Problem was not Dayton ...the real problem was lack of tech leadership and vision. VL and OR are not qualified to lead this company. VL needs to be kicked out. He was the worst leader in Teradata's history. A failed and retro retail person to lead a data analytics company .... and the scapegoat was Dayton.
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Working in a Tire shop or Waffle House is better than being homeless in San Diego or having in your resume that you worked with OR & grandpa Vic running Teradata into the ground.
Dayton was the problem. Continued to live in their NCR bubble. I am glad the cut the entire team. They should all be working at a Tire shop or Waffle House houae.
VL did say a big, “ f*** you” to Dayton 2 years ago and past Teradata leadership. But driving the business into the ground is all oh him. He’ll still make his millions when he sells TD to another technology company or to a private equity firm, but his legacy is cemented alongside Teradata’s tombstone. And even though Oliver was no executor, losing him is THE final nail in Teradata’s coffin. The market knows this, the industry knows this, and Teradata’s customers know this. RIP Teradata.
Dayton wasn't THE problem but it was A problem. Old paradigms, old ways of thinking. The move to San Diego and the people there have been equally as bad, no doubt, but this failure doesn't mean it was going to be fine with the old status quo in Dayton.
Dayton folks were efficient and effective and a positive team to work with. Leadership
(I guess in Dayton) we’re reluctant to think outside of their own technical paradigm. And then Vic. Part of the great ‘they can f off’ message in Dublin was to denigrate previous leadership. And then continue to denigrate. And then again....and then one more time.
Shames. Self protection. Shambles. Messaging on the earnings call....joke
Being a former 20 year veteran, Dayton was our backbone. They were not perfect but we kept customers happy and frankly financially it made no sense to move back office jobs to Southern California but hey OR is the genius.
From the call - 2019 is the absolute trough for results. So the sword is poised over CFO and the great spruiker
However great to know they are still friends with OR
So OR apparently did a great job with the transition that now VL says they are ready to execute. Hahahahaha hahahahahaha they single funniest things I have ever heard. Maybe he was reading someone’s else’s financial statement q3 results . You all still there and this e that keep posting positive $hit on here trying to counteract Our statements...... news flash there are way more of us then there are you. And we’re smarter cause we don’t work there anymore
Part of the mandate a few years ago was not to win customers outside of Fortune 1000 (or something similar). Is this a factor in what looks to be an imploding company?
Good luck to you 11VQobVs-svm, as you may get rifed after this OR debacle or maybe after grandpa Vic new one to come. Maybe then you can tell others about the good days of Teradata when OR & grandpa Vic ran the company in to the ground.
Dayton were back office hacks locked on to when they used to work for NCR. Ineffective team and I for one am glad everyone of them got cut. Bloated over the hill failures that were all paid 25% above market. At least we don't have to hear about the good days of NCR anymore.