Ego is the no:1 ki-ler development. Unfortunately we have too many with that mentality

What are the chances of LCO site closing in the next couple of years? Be honest, 10%, 20%, etc.

Labor Day wishes to all LCO employees The only FAANG company of Colorado

There have been rumors going around for a while about LR coming in the first two weeks of September. Anything new on that front? September is around the corner, and I haven’t heard much for the past few days. Anyone have any new info? Were any of the... — read more 

https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/california-tech-companies-laid-off-table-scraps-19723851.php

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

So who should lose their job ? Given Mango refuses to qualify this piece of junk !

Has anyone at LCO done their focal with their manager yet? If so how are raises looking like if any?

Nothing. We will not get the share in spoils, but at least the chance to be laid off remains unchanged.

Hey, we have been told at Springtown, Derry the MS's are getting £400 and I'm just wondering what our American Colleagues are receiving as their 'thank you'. I am asking in particular about MSs. Think we have been shafted AGAIN.

Does anyone know why J Bruner stepped down from the chair role?

Blue screen on your computer? No problem I’ll just ring up one my many IT support specialist. Wait you say we only have One Person here to support thousands of workers! Thanks Heavy D and the Gang your the best!

Anyone have info into what year end increases will look like and if we will see any kind of bonus.

Any info on layoffs, or we can have a few peaceful days?

I was let go last week. The exit paperwork indicated that this was a part of a larger layoff. I'm still on payroll for another month or so, though. I was just curious about how many people were actually affected? Is this something that only gets... — read more 

Instead of big rounds, we have had lately a stream of small groups of people being laid off. As if nobody would notice, and as if that wouldn’t impact morale and increase anxiety.

Learned today that about 3 people were laid off on FW team, anyone heard anything else?

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/hdds/seagate-opens-an-ebay-store-to-sell-refurbished-hard-drives

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

No profit sharing bonus for this year. Next year bonus kiv. Only salary increment and promotion this year.

If you could just finish those OKR reports, that’d be just great, thanks…

Anyone hear if anyone is getting any raises or promotions? It has been extremely quiet which typically means that we are getting nothing. I have only gotten one significant raise in 7 years that was not a rounding error. In the all hands meeting... — read more 

The pay would be the same but instead of share owners getting dividends the profits would be used for owner rewards. The company metrics would be Hidden from the public. As far as the executives dumping their free stock look at how much they still... — read more 

Heavy D and Co cashing in millions. If they believed in the HAMR and the future why sell out? They did this by keeping the divi via cutting employee pay by 10% at many levels. Cut the pay, keep the divi, cash out. Inflation? - employees won't... — read more 

Employee Veteran Leadership Award from Military Friendly! A true hero!

https://www.techradar.com/pro/worlds-largest-hdd-company-wants-to-launch-massive-60tb-ssd-in-2024-wd-ceo-spills-beans-on-solid-state-roadmap-as-he-divulges-that-enterprise-customers-want-much-bigger-capacities-fast WD CEO spills beans on solid state... — read more 

Really? Who would? Lemme guess ah no one!

I have heard about HAMR for about 20 years, yet it is still not successfully commercialized. I am wondering if HAMR will eventually be successfully? If not, it will be a good lose to the competition to WD, since it's a bad bet, a big strategic bet. — read more 

Hush hush in the corridors LCO on edge Management patting their backs Dividend up for stake... Guess the price and I'll tell ya who bought!

Anyone else hear about this trip to NRM from our wonderful "Chief People and Places Officer"? Is she planning her next big removal of "People" from the NRM "Place"?

Am I the only one who not aware that Seagate is practicing 4 working days? Especially from staff engineer level and above are not working on Friday, don’t even bother to come in. Is it apply to all employees?

The South Korean electronics giant has announced plans to commence mass production of its newest 290-layer ninth-generation vertical (V9) NAND chips, aimed at AI and cloud devices as well as large-scale enterprise servers. The Korea Economic Daily... — read more 

With the recent merger of the VLSI division and Broadcom -- Broadcom will not recognize the seniority of the engineers. It's like a firing (not layoff) and rehiring in Broadcom What that means is . The engineers with 20-25 years in Seagate who were... — read more 

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Has the next layoff been scheduled yet? With the economic outlook looking bleak I figured Seagate would be early with them.

"NO FREE FRIDAYs" policy. Inflation is over 10% since last raises. Work less to compensate the company for that direct pay reduction. When they do reinstate raises I can assure you this gap will not be closed. I expect they will be 4%. 3% would sound... — read more 

See our unelected reps lauding it up on your union dues. Money well spent ? Its gone very quiet since the recognition announcement. Wheres all the actions they promised ? Starting to drag on now.