Walked into work and got the news I was being RIF'd at NRM. Peace out Seagate!
Squeezing manpower and going for built to order project
Seagate is squeezing the manpower and going through built to order project. Only when theres demand. Work will start.
Manager told me that I should plan to take the day off on Monday
Had my 1:1 and my manager mentioned that I should plan to take the day off and shouldn't come in on Monday 11/13 but he wouldn't explain the reasoning behind it. Does this mean I'm on the "List"? Anyone else have this happen before?
Shame !
DM destroyed Shugart’s dream !
I left and my life immediately improved
The best decision I ever made!
Worst Head of HR
Can you rate who the worst head of HR, CFO and CEO in Silicon Valley are ?
10 days from D-Day
Hoping I'm on General Frosty's list 😬
Undecided on union
Didnt know where to share this but for months, ive heard nothing but Union this and that. Ive avoided all talk of it from both sides. Im not a rocket scientist but is it really the right time to negotiate when so many were let go so freely in the... — read more
Seagate can buy SanDisk after WD sells it: Good or Bad idea?
Since WD will split HDD and Flash division, Seagate could buy the Flash Division! At a bargain price? Our CEO could get a raise as he has a bigger company. Profit or loss: Who cares
Is right now a good time to join seagate?
I recently got an offer from Seagate. P4, business/non tech position, remote. During the interview, they talked about HAMR a lot. Is it a good time to join Seagate? I do think storage business has a good future due to demand
Prepare for layoffs
We know that this leadership (can we even call them that?) only knows how to react to bad quarters with more layoffs. There isn't a chance they're going to miss this opportunity to get rid of more people to artificially and temporarily fix the... — read more
Another bad quarter
8.9% operating margin, lost $184M, -$0.88/share. Another layoff inevitable. We saw this coming months ago, so HR has been preparing for it.
Another one is coming this nov and dec
Another one is coming this nov and dec to end a good year for Seagate. Manpower will be squeezed ,merging of department so staff can handle more areas, expected to be more multi tasking needed. Dont expect increment for the next few years.
Earnings report on 10/26
Should hear about Nov RIF during ER. Revenue expected to drop again. Need to sell more Spidey man drives!
Criminals
Someone posted this - “ In sports, fixed salaries are often converted into signing bonuses as the accounting is different. Seagate giving out RSU instead of restoring the salary cuts has similar accounting effects. In fact, I think Seagate should... — read more
HR hiring more soldiers for the generals HR army in NRM
Nice job security
Manager informed me I'm on the list for upcoming RIF
Manager told me that my name was on the list for upcoming RIF in November. He wanted to give me heads up to prepare. I'm a materials engineer @ NRM He said pretty much every group is going to be impacted and it is expected to be bigger than last... — read more
Chief Legal Officer
Is in hot water over the Huawei deal. Investigation just got done, axe to fall….scapegoat.
STST Union Train Full Steam Ahead
With all the Senior Management and Director promotions last week, the old Union Train has gathered momentum!!! (From Spring Town Facebook Page) The Industrial Court have just released the result of the membership check. As we have indicated all... — read more
It’s Happening!!
Rumors are leaking (should have confirmation soon ) that they are shutting down the whole Lyve group except for Mobile. Everyone from VPs on down are to be eliminated. Apparently the hotshot that they brought in from Amazon turned out to be a wet... — read more
WDC & STX trade offer
On behalf of angry WDC employees i propose the following trade: Your overpaid incompetent management for ours? I will even through in our BODs and the flunkys our exec team brought in with them. What say you STX?
Congratulations
Congratulations to all the ones who got promoted in Springtown this week. Its great to see managers getting promoted to director level and so many principal engineer promotions being handed out. Obviously the good times are back, for some, at a... — read more
This needs to stop
Stop laying people off! We already have plenty of projects we can't deliver on time and services we are barely able to keep up with because we simply lack the resources to do so. And by resources, yes, I mean people. We are struggling here and the... — read more
Layoff is not there
Who ever posted layoff is lying. It is fake news
Succession
The rumor within the sales team is that the head of sales is getting ready to move in to the big fat man’s job.
November 13th Layoff Rumors
Is it true? What have you heard? Which sites will be affected?
Did you ever ask to have your workload reduced?
How did it end?
Death of a company
Seagate is the perfect example of how good companies go bad and then die in a single generation with one bad leader, the blame solely rests on the board.
Next Divvy?
I wonder if capital D is planning to mess with the next dividend, so he sold off all that stock to be insulated from the ramifications...
Reward excellence
Seagate's current approach has been to do a pay cut regardless of performance, based on level (effecting higher level employees), in the hopes that a smaller layoff could result. I think it's time Seagate change strategy and cut low performers and... — read more
Manager informed me my salary cut has been made permanent...anyone else?
In my 1:1 this morning I asked when I can expect my salary to return to what it was before the pay cut. They told me the cut has been made permanent but I can expect a 5% raise in 1 year...which still puts me below what I was making a year ago. Going... — read more
We used to nurture a culture of collaboration
How did we get to the point where it's every man/woman for him/herself?
HAMR is coming out in good progress!
CEO & CTO said this. Hope Seagate will recover from this down trend soon
Sc--w SSDC
No one comes to work anymore. People speeding in the carpark, cars and bikes driving against traffic direction. Toilet no soap, toilet paper breaks smearing your finger with sh-t, and sh--s goes all around.
New FW VP Changes
Lots of changes seen in fw org recent times.... . attrition increasing as well. What do people think?
Was there another layoff between 9/10 & 9/17
Seems like there was a small layoff of the remnants of the ssd group in lco and tco Is that true or a false rumor?
LCO core team leader says 50TB HDDs are coming soon!!
LCO's core team leader informed me that 50TB hdds are coming soon and will fly off the shelves. MSFT and Google already lining up to buy. He said this will turn things around for Seagate.
Cheaper is not better
Can somebody please explain to Seagate leadership that cheaper DOES NOT equal better? That it's exactly the opposite? They will completely ruin a once great company by focusing solely on cost cuts instead of focusing on finding ways to create a... — read more
Can Employees fire the CEO ?
Why not ? Everyone works for the betterment of the organization and the investors. If the majority of employees deem a CEO to be incompetent, lazy and unfit, they should be able to fire the CEO. Let’s act, let’s own the destiny and get rid of the... — read more