I don't have a choice right now, but what about the rest of you? What's keeping you here?
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It's a cushy job why do you think TD has been failing for so many years, plenty of people here do nothing for decades and get paid.
Because I get to stay at home and do little to no work and get paid. From time to time I've even done other work elsewhere whilst doing this job and no one is none the wiser. I have zero care about the product or whatever the ELT is sprouting this week. I'll just milk thus for as long as possible and if they want to RIF me, even better. I'll take the payout and just continue working my 2nd job
Sometimes the truth is brutal. Now for the simple truth. Teradata is past its due date. Over the course of the past 10 years BoD + ELT repeatedly made bad decision after bad decision or no decision when action was paramount. These things happen. Apparently it was Teradata’s turn. After 10 long years, R&D is now a shell of its former self and all it can do, at best, is react and then deliver half baked features from it’s skeleton crew. Musical chairs will not stop. Do as you wish.
"Because of a pretty good title, a salary above the industry average, not much work to do (everyone is just finding things to do), and no need to go to the office… I can’t find a better job than this." Honesty....Brutal Truth.
"But as the conversation progressed, I realized that to him, staying that long signaled stagnation " - So the trick question whether your a job Jumper or a long term loyalist does not matter. Being Honest is for yourself not the interviewer. The only right answer : You were given an objective to change the strategy at your customer and that commitment took longer to transform due to complexity and scope. Then you point out that during your career you have taken on opportunities that did not last for different reasons and other jobs that you stayed on to help the team be successful and meet the business objectives. I had an interview with a TDC partner who asked me to explain the SQL Syntax of a Merge/Purge command with loading data into a Composite CDP. Really? Ok, so I had a screen open next to my zoom screen...with the look of Hephaestus - I carefully typed into CHAT GPT....and read back not only the syntax but the content explaination. Never said anything about what I did. They still didn't hire me and instead hired a woman of people which fulfilled there DEI initiative because they liked her 60 certifications on Linkedin. ( my question would have been how did find time to do all of these certs...didn't you have a job?) So TDC's Priviledge profile in general and longevity of its past team members doesn't bode well in the current tech market. Business Success is all that matters. Besides the age of the interviewer is what matters anyhow.
The job market is bad right now. I can’t find any positions with comparable pay or flexibility. The pay and benefits are good. I haven’t found this kind of flexibility with any of the other companies I have looked at. Most companies want in office or hybrid.
This is a relevant question: Why did you stay at Teradata?
I was laid off in 2024 after 15+ years with the company. During a recent interview with a VP at a startup, he asked me this exact question. He prefaced it by saying he didn’t like "job jumpers" but was curious why I stayed so long at Teradata.
I answered honestly — I liked what I was doing, the work was challenging, and long tenure was part of the company’s culture. But as the conversation progressed, I realized that to him, staying that long signaled stagnation — like "walking the decks of the Titanic." From his perspective, it raised concerns about adaptability, drive, and risk tolerance — key traits startups value.
My takeaway — if you’re at a stage in your career where mobility is still an option, staying too long may negatively impact your resume equity, especially in the eyes of fast-moving companies. It’s something to think about.
That said, if you’re within 10-15 years of retirement and value stability, this might not apply. Just be sure you have a Plan B or early retirement strategy — especially in a market like this.
Because of a pretty good title, a salary above the industry average, not much work to do (everyone is just finding things to do), and no need to go to the office… I can’t find a better job than this.