With more layoffs looming sometime next month, I've become more tempted than ever to just leave on my own. Wait for layoffs, if I'm not on the list, leave anyhow. I'm so tired of having no semblance of job security.
I was wondering, those who have quit, do you have any regrets? As much as I want to leave Seagate, I'm afraid to land in a worse position with no way to come back.
Get out. The place eats your soul. Upper management morally and ethically bankrupt
I laid off from Seagate in 2 years ago when site closing. It was unexpected. I didnt’t have any clue because Corp and managers was big f liar. Site closing..... I was defenseless.
After D-day I collapsed with mental issue. I lose all my confidence. I spend my life in helpless over a year. It ruind my career and it makes me leave a engineering area. (Maybe you guys can call me stupid.)
In retrospect, I always worried about the lay off in Seagate even I was young guy. Seagate was big swamp of anxiety. But I didn’t realize that I was sinking slowly. No. I knew that. I just was want to ignore that.
Now I regret “Why I didn’t leave seagate earlier.”
You already know what will gonna happen in HDD industry.
I wish you good luck and happiness.
What is this? Dear Abby?
This is a fairly hard question to answer because the situation differs very much from person to person, and group to group.
When I left Seagate, it was more to explore additional opportunities. I don't regret the decision but I do miss the co-workers and environment I had. This is coming from a position where I really enjoyed the team dynamics and learning opportunities in the group I was with. At the same time, it was a very little risk for me to leave. My risk of being laid off was extremely low and I felt relatively confident I could go back, even now.
On the flip side, I knew people there that are likely in more similar positions as yourself where their position was more at risk and they could very well end up in a worse position and most likely no way back. I don't believe any of those people have left Seagate voluntarily yet.
This was all in teams where the employees and immediate management got along well.
As someone else mentioned, look for something else first before jumping ship. There's a fair number of opportunities available, especially if you are willing to relocate. There are certainly opportunities out there in companies with better financial out look. Just don't expect to end up some place with no executive management problems.
Same situation here. Tired of all the layoffs and worrying when I will be next. But I like my job and the people I work with. I started interviewing just to see what’s out there and I think I may have a couple opportunities coming soon. If I do, then I too wonder if I will regret leaving and know I probably won’t have an opportunity to return.
So, will the layoffs next month be widespread and big? Is it better to just wait, get severance if impacted and move on then?
Unless things are approaching doing something crazy do NOT quit until you have another job or you’re RIFd. Explaining the transition in later interviews is much more difficult if you just bolt, unless possibly you’re old enough to say you were trying out retirement, or else started a business, etc. So many people have been RIFd since the financial crisis that it’s really not a big deal.
Get out now. Your soul will thank you.
Seriously, will there be layoffs. Doesn't seem so at least in Pune India.
I don't regret it. Managers were asking me to falsify information to save face and look like things were being fixed, when the only way to get action was to show they weren't fixed yet. The severance pay would've been nice, but the extra months of stress and the psychological impact of being let go (even if expected / hope for) wouldn't have been worth it.
Depending on the job market in your area you might be better off jumping before there's more people applying for the same jobs.