just when there's momentum, new flash headwinds, and this goes back years

https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/western-digital-faces-headwinds-shares-drop-93CH-3769806 , wondering what will be the impact ...

"the board recognized that virtually all of WD’s stock market value was based on its hard disk drive (HDD) business with investors valuing the NAND and SSD business at... — read more 

Do you predict that there will be Western Digital layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?

https://www.indeed.com/m/viewjob?jk=eaaf09001ad82592&from= # Job Description Work Environment: Hybrid, with 3 days in-office. The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is a key leadership position responsible for establishing and... — read more 

Offshoring is the magical bright future. For all involved but actual workers on both shores.

Our stock is up almost 10% after earnings. Are the good times back? Thoughts about the earnings?

Engineers are leaving Flash Co left, right and center. How do we stop the brain drain? What is management doing to curb this huge outflow of engineers?

DG sells 75,000 WDC shares - details: http://insiderbuyingselling.com/?t=WDC

There have been very vague rumors going around about a possible round of layoffs coming soon. I haven’t heard anything concrete. Regardless of how much I’m hoping to finally leave WD, I’m hoping rumors are not true. I want to keep this job for a... — read more 

It's been a few years since I got laid off, and I remember how tough it was just sitting there for months waiting to see if layoffs would happen to me. Luckily, things have turned around for me now. I’m just curious - how’s it going for those still... — read more 

So, Cisco laid off ~6000 employees this week. They have a terrible ELT (read their board) and the WD ELT is from Cisco. Watch what is happening to them and you will see what is coming. It ain't pretty. DG was there for many years as was Christine -... — read more 

Why would anyone in this company believe any of the noise and rumors. The ELT has shown you they cannot be trusted - believe them. Get out of this dinosaur of a company. I am...

sure, let’s see

The only question is when. I'm thinking we'll find out in the next month or two.

How were people's STI? Note down your percentage and level. Mine was 145% at level 107.

Thailand has approved the Western Digital’s 23.5 billion baht (693 million dollars) investment project. Western Digital contributes to the development of the Thai economy by currently employing 28,000 employees in the country. The BOI explained... — read more 

https://www.inc.com/joe-procopio/lets-talk-about-ageism-in-tech.html

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20240826_03/#:~:text=Kioxia%20was%20approved%20for%20listing,the%20spread%20of%20artificial%20intelligence. This is big news in Japan. On all channels.

A California jury has awarded MR Technologie of Germany $262 million in patent infringement damages in a jury trial against Western Digital. https://blocksandfiles.com/2024/08/13/wd-loses-patent-infringement-lawsuit-at-262-million-cost/

Finally some good news coming from DG's mouth. What do you guys think of new STI?

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/western-digital-owes-262-mln-hard-drive-patent-case-jury-says-2024-07-30/

It was nice to see stock going up foe some time, however now I'm worried as I see it crashing

Will WDC layoff, sell property, and cut 401k again to fund executive bonuses, like previous years? If the board is happy, why change?

Anyone got friends over there ?

https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tech/Semiconductors/Japan-chipmaker-Kioxia-ends-production-cuts-secures-bank-lending

Wells Fargo detected and terminated employees using productivity simulation devices, so time to find something else

c-gate upped their Q4 margin guidance to 30-33%, let's see where we land

got a big chunk, roughly 60% of my pay (109, flash)

We’re in the early innings of unlocking the full potential of this company, said CEO DG, which aligns with past remarks about releasing the company’s potential. Nice mentions of AI, but does it turn into a growth engine.

Taking affect later this year will be a change in the use of non-compete agreements

If you are a shareholder, read the material and understand what it is that they are seeking to do with this mtg.

https://www.caixinglobal.com/2024-03-28/china-resources-pays-16-billion-for-control-of-chip-packaging-giant-102180371.html Weird that nobody shared this.

I heard that some people have been notified about their raises. The increase is supposed to show up in April and not everyone will get it. I haven't gotten mine yet. Does anyone here know their teammates got raised but you didn't?

https://www.reuters.com/technology/western-digital-ceo-goeckeler-head-flash-memory-unit-after-split-2024-03-05/

https://www.reuters.com/technology/jcet-buy-80-stake-sandisk-chinas-unit-2024-03-04/

Please stop talking out of your A$$ at AHs meetings. Your glowing talk of focal is now exposed for what it is….almost nothing. Also does ever so called leader you ask is to attend in your leadership sessions have to be a woke female? You are a... — read more