I will give notice soon because there is no point in being frustrated working for a pay that I can earn in another company without so much unnecessary stress. Management never seemed more clueless. I wish I wasn’t right but today I have definitely... — read more 

What is the role of the CEO and ELT? To run the business or change our society? I’m not talking about addressing harassment and discrimination. Surely that needs to be done. But a lot of the recent diversity focus is beyond their scope and is... — read more 

They have to go. I have nothing else to say.

I agree that a little pressure can sometimes positively affect productivity, in the sense that it can reduce procrastination or improve mental focus. However, what we have at TD are not shorter deadlines, but unrealistic deadlines that are very... — read more 

I'm sure that some of the people who're complaining about their managers have legitimate reasons for that, but a good part is simply lazy and trying to find an excuse for themselves. I've been present when people were simply asked to do something... — read more 

We are spending so much time on this and it is diverting attention from our core business. I have over 20 emails from KCC on this. Here is your Diversity training simplified. 1. Respect everyone no matter their background, 2. Be nice to people and... — read more 

Does anyone know if there will be layoffs in r&d this year?

People I know went to any company where they could get at least a little better offer. I had a discussion with a colleague about where most TD employees went, in which companies, so I'm interested in what you think?

Not: lets remind terada what is diversity.. the practice or quality of including or involving people from a range of different social and ethnic backgrounds and of different genders, se-ual orientations, etc. TD leadership, please take a look in a... — read more 

and competitors are? I am leaving this company soon, but I am sorry for the young people who will come here to work in a company where innovation is no longer a priority. It is enough to compare TD and other competing companies and it will be clear... — read more 

Has anyone heard anything or have a guess?

Awoke thinking about these infantile rants from current employees which infuriate me and have turned me into an ar-e in my posts. I won't continue exhibiting the same behaviour, but will recognise errant ideas or comments. Logic would assert... — read more 

However, I wonder if this company has always been like this, in the sense that the attitude towards employees has always been this bad?

Things have doubtlessly changed for the worse in the last decade or so but the same is the case for 99 percent of other companies. Everything around you is changing - most often for the worse - so I don't understand why people act shocked that TD is... — read more 

looks like r&d brought back TW and DS says he is bringing others back from retirement. think he is getting a referral bonus?

There is more and more talk about cuts. I need the job desperately, but I’m so outraged at this company that I won’t be much disappointed at all if they tell me they don’t need me anymore. It is RIF that sometimes helps people to work harder and find... — read more 

With that, another round of significant layoffs (but low enough not to need a filing)… long serving employees are on top of lists (some are customer facing), all affected will be notified by mid December at the latest. Good luck to all. Spend your... — read more 

ME out soon HA has been flipped McK.. have been asked to keep costs optimal . Q3 is looking really bad .. no new customers .. only cloud conversions.. Fears at top that market analysts will find out our Cloud BS. Next year we will put TD for... — read more 

I am afraid that this company has long been a lost cause and that it is unrealistic to expect any improvements here? Their only focus is on how to make savings, cut expenses, and it seems that everything has become an expense for them. There is no... — read more 

List your reasons here.

We’re leaving - please turn off the lights No previous experience necessary HA McKinsey / NC KCC Me The A Team Scooby Doo… where are you?

I have been here five plus years and yesterday’s all hands was singularly the worst meeting I have attended. Which is saying something. KCC on a call recently said, that people don’t leave for money they leave because of their managers. Now it’s the... — read more 

The RIF this year needs to be at the ELT level. Starting with KCC. The last all hands was a joke. Can we please talk about our business for a change? How many ELT members actually know our industry and business?

As an employee, this much attrition is worrying to me. Colleagues are leaving and this has started to affect my work more and more. On the other hand, I haven't noticed that a lot of new people are coming. It does not seem to me that the leadership... — read more 

Rumor has it there is a confidential search for a new CMO. I guess it’s not confidential anymore. They will probably bring on a McKinsey pick. This will not help. Our problem is not Marketing, it’s lack of innovation. And our product reliability and... — read more 

Listening halfway through the cultural revolution... err transformation, I am losing the will to live. I've rarely heard a more banal, infantile, repetitive, artificial kumbaya devoid of any meaning and substance. As if someone took the photos and... — read more 

I'm getting sick and tired of my manager expecting things from me that are not doable in the timeframe he expects them to be done. Not to mention, half the time those are the things that have very little to do with my actual job. I wish I could have... — read more 

Even SM is realizing how little innovation we have. HA is no longer the chosen one. Other ELT members like NC are throwing her under the bus, and all the sales leaders are disillusioned with nothing new “on the truck” to sell. #GameOn

Is there going to be layoffs? It’s almost that time of the year… Has anyone had a hiring freeze in their dept? I’ve seen people leave, but rarely anyone new to take their place.

We all know how the ELT loves to virtue signal, demoralize and humiliate employees, and pump the stock price with constant layoffs. From that perspective, it seems a "get the vax or you're fired" mandate would tick all the right boxes. Anyone know if... — read more 

We’ve been in a transformation for what, at least 10 years now? I’m so sick of hearing that word. And now another d-mb survey on if we understand our transformation. I certainly don’t. Has something changed since our first transformation way... — read more 

There’s only three things that happen naturally in organizations, according to Peter Drucker: Friction Confusion Underperformance Those three themes come up repeatedly on this forum - there’s usually at least one in every post and some make it a... — read more 

I did not apply to TD because this is my dream job, but I thought I could stay here for a while and gain some experience which would help me get a better job in another company. However, what has been happening to me here for several months now is a... — read more 

The ELT has messed so much stuff up they actually solved the annual RIF problem. The few smart people left are proactively jumping ship. At least HR won’t have to schedule those awkward last minute meetings to read their layoff script. “So sorry your... — read more 

I often hear so much hate over the hiring of young, inexperienced employees but that's not always a bad thing. Sometimes a fresh perspective is a good thing, especially in a company that is so stuck in the old ways. The fact they are willing to work... — read more 

I’m sure many view this board and wonder if things are really that bad here. Unfortunately, they are. The smoke and mirrors analogy is accurate. Nearly all customers are either leaving or moving to the cloud with heavy erosion. Of course Cloud ARR... — read more 

Something doesn’t compute. I can’t connect the dots to a growth play. Am I missing something?

Sometimes it feels like Teradata is outright abusive towards us and nobody gives a damn. And they should. There can be serious consequences to employees' health - both mental and physical - of such behavior. I wish somebody would pay attention... — read more 

I stopped by this forum to see if there were any new rumors about cuts, but mostly I see posts criticizing Marketing. I have nothing commendable to say about TD marketing, but it still seems like a bit of an exaggeration when people say we may not... — read more