Hope Jan 21 report is good. If not, an exercise is on the horizon

Any updates? I haven’t heard anything yet. Which doesn’t mean much because I’m not at the center of happenings.

Any word on who is affected (groups, divisions..etc) or we letting big D surprise us? Assume most will be US

And hoping I’ll be laid off soon. It seems to me that any other pasture would be greener now.

Seagate Value

DEI is going to quickly and rightly be regarded by our new federal government as a blatantly illegal quota scheme and a violation of civil rights. That's because it is discrimination and a violation of equal treatment. To have Seagate still... — read more 

In my opinion, the damage caused by both past and current leadership has reached a point where it's too much to fix. Bad decisions and weak leadership have left deep, lasting scars, some of which are beyond repair. I genuinely believe that the best... — read more 

Frostmeister is taking care of P1-P3 and in the process is discriminating against older employees. We are still 15 percent behind inflation. I don't know the data could be interpreted differently.

Now it can be delivered to one of the big customer. More good news will come

From calendar year 2025, all employee can only bring forward half of his unused leaves of previous calendar year to the next calendar year. By doing this, the cost to retrench one employee will drop, which enables General Frosty to RIF more people... — read more 

Any thoughts on direction of global fw org from fellow folks in lco and tco and ssdc ? Open anon discussion let your thoughts out.

When Clark Griswold's holiday bonus actually looks better then what you get every year from Seagate. I'm sure the executives are heartbroken the company can't afford it.

It is already in mass production ramp up?

those points are close to valueless. If I am not wrong, previously SG employee got S$300 at 10 years mark. With SPARK, this benefit is robbed.

Does it seem like the average team age has dropped dramatically lately? It used to hover around 30s and 40s, but now it feels like most teams are just a bunch of 20-somethings with one token older person. What happened? Is it layoffs or are the more... — read more 

Pay increases have no where near kept up with inflation over the past few years much less covered the pay freezes suffered due to the company's hard times. The wounds are still festering. Are they are gonna sweep those losses in pay under the rug?... — read more 

Did they hit $100m yet ?

General Frosty has ordered that Udemy.com is now part of Seagate's learning platform. Just curious what kind of courses will you try on it. I took a look. The vast majority of those courses are below $20 after a huge voluntary discount. Please share... — read more 

Please describe how Seagate has improved how employees are treated over the last 5 years. List what has gotten better if you can. Help me out because I can’t think of anything.

What happened?

With Big ‘D’ and big ‘M’ quietly going about ‘their’ business. What a lousy incompetent board !

This is a master thread about Seagate Technology layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?

How can this be a chip stock when the chip division is sold to Broadcom. What industry does Seagate stock fall in?

Which eventually attract the jackpot of -300M fine from Uncle Sam.

I’ve given Seagate my best work for years, but now I'm done. I’m drained. I’m just doing the bare minimum, waiting for them to notice and let me go. I wouldn’t mind being escorted out. In fact, it’d be a relief. I’ve lost all motivation, and I’m just... — read more 

mandatory pay cut back pay - The technical leaders who pulled the company through one of its worst financial situations in company history has not only been not compensated for that monumental effort, but has LOST money (pay cut). high skill/low... — read more 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/seagate-technology-reports-fiscal-first-200500945.html Who doubted us? Not me....Springtown knew what was happening

Well folks it really seems as if we are bedding in for a long winter of discontent. The rumours are aligning that we are heading for a strike as the newly appointed HR director has already made his plan clear not to deal with the union in good faith... — read more 

Going down like a lead balloon in head office. Last person out switch off the lights. https://www.derrynow.com/news/business/1615230/derry-seagate-engineering-specialists-vote-for-representation-by-unite.html

It is about time, reduce head count who make $$$$! Also, too many chiefs not enough Indians to do the actual work. VP upon VP, director upon director, all they do is being in meetings that talk about other meetings!

Got offer from cosim team. What is the importance of the team company wise and what are future prospects of team

The building is so big with the statue of Alan Shugart standing there lonely. The ship hasn't sunk yet. However, it looks somehow like graveyard already.

Rumors have been floating, chances 30%, 40%, etc.

Rumors about Shakopee closing have been going around for a bit, chances are 30%, 40%, 50%?

Ego is the no:1 ki-ler development. Unfortunately we have too many with that mentality

What are the chances of LCO site closing in the next couple of years? Be honest, 10%, 20%, etc.

Labor Day wishes to all LCO employees The only FAANG company of Colorado

There have been rumors going around for a while about LR coming in the first two weeks of September. Anything new on that front? September is around the corner, and I haven’t heard much for the past few days. Anyone have any new info? Were any of the... — read more 

https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/california-tech-companies-laid-off-table-scraps-19723851.php