SSD business, and an HDD PhD as the CEO who is disconnected from storage industry reality and what... — read more
Corporate Narcissism
Just read this and it resonated with me and some of the managers I had at stx. According to Alan Downs, corporate narcissism occurs when a narcissist becomes the chief executive officer (CEO) or other leadership roles within the senior management... — read more
Intel says SSDs will reach HDD TCO crossover in 2022
HDD will have price pressure from above as SSD price decreases and pressure from below as Tape makes a comeback. What is our plan as the company gets squeezed?
Dividend is the issue
Seagate is strangled by their incessant need to maintain the dividend. There cannot be any investing with this strategy. Exactly! When the company is focused on the wrong thing it's no wonder we are lagging behind. This affects everything -... — read more
Seagate is struggling in investing for future
It’s a well known story that acquisitions that Seagate has made have been less than stellar - dot hill, xyratex, SSDs. Seagate seems to continue to struggle in putting the money on the right horses externally. And internally, it’s shambolic outside... — read more
Seagate Technology Layoffs 2021
Make a prediction and tell us what you think about Seagate Technology Layoffs 2021? Any news or rumors?
Rats are jumping ship?
I am hearing important people are jumping ship. Is this true?
Any news of a VEEP
Just curious if anyone has heard if a VEEP might be offered next year?
Quarterly earnings
Revenue at $2.3b, down 10% YoY 26% gross margin Riffed an SVP. Unfortunately not SVP business excellence. Any other results? When will q revenue be below $2b?
2nd covid payment on the way
Rumours that there's going to be a second payment of £700 made to on site workers who've worked through the Pandemic . Different set of criteria this time
Seagate Springtown and the rising positive Covid virus numbers.
A lot of fear in Seagate Springtown over the rising numbers of Covid positive employees.Management seem to be downplaying the numbers involved.The thermal imaging cameras are redundant in the fact that employees with covid can easily pass the thermal... — read more
Some major lay offs on the card
Could be next month or last week of January. I got this reliable info on Saturday, yes Saturday.
Shakopee is For Sale
https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/1280-Disc-Dr-Shakopee-MN/20910932/