I was hoping to be impacted by the layoff but didn’t get lucky. I bought the lie that it’s a shared struggle and we’re all in it together, but seeing all the rewards go to DG and his cronies make it obvious we’re being pillaged from the top. No bonus or 401k match, and two open enrollments with sizeable increases? No other decent company would do that. It’s greed unlike I’ve seen before.
Opened myself up to external opportunities and found healthy salaries and perks are still available to rank&file professionals. Don’t buy the lie anymore. I’m out!
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Me to I quit the only reason I worked at western digatal wean I started we were offered 20% for each year you stayed 4 years later at 80% of 160,000
frozen all ripped off greay job western digital as I was ready to retire from western digital then I was told I could not quit or retire I did anyway 2 years later I have something better.
I too was laid off and May and still don't have a job it is brutal out there. With over 20 years experience I can't believe how recruiters ghost you even after 2 round interviews. This su-ks!!! I wish I still had my job at WD. With rent increasing and my severance and EDD is almost gone I am having to move out-of-state this year. Cannot find a job and cannot afford to live here anymore.
some leaders welcome attrition to hire in Japan or India, or add college hires
soul su€king place for me and left
tell to the survey & wait .
I know quite a few engineers at Kioxia, and you're totally full of cr-p...You didn't double anything...That and you just happen to be chilling your now happy a-s on a WD layoff site...ya...nope...try again
I left for KIOXIA a year ago, doubled my pay, and seriously couldn't be happier
left and not looking back, but all the best to friends & colleagues who choose to stay
MBA execs like DG bring HR and compensation cronies with them as they travel. They will leave with him.
Sadly DG is far from done with WD. He still has the Great Oaks campus to sell, and many more quarters of 8-digit bonuses to come, maybe split, maybe just shut things down. He doesnt care: hes rich regardless.
Want to make executive accountable? Make their Bonuses and RSU's tied to a 5 year outlook. If the company is on track after 5 years, then payout. If they set the company on a crash course then no pay out. This will all deter this ridiculous game of musical chairs with executives hopping to different companies after they squeeze the company and sell off hard assets, and do stock buy backs to artificially inflate stock prices as they put the company into a death spiral.
: @6cuq+1pKGyDUV specialist engineers? You mean have a or a few skills after decades in this industry
DG is an id--t.
“ Are you serious? Or are you a janitor??
Finding good specialist engineering roles takes several months. Sometimes over a year.”
So, let’s see. My point was that gaming the system to hope for a layoff is a bad idea. That people should just get the heck out and get another job
All you did was prove my point.
“Look mom, I got a month of severance and I’m going to take a year to get a new job! Aren’t I smart!”
Sorry to be blunt. But the people hoping for a layoff are fools. Just start applying if you want another job.
@6and+1pKGyDUV depends on the breadth of a search and willingness to relocate He!! bent on staying in the Bay Area may take a little longer, but have to way it all against what may happen during the split
I would say it takes about 4 to 5 months to find a good tech job in this market. Before this recessionary environment it took about 2 months
@5rnn+1pKGyDUV
"if you are good, you’ve got a job lined up soon after the layoff."
Are you serious? Or are you a janitor??
Finding good specialist engineering roles takes several months. Sometimes over a year.
Sorry to be blunt
Why didn’t you start looking before the latoff?
If you were hoping to be let go, you expected the layoff. Start interviewing a month in advance and, if you are good, you’ve got a job lined up soon after the layoff.
Sorry to be blunt but a lot of people on this board seem to want a long paid vacation, not a new job.
: @4auo+1pKGyDUV now that’s an idea, assign a percentage of VPs to GMs STI/LTI to survey results and actions
Survey is a joke and busy work for HR, I mean People Solutions. What do you really think the liklihood DG will look at the results and say, "Hey you need to improve your leadership score or your STI will suffer". Yeah, not likely. My only hope is that the scores are so horrible that the BoD will be forced to address them as an artifact of DG leadership (or lack thereof). So I for one plan to be brutally honest.
untracked actions lead to half-hearted efforts, so unless the BoD and executive team hold the BU GMs and their staff accountable, low odds of change because those that constructed this decades old system that most benefits them and their leadership will guard the system
I never felt good about when they ask you which department you worked for at the end of an “anonymous” survey. However the part where you can add your own input was always a good way to tattle on your coworkers and managers.
@3ccy+1pKGyDUV will know it is you and unconscious bias will act accordingly
For the surveys, yes they can be traced if you want to provide no information just pick the middle answer everytime. Annoys HR.
@3afp+1pKGyDUV they just collected negative employees using the survey. My team used to do survey, and got warning that company not receiving good review from the survey, they can trace down to your team, so of course and trace down to you.
My boss only has 5 direct reports, so my fear is if I give a negative review she will know it was me, and will retaliate. I think that's a major flaw in the survey.
@3afp+1pKGyDUV hopeful for silence when keeping one’s job is important smacks of a play to dispel any negativity The last survey pointed to executive leadership as a concern and there was little done to address those concerns and quietly ceased the survey, leaving it up to the BUs to continue if they chose to Moreover, elements within middle management can too easily pick out their own direct reports opinions making the survey nearly meaningless for giving them feedback that they don’t or won’t listen to Let’s see how it goes
But hey - our Chief People and Inclusion Officer (I kid you not, that is her title) just said we're going to get to participate in a Pulse Survey today. For all of you who talk big in this forum, let's see if you have the courage to be honest when you have to sign your name to your feedback. I say - let her rip. It actually may be the BoD will see the results.
Just throwing this out there... left and got a 50k base raise doing the same thing in engineering. WD tried to comp after I gave notice. They are a reactive company not interested in fair compensation till you call there bluff. Even if you accept and stay, they will keep you on long enough to train others and drop your a-s in the next layoff... poor leadership.
"everyone i talk to in person loves the leadership team"
BWWWWAAAAAHAAAHAAAHAAHAA!!!! That's hilarious. Not a single person I talk to loves the leadership team - we must work at different companies or LC and her team are posting again.
Sad seeing WD executives focusing on online forums, rather than turning around core BUs. Keep focused!
Don't let the door hit your behind on the way out. Good riddance.
left the company, happier, and doing far better, so don’t buy into the fear that there are not opportunities
interesting seeing these seagate bots come plague this forum. wonder if trying to inadvertently decrease stock price or something. everyone i talk to in person loves the leadership team
I got laid off in May. Still don’t have a job. If you are fine with not having a job I would say don’t quit. I wish I still had a job with WD. No biweekly income is the absolute worst feeling
Do not quit! Most engineers who were impacted in the previous rounds still do not have a job. Market won't improve before 3Q 2024
True, I left 1 year ago and I'm doing way better than when I was at WD