Huge lay offs coming

I'll be a buyer when it's back in the 20's.

Wise words from a grand old timer (XyrateX, of course): pay heed and scoot out of this sinking ship, fellow rat mates. The Rat King of EDS is planning a major rat slaughter come next quarter, and his bandicoot army is already lining up a**es for a... — read more 

What happened to the last post regarding PENANG.. ??????

Can anyone confirm this? Plan move entire gloabl ops & dev team to Pune...

EDS on the long term roadmap to divest human assets in 2 quarters. Pune stripped to single digit for sustenance. LCO team hinging on a gasping Pods and will be let go once it transpires to be a massive failure. EDS management, take a bow! Getting rid... — read more 

Going on at Bay Area, next stop long mont, after audit expect huge lay offs. They are infamous for recommending huge lay offs

Just a matter of time how many. No salary hike, no bonus, vacation policy change, all are coming very soon. Work like a skilled labor.

Either the company is stupid or they are very smart. Who in their right mind runs a business this way? Whenever they need to show profit they just layoff hundreds of people! So, people have become their greatest commodity? Focus on people, remember?

Few things you could see coming in future The focal hike for EDS team reduced by 50% Bangalore site to be shutdown (mostly RSS & OSS teams here) Few guys from Pune could be part of this (Aug-Sept-Oct) RIF Shuffling of teams likely in Pune/US... — read more 

Big RIF being planned; aimed to hit the worker bees in a few days. SSDC, Shk and LCO all impacted. This one will leave a big crater on the NASDAQ for sure, mates.

The list is ready. Sorry folks. Good luck.

Is this common? I know we aren't supposed to know our coworkers pay, but almost double??? Really? Been here almost 10 yrs and thinking it's time to quit just to get a raise... Performance isn't the issue... Consistently receive 4s and 5s on reviews... — read more 

Seagate has expanded its Nytro family of flash storage devices with the two new members in form of the Nytro 1351 and Nytro 1551. Seagate's long-term NAND supply agreement with Toshiba Memory Corporation is finally starting to bear fruit. The... — read more 

Time frame Oct to Nov

Did not believe earlier, we are working day and night to deliver releases to customers…but heard it is true.It is going to be massive…many numbers in US and shutting shop in Bangalore.Seagate will go down in history as the first company to fail in... — read more 

Ok so this has been asked in another post,I think that there are posts being deleted which makes a mockery of this site.Another scary thing is some people in derry who work in Seagate Springtown cant post anything unless they use a VPN.

H1bs

Will there be layoffs this week or not?

We'll have to wait a couple more years before this farce is completely up I think. I'd love a layoff pack and then get a better job. I'd have to fight rampant age discrimination in hiring practices, but I bet I could get something comparable within 3... — read more 

My groups numbers have dropped over 50% since the first big layoff. The latest verp set the age at 55 and decreased the kicker to 50k. We have one new guy. He’s great at what but we lost a lot of experience and knowledge to the layoff and people... — read more 

92 hours profit share plus 5.2% focal increase

Are we looking at more layoffs in August as several people here said or has that been debunked? I've heard some comments to that effect at the office as well, so I'm inclined to believe the rumors this time. However, with so little detail available... — read more 

Looks like older employees with most experience are no longer waiting to be cut by Seagate. They are finding better jobs and leaving on their own. We lost two of our best workers within two weeks of each other because they were tired of their... — read more 

Head of India IT Seagate is looking for a highly experienced and talented business leader with IT / Technology Industry background to head our IT Global Development Center Operations in Pune, India. Responsibilities Candidate must have extensive IT... — read more 

Mercenary BABY! And that means no mercy either. We can walk away with zero notice and a fist full of job offers ANY DAY. Haha. Many gone left, but some still are waiting for that severance pay. Yeah, it ain't 2008 and nobody needs to hang on for dear... — read more 

I have been at STX for a long, long time. I love my job. I love the people...most of them. I like the money. I am okay with the medical. I stopped worrying about promotions a long time ago. When boss wanted me to move, I moved. When boss wanted me to... — read more 

I heard there is downsize the management in SRC penang ... look like a lost waste management over there...

No secret

Heard seagate let go majority of the dothill employees in Sugust or Deotember, especially eliminate all H1Bs.

On Monday Seagate offered its older high level people a Voluntary Early Exit Program to consider.

I heard there were layoffs in Longmont, CO before the July 4th holiday. Anybody have an update?

It seems will completely disappear in few months.

Hi folks, Just curious how much is the salary increment percentage for a promotion from Senior Engineer to Staff Engineer? I got contradictionary information when I tried to obtain such information from peers. Maybe the ex-Seagater can share it here... — read more 

When you lay off all the older workers who have knowledge and experience and replace them with wet behind the ears millennials who have no desire to stay at the same company once they have learned all they can, what do you expect will happen to the... — read more 

Heard rumor that if we can not launch HAMR by end of this year. then the team will be affected by layoff. Any people heard similar rumor? Hope that's not true.

Heard there were going to be layoffs this week. Can anyone confirm?

So far, it seems that no one is backing down on the US China trade war. If things continue on this path, is there any chance that parts and/or drive shipments in and out of China will be affected? Yeah, I know Seagate is an "Irish" company and... — read more 

I worked at Seagate 28 years and it had it's ups and downs as any industry does when it has such a rapid turnover of products due to their short production times. Overall, I think the quality of people I worked with was exceptional, the morale was... — read more 

Dothill lay off finalized. Announcement in August.