ICYMI: https://techbullion.com/cdk-global-outage-update-what-you-need-to-know/

Here comes ‘fit and focus’ round 3 https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/auto-tech-company-cdk-settles-dealers-antitrust-lawsuit-100-mln-2024-08-16/

A week after thanking Genpact contractors for their work, more layoffs announced for the remaining transfers from CDK.

https://www.autonews.com/dealers/cdk-cyberattacks-third-party-tech-reboots-nearly-complete

Source: https://www.autonews.com/dealers/dealers-lost-102b-cdk-cyberattack-revised-aeg-study-says "The same day, AutoNation estimated the CDK situation had stripped $1.50 out of its second-quarter earnings per share." "Allan Liska, a threat analyst... — read more 

Source: https://news.dealershipguy.com/p/car-sales-take-a-hit-from-cdk-hack-rebound-expected-in-july-2024-07-16 "The group estimates that dealerships lost 56,200 new car sales and more than $1 billion between June 19 and July 15. This includes both... — read more 

Any dealership that still has an old 9200 onsite is laughing all the way to the bank. It is no surprise that all the garbage duct taped together to form a DMS got hacked. Old MacDonald was never interested in "fueling for growth" and many of the... — read more 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/cdk-global-expects-software-outage-to-end-soon-as-dealers-lawyer-up/ar-BB1piLZl Good luck paying up on a 7-10% of the entire auto industry's 2-week income. You incompetent f*$ks in the C-Suite shouldn't... — read more 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/cdks-car-dealer-software-still-not-fully-restored-after-cyberattack/ar-BB1pd2Wv

https://www.autonews.com/dealers/dealerships-sue-after-cdk-cyberattacks-outage

What steps will you take to protect from identity theft / fraud?

Previous contractor here at Hoffman estates location. Was let go out of the blue with no explanation . You treat people like a-s you deserve all the lawsuits possible

Best case scenario: CDK will continue to exist in some form and some of us will maybe still have a job.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/the-massive-car-dealership-cyberattack-already-has-lawsuits-flying/ar-BB1oS2pR

https://x.com/CarBusinessMan/status/1805648019397743017

https://fortune.com/2024/06/22/cdk-ransomware-attack-payment-hackers-tens-millions-car-dealerships/

This isn’t the first time just this year that a big company had a major security breach. Maybe cutting costs at every corner, offshoring, and generally badly managing a company that’s too big to begin with is not exactly the smartest strategy. But... — read more 

Try it for yourself: https://www2.cdkglobal.com/protect-your-dealership

So what do you think will happen to CDK? Sold by Brookfield? CEO and CIO hung out to dry as scapegoats? CDK gets back to their senses and starts hiring in the US again? All speculation welcome!

https://www.autonews.com/retail/cdk-global-hit-second-cyberattack-shuts-down-dms Brian's bonus just went poof. From the article: “If you are not aware, we experienced an additional cyber incident late in the evening on June 19,” CDK’s latest... — read more 

https://x.com/GuyDealership/status/1803858729877553293 7:35pm EST.

If the cost of this disaster turns out to be high (and it will be), I hope that will not affect our jobs.

The hack came back: https://x.com/GuyDealership/status/1803744828158587242

They were forced to shut down everything as a precaution due to a breach: https://x.com/GuyDealership/status/1803421101713715290

Anybody know who the buyer is that will be taking CDK public?

3 year non-compete, company owns any work you develop outside the company, and supposedly even applies if they terminate you And they're doing it because "we give you a lot, so you should be grateful to sign" if you don't sign, supposedly you won't... — read more 

They are now getting rid of most of the staff that had company cars

Used to be in CDK Global last year and laid off . Still see unvested amount in my 401k account .Any idea what will happen to it.

There have been some rumors about layoffs in February, do we know anything more about that?

The grass, in this case, is definitely greener on the outside.

someone send me money they probably stole from everyone

There are a number of older messages referencing Genpact. As many may now be aware there was a second wave planned impacting more senior level employees, there’s a third wave, and so on. It’s a total of a 5 year plan with continuously lower cost each... — read more 

I see they are partnering with takion

BM has been kind of quiet on the layoff front. Does he like to do layoffs just before bonus time so they don’t have to payout?

"Now that Pendragon shareholders have approved Lithia's $484 million acquisition of the U.K. auto retailer, Lithia will gain a stake in Pendragon's Pinewood DMS, which would be spun off into a standalone company. Lithia and Pinewood plan to form a... — read more 

Greetings! Could anyone inform me about when we must decide on COBRA and when our benefits lapse?

Rev8 and Drive to be sold to Pinewood. All UK support and sales staff leaving by the end of the year.

All Keyloop sales teams are the latest to go. Our Account Manager has just informed us.

Shares down by 25% since May: https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/BROOKFIELD-BUSINESS-CORPO-134320157/news/Brookfield-Business-Partners-Reports-Renewed-Normal-Course-Issuer-Bids-for-Units-Exchangeable-Share-44620798/

https://layoffstracker.com/cdk-global-lays-off-230-employees/ Money quote: "CDK Global, The Chicago-based company has undergone a round of layoffs on Wednesday, July 27 – Letting go of 230 employees ~ 3% of its overall workforce. Layoffstracker... — read more