A day that I will never forget
10% RIF
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I'm far to familiar with Seagate Ethics department, or lack thereof. I worked there and was "RIF'd" in 2015 after reporting a HUGE ethics issue. The position I held was not eliminated, it was given a different title and was given to someone younger that cost less. The phrase "who watches the watchers" comes to mind when I hear about the "Investigations" team at STX. I personally know of MANY ongoing ethics violations committed by the "Investigations" team and it's leader. The reporting of said violations not only lead to my "RIF" but also lead to an investigation, or headhunt on me that has more than damaged my name and reputation it took me 15 years to build. Whatever you do, if you're employed by and know of an ethics violation, do not report it to the "anonymous" ethics line. Do the Investigation yourself and take it to the legal department yourself.... After seeking your own legal counsel prior to doing so. Don't be surprised if you are fired soon after reporting the violation. STX does not protect you if you are a whistleblower, instead, they view you as a problem and will get rid of you for ANYTHING they can get rid of you for and will be more than happy to tell anyone what you did to get "RIF'd" when a potential employer calls to ask for a reference. Total b---s--- company led by nothing but yes men full of their own egos. Do yourself a favor and stay away from Seagate period
20% in Sin
Supply Chain , IT and HR, ..... Your turn next ... Watch your back . 20% cut ......
10% of rmo
Watch the clock tick every second , factories will close in July , headcount keep dropping every week till the end of the year. No fear please... Confirmed that the tsunami is coming .
How many persons leave? 10%? Springtown will be 70 persons. It is 5%. RMO cut more than RHO?
HR is So free to browse website .... And even more free to post dumb posts . Too many headcount a in HR team . Time to axe half the team and their lead
Who else but the HR ? Always out to name the policies available to protect the management .
Someone is trying to portray you as a disgruntled employee. Most likely that post is written by HR. Brandon seems more sincere . Please do yourself a favor by contacting him anonymously. Whether the suspect in question is Chee's favorite or not is immaterial .
Poor choice of words when HR used the phrase accusation of selecting the favorite supplier . The correct term should be allegation . This HR personnel should go for skills upgrading instead ! I see red when I saw the word accused .
HR should master the code of conduct first and lead by example . Why browse here when they should do something about the low or rather rock bottom morale in the company .... Speechless about them .
Hey , HR has governance .... Only for their RIF process . Totally secret , systematic and ruthless .
Sian . Again HR citing the numerous policy available in the company to prevent the management . They forgot ... Policies are policies as it is . Another aspect is governance ... Is there governance ? None in Seagate ...
Simple. Put up the favorite supplier specs under the compulsory questions section. Suss out their closest competition and create questions to disadvantage or disqualify them .
Not to mention you could skew the scoring process as well . The entire policy is a smokescreen based on the way it is being executed .
How to rig the questions ?
Removal of people
What is the Najib process ?
Yes, I know... It is the HR thugs writing here . As usual , act and behave like Najib . Totally untrustworthy . If report , guess what will happen .... It will follow the Najib process .
Why ask ... So obvious it was from HR
Whoever who wrote about the purchasing or CMT policy will prevent any favoritism is totally unaware of the intellectual level of Seagate employees . I want to tell you straight . We are NOT stupid !
Come on , you believe in the CMTs.Lol. There was one CMT while running the RFP Even allowed the "favorite " supplier to contact their "favorite" key operations person - ED in Seagate . How does the blackout period apply to this all powerful ED ? None . He even directed the CMT to ask questions to the rest of the bidders as his favorite supplier could not agree to the terms of compulsory question . Sourcing /CMT are a bunch of jokers .
I wanted to laugh when I read about the sourcing policy . Having a policy does not necessarily equate to no supplier pre-determination. Questions can be designed or rather rigged to the "favorite" supplier advantage . The compulsory questions will rule out potential contenders .... I have seen too many of such games . The whole idea of CMT is such as hoax . Please just keep the purchasing team since there is no difference between two functions . Save some money for the company .
I can understand those being layoff unwillingly might feel hurt or anger. But bear in mind the HOD or managers are just the executor for the top management instruction. It is very hard for them to decide who to go.
The accusation for "select her favorite supplier" seems ridiculous to those familiar with the Seagate purchasing process. We know the vendor selection has to go through CMT and procurement. They will comb through the vendor and quotations. The chances for a HOD to interfere the selection for suppliers are slim. I really hope the ethic department can find out the truth and vindicate for the innocent.
For those who has lost the job, I hope them have a break, throw away the bitterness, get necessary training and look for a new job. Cursing, gossiping might not really hurt others but make yourself more miserable.
We do love to share tips.. the name whistleblower n.consequences told other stories... u can look into one name below they mentioned. If u can't find.. tat will b miracle
I was told my name was posted on here. I, along with my team of 6 employees investigate any known fraud at Seagate. I have had this job for almost ten years now. Many ethics tips have lead to terminations and arrests but more importantly savings to the company in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Savings that in these rough times can help save jobs and maybe more.
As the poster said below I don't mind getting anonymous emails or you can use the ethics website or phone to provide information. I own the process but a third party collects your tip, it is untraceable. It is also against policy and the law to RIF whistleblowers or punish them. In my 10 years I have never seen this happen. I actually prefer to receive information anonymously so everyone feels open and comfortable sharing. With that said I would love to help remove unethical employees and vendors from Seagate, but this website isn't the place to publicly accuse people. Shoot me an email at Brandon.gregg@seagate.com or https://seagate.alertline.com and let's privately and confidentially discuss the unethical things you have observed. I give you my word all tips are followed up and investigated by a very skilled team. The more details the faster it is to confirm the wrongdoing.
We, like you have had our teammates rifed in 2009 and 2015. We could even be rifed in the future, however until that day happens we will do our best to stop fraud at Seagate. Thanks for sharing my name on here, hopefully some of you can attest that I helped you in the past.
Brandon
This layoff partly caused by the non-ethical practices by all these crooks. It is fair to name them and mentioned what these crooks had done and with who！Ler more people know and see how these crooks put their conscience.
Be brave, be truth, be conscience！
This layoff partly caused by the ethical related practices by all these crooks. It is fair to name them and mentioned what these crooks had done and with who！Ler more people know and see how these crooks put their conscience.
Be brave, be truth, be conscience！
This layoff partly caused by the ethical related practices by all these crooks. It is fair to name them and mentioned what these crooks had done and with who！Ler more people know and see how these crooks put their conscience.
Be brave, be truth, be conscience！
Folks... Ethics is spelt without the n. Please blindly copy the spelling .
This thread is about layoffs . Don't talk about ethics issue here .
I definitely don't hope the company collapse . Let nature takes its course to punish the offenders . One day they will have to pay for their crime .
You are right ,bro. Cannot turn to HR and cannot turn to Ethnics . What else to do other than keep our mouths shut.
No recourse ....
For those still in Seagate , better keep quiet even if we know of any ethical issue about senior management.
ethnics does not apply to them . They are above the line and seems to be invincible . Only company collapse then they will be out and down .
We cling onto our jobs for our family sake. Even unhappy , I still hope to stay . It is better than no pay .
I don't trust ethnics, either.
I don't trust HR or the ethnics team. My very close buddy went to HR to report an ethnics issue. Guess what happened? After one month, they told him no case and the next day called him to a room to say his job is redundant . His was RIF not during RIF seas so and was the only one in that week to be RIF .
If you were me, do you still trust the system? The system is here to protect the leadership from trouble . I don't want to get tagged . I know too much and have 2 sons to support .
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandongregg him?
"Brandon Gregg" runs ethics line. Not punitive, 100% anonymous. Look him up in my seagate or anonymously email him from https://www.guerrillamail.com/ or any other anonymous email. He arrested many dirty stx employees.
http://www.law360.com/articles/429623/former-seagate-worker-cops-to-role-in-kickback-scheme
http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/ex-seagate-director-acquitted-graft-appeal
Anonymous here no one know who you are
Scandal filled company concentrated in Woodlands.
Too frightened to put the tigress name up . Known to be so ruthless .