https://www.contextworld.com/by-the-end-of-2020-no-new-laptop-in-western-europe-will-be-sold-with-hard-disk-drive-as-primary-storage

Disclaimer: working for a competitor and just curious

Dave Mosley and the Seagate leadership team for best adaptation of a functioning, successful company.

Good read and what we are seeing in the market. Of course very different from all hands meeting propaganda. https://blocksandfiles.com/2020/02/07/hard-disks-disappear-small-data-centres/

Where are all the HR people or execs pretending things have gotten better and there will be growth? The numbers speak for themselves. Without low interest rates, employee voluntary attrition, and threat of layoffs this company would be in bankruptcy... — read more 

Having so many layoffs in the past, what happened to employees when they get laid off? Do they usually get a better job, a worse job or just retire? Considering also that the average age of seagaters are late 40’s to early 50’s.

Do you know what are top three locations in terms of employee count? Also, how many work at Dublin?

On the cards, list is getting ready

They can’t increase dividend anymore, as profit continue to decline. Debt is alarming. Need to cut 15% employees

Do you think it is a good signal? You people can whine here about how FUBAR Seagate is or get off your backsides and get a job in a better company. Hard drive market share is rapidly declining, and isn't coming back. Care to guess how that... — read more 

How useful is it in your experience to take additional university classes in order to find a new job for an engineer trying to find a job in a different field? Any better suggestions of what worked best for you? Thank you so much.

Just curious about the real micro survey result I feel belong here and valued as a person I trust the company's direction set by the executives I feel excited about my future in this company I'm supported in trying new ideas and... — read more 

Are we going to do better this earning or flunk? The stock has been trending up for quite some time!

Hiring freeze in my team even though we desperately need more people. Is it a bad signal?

There is no hope for promotion.

At some point they have to file for bankruptcy. Debt is too high.

I don't know when it happened but just realized this

I left a year ago when it became totally obvious that we were all being played with buzzwords and make believe new markets that will save HDD like IT 4.0, autonomous driving, 5g without consideration for loss of notebook, mission critical... — read more 

Mark my words, they are only getting started with ridding this company of its best employees. The worst is yet to come.

I remember Ravi Naik rolled into town in February or March after the quarterly results reported in last January were less than stellar and he said something to the effect of "I know you may be nervous, but don't be because we've reduced IT spend (cut... — read more 

List is out. Stx likely to increase dividend after the lay off. Dothill revenue is a concern.

Most of the talented people moved to other companies. People who stayed there useless people who can’t find another job, especially LCO. If they lose this job they are done. Lot of h1b slaves who graduated from level 2 universities have to go back. — read more 

What happened to our HAMR drives? Have we started mass production?

You know, at one time there must've been dozens of companies makin' buggy whips. And I'll bet the last company around was the one that made the best goddamn buggy whip you ever saw. Now how would you have liked to have been a stockholder in that... — read more 

Everybody still recovering from Thanksgiving or has everyone with something to say waiting on their VEEP package clock to commence on December 20th?

Dear CIO thank you for saving Seagate millions of dollars moving my Verizon iPhone to T-Mobile. Your leadership and wisdom is amazing. Now my Seagate and personal data once again has been breached. Signed All of... — read more 

Major decision will be announce on last week of January. Insider

Is this going to be an interesting year as it relates to Seagate Technology Layoffs 2020? Any news or rumors?

you're considering going back to a company that has already laid you off? if you're not happy w/ your current company, it's better to find another company. as an hiring manager, if i saw someone jump back and forth to the same company, it would... — read more 

Has it been known to happen?

I was laid off 1.5 years ago My current job is 40% more than Seagate But my happiness here is also 40% less Now one manager want me back coz one of his team is retiring. Should I go back? Should I ask for 20% more than what I was paid in... — read more 

Huge lay off in January/Feb time frame. No info on exact time. Longmont will be affected. Especially, dothill division.

Not thought out, poorly planned, simmering pot of ego's about to all be jockeying for parking spots. Bye Seagate.

They haven't decided to totally cut off all funds to R&D yet and we still have a large Seagate Research group funding all kinds of pet projects and stuff. Once I see that cut I'll have to admit, they are going to cash flow it all the way down. I... — read more 

FQ1 2020 Results Non-GAAP Year-Over-Year Revenue DECREASE = 13.8% Year-Over-Year Net income DECREASE = 45.9 (ouch!) Year-Over-Year Earnings Per Share DECREASE = 41.4% Operating Expenses trending up. Look out below...

Are we into our best quarters to come? Seems so

So what is your take on the VEEP offering to the U.S. based upper management tier? Will these positions be filled by non U.S. people? Will there be mass layoffs after MGNT get their golden parachutes?

This is my expectation over 5 years. It'll take time to unfold, so just start your preps. 2020: 35K employees. Exodus of best talent already underway will accelerate. Career growth opportunities shrink, disappear. Exit Systems business. Eliminate... — read more 

Used to work at Seagate last decade. Seagate used to be a great place for benefits. Can current employees tell me: Does NRM still have the on-site fitness center? Loved going there, so convenient. Free yoga and boot camp classes. It was... — read more