I've heard that teradata has not been in a good shape on Glassdoor and I'm not exactly thrilled by the offer I got. The pay raise from where I'm at is solid but like 90% of my team is outsourced to India including my manager and they told me I'd be three days in office. My current place isn't doing so hot but I'm debating if it's like jumping from one sinking ship to another
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@80q Teradata is an excellent place to be and it's positioned for tons of growth in the next few years. That said you gotta keep your eye on the target and mission but people want you to succeed here. I'd take it
@OP I would say stay away, it's falling apart, products are sh-t, politics are scary, it's not a healthy work environment.
It is what you make of your time there. Just like any company. I have worked there 10 years. Still in Engineering working on legacy code. It’s not for the faint of heart but I’ve learned a ton and enjoyed a lot of upward responsibility. I have coworkers that eventually went on to Meta, Google, Amazon.
@18q having a big company name on your resume of course helps a bit if you were involved in using tech stack currently in demand but having smaller names on your resume or Teradata for this matter definitely won’t affect your resume if you know your stuff, if you are just a freeloader it won’t help no matter which company you worked for.
The company, product and tech stack - all matters. However, one factor maybe more relevant to your trade. Does not make the other two any less important though. And y'all know this already.
op, how did you decide? Let us know before the id s turn four letter words.
@18g Really? I guess my years at IBM Labs don't count. Go ahead, try to find a new job with that glowing Teradata background. Best of luck to you
@15b you obviously know nothing about engineering, nobody cares what product you worked on, the important part is the tech you worked with, languages you know and design patterns you applied.
@10s working on a product that the market is rejecting, that cannot be sold at a competitive price, and that is perceived as a rework of a dinosaur platform is not a recipe for resume enhancement. In the old days, some of tech companies had a "no ex-NCR" policy because of the general ineptitude. I'm afraid that's now part of the Teradata legacy
@cw
Why would Teradata name ever work against you in your resume? If you are an engineer like the OP, you work with tech, which is the same as anywhere else if not better, modern languages, clouds, kubernetes and everything in-between.
If OP takes the job - I second the advice to "milk" the opportunity (e.g., sounds like significant pay increase) but immediately start looking for your next job
@ys yes other companies have issues, but most aren't in an existential decline like TDC. And when the OP inevitably has to start looking again in 12 months, having TDC at the top of their CV won't help.
I'm a bit shocked that the OP says the pay boost is so significant, but then I'm kinda shocked TDC is hiring at all ( except more lawyers to prep for the PE buyout). Given all the other companies in the same space with much better prospects, I have to wonder about the OPs reasons for pursuing TDC. I know the tech job market is tough, but if the OP has skills that TDC would hire for while laying off 100s every 6 months, the OP may have better options elsewhere than they realize.
OP: have you considered taking this offer to your current employer to see if they'll match ? Otoh, if your current situation is unacceptable, then take the TDC job, but don't stop looking, and be prepared to leave ASAP (you'll likely need to find new work in 12 months anyway). And in the meantime take advantage of TDCs bureaucratic quagmire to do as little as possible, they usually don't expect new hires to do much for 6+ months. Much like the parade of CxOs over the past few years, your job is to harvest cash and look for your next job, not save this ghost ship.
op, take the job.
Most would ask you to pass and they have their reason. A lot of grudge against teradata. Respect their feelings but stick to your priorities. This job is likely an engineering position with some experience. Take the pay hike. Don't worry about revenue, profit, outlook. People are paid to steer those things.
Others, downvote to your hearts content. I cannot change your opinion. Someone is looking to exit their current employment mess. Teradata has problems like other employers do.
Avoid that place dude! As so many others have said, it simply ain't worth it and it's a very bad career move.
The company is dying very quickly and morale is at an all time low. Who would want to put themselves into a situation where no one cares about their job and every town hall meeting just becomes numb as SM touts about topics he has no idea on
I'm the OP so I got in touch with the recruiter and found out the team was the Unity Products group. Does that change anything I'm personally leaning towards a no and either staying in place and continuing to hunt. The pay increase is massive and I feel like I'll be feeling bad about declining but I'll also feel bad about joining. I feel like I'm not winning here
It would be more like jumping from a sinking ship to an anchor!
Don’t touch it with a 10 ft. pole. Declining revenue the past 15 quarters. Depressing slowly sinking ship.
Try it. You have nothing to lose!
Take the job.
Name one place where managers have any idea what they are doing and ETL is full of clue. Now, if you think you can get a job there, why did you interview with teradata? But you did and have an offer, so take this job. You may thrive or dive - flip of a coin either way. Good luck.
Run the other way. No amount of pay or work/life balance makes up for a work culture that is toxic, managers who don't know what they are doing and an ELT that is clueless. Why would you want to join a company where within a few days you will dread working there
No!
Two key risks in my view:
- Teradata name works against you in the long run on your resume
- You get RIF'd in the first ~ 6 months which has happened numerous times based on leadership change of trajectory etc... point is it happens so early you can't even see it coming
I doubt they'd do it unless a very senior hire, maybe ask for a rich severance package up front as terms of joining. Tell them you are thrilled to join but it is very clear the company is undergoing perpetual layoffs and you are not willing to take the risk without such guarantees in place.
Also consider that if one of the two companies craters in the next three years, it will look better if you had more time at one company rather than a short time at two.
As far as your question: Teradata has lost approximately 80% of its customer base in 10 years, now down to an estimated 400 (they no longer publish this number). What was their biggest retail account left for Snowflake. Their largest telco, which at one time accounted for 60% of their revenue by itself, Snowflake. Their largest manufacturer, Snowflake. Several of their largest banks, Snowflake. Several other large FSI accounts, Google Big Query. At Snowflake Summit 2025, someone from PayPal announced during a keynote that they had migrated to ... wait for it... Snowflake. PayPal used to have the largest single Teradata system in the world. In the past two years, their CPO, CTO, CIO, CMO, CFO, VP of Cloud Strategy, VP of Security services, SVP of Legal and a lot of employees have left, voluntarily or otherwise.
So, I think the question is, does this sound a lot more promising than where you are today?
Great point above...Another thought...AI companies either are or should be thriving right now...TD is not...in fact, it's the complete opposite. Losing customers/revenue left and right make this destination extremely volatile and questionable at best for long term viability...unless your current gig is equal or even worse...Your journey might be akin to swapping rides on the Hindenburg for the Titanic...
Evaluate the trends over the last five years. How is revenue? Any new major customers? What are the employee numbers over the last five years? Are the big guys buying or selling stock? How does Teradata compare to others in the market?
Think this through carefully. Better the devil you know…