“All we do is data warehousing” was the mantra for many years. This was just a symptom of having no visionary leader and a lazy board of directors. Teradata tried to sell focus as a key differentiator. They clod not even deviate from a direct sales... — read more 

No surprise really as this has been occurring for a number of years. The latest Gartner Magic quadrant for cloud database management systems has been released and Teradata slides further out of the leaders quadrant. Under the current ELT team the... — read more 

He can never answer this simple question - it is embarrassing to see him struggle through some buzz word-filled answer. You don't need a scalable database to calculate it, you can do it with your fingers on one hand. Other companies report each... — read more 

Got an invitation to a call from an HRC for for some (silly) training... there is even agenda directed to "All", but I'm the only one invited, other than the HRC self... Is this it? Is this THE call? Can anyone confirm?

LR announced retirement. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/laurenceryder_it-is-finally-time-to-take-the-next-step-activity-7141233397443571712-qk8L? For someone with multiple bullying claims over the years he has either been finally pushed out or as he... — read more 

https://www.itnews.com.au/news/nab-decommissions-26-year-old-teradata-platform-603456 Wasn't the texan moved down to Australia to save the business? Seems his impact is having zero effect in stopping large customers from migrating off.

Boy, Teradud really missed the boat. Again.

Are any of you having Xmas parties? I don't think they are so much parties anymore, but rather a wake as we mourn those who were removed from their roles over the past 12 months. Ours was a very sad event with the sales director degrading everyone... — read more 

TDC share price is $43.25, down more than 6% on over twice daily volume. NC and SB sold shares? or other ELT cashing out? Institutional investors catching on to the charade? It is about time. Even at the lower price, it is still at a 70+ PE... — read more 

Which grifter ELT should follow NC and SB out the door next? Each one have caused so much damage to the morale, culture, productivity, innovation, layoffs, and resource drain of this place. We'll take anyone of them next but just go sooner than... — read more 

Announced this morning.

No longer "our people are our greatest strength", McK is preaching middle management as the key asset of a company. They believe with generative AI, bulk of workers are expendable. Check out the links below. Teradud have been laying off mainly... — read more 

Probably the best case study on a one time industry leader being blindsided by an innovative startup. Hard to believe after 45 years in a hot market TDC can’t break $$2B when Snowflake blew past it. This is what happens with mediocre, visionless... — read more 

At Ignite, Teradata announced new on-demand serverless analytics for Microsoft Fabric: Teradata AI Unlimited (https://www.teradata.com/Press-Releases/2023/Teradata-AI-Unlimited-for-Microsoft-Fabric) Whatever happened to QueryGrid? And how does... — read more 

Look into the video starting time 28:40 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjcLWupY0jk

Many foresaw the charade that the current management is putting on. They predicted the demise of this place, no strategy or product, no new customers or growth in revenue, and continuous layoffs. All reality. The real blessing is exposing the self... — read more 

I was laid off from TD on 11/1 after 2 years and I see all the blame about the poor leadership. IMHO the culture of TD,mostly from the long-timers is part of the blame for the downfall. I've never seen a more self-satisfied group waiting for... — read more 

Cut and paste into your browser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=tktUNwtIutt6Kdqy&v=AiOUojVd6xQ&feature=youtu.be. 25:30 in the video sums up McK's strategy for TDC. I can even imagine NC in one of these McK training videos. SM, NC, KCC, can we... — read more 

The word is there will be some more in January, although not as numerous. If this is true.... this really becomes wtf???

Only failing to understand that nothing they say will give confidence in their leadership and competence while they continue with layoffs every six months... and the argument that the market is changing is laughable when layoffs are not only in... — read more 

Sums the company, the level of interest and the poor marketing up really well ;) https://x.com/Teradata/status/1724718891597734017?s=20

Several of my team members were riffed on Halloween, our future is uncertain and the mood here is one of dread. I would think this is what death row would be like hoping that when the executioner comes in he picks you so that you can leave this... — read more 

Seems like a lot of long time employees were targeted, which would likely imply an age focused RIF. Just wondering what the % of those let go were 55 and older.

In 1988 the United States passed a federal labor law "Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) that requires employers with 100 or more employees to provide notification to employees 60 calendar days in advance of a mass... — read more 

As of 11/6

Does anyone know how many people were laid off on 10/31?

I was laid off 11/1 in the US and HR said the paperwork would be sent in a few days but my termination date is 11/10. Still nothing in my inbox about a Docusign

RIF to enable investment in AI. TD hiring talented AI and ML engineers ? Let’s be serious ! Who would be an AI master and prefer TD to competition ? Only desperate AI losers would pay attention to (inexistant) TD AI job offers. AI party is... — read more 

PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL November 8, 2021 Jacqueline Woods Dear Jacqueline, I am very pleased to extend you this offer of employment with Teradata Corporation and its affiliates (“Teradata” or the “Company”) as Chief Marketing Officer, based in... — read more 

2K employees being RiF’d ? Lot of emotion we all understand, but few precise numbers to analyse. Across Geos and Orgs, it’s time to come with numbers to rate the amplitude of the horrible and unprecedented massacre that has taken place.? We heared... — read more 

How many times have we seen the ELT over the past 2 years drone on and on about DEI? Now compare that to how many times they've actually commented on business challenges and how they are going to fix it? Yep, you got it right. DEI conversations... — read more 

It started in 2015 with the misguided transformation, worsen in 2017-2018 with departures of a whole generation of future engineers and leaders groomed to take over, and pass the point of no return in 2021 with RIF of experience and knowledgeable... — read more 

Teradata : from leading proudly the analytics database race to struggling painfully to catch up. The bell has rung; one more lap to go and race is over. Game’s over…unless a divine miracle. Who knows ? SMc raising the dead, HA walking on the sea... — read more 

For the past 4 years, this ELT bunch has made so many bonehead moves and layoffs that continuously destroy this company. It is clear now that they were hired to dismantle the company by laying off people over time to not attract attention of age... — read more 

Why would you want to be a part of this subpar team? From the top to the bottom, not who's who but who wanna be who. They failed at previous companies and are 1st timers in their current role, learning on the job. They are not fit for the real job... — read more 

That seems a bit high, but with TD you never know.

I wander what folks will say on this forum, it's anon after all. There is so much praise on Glassdoor and the Board seems not to care. What's your evaluation?

There was a post yesterday from ELT supporter, if not NC or HR, trying to rebut posts on this board. It's been deleted. So it seems like they got admonished again for chiming in or their responses were too revealing and might be a legal liability... — read more 

Confirms worldwide lay-offs in email to all staff. He couldn't explain why employees with more knowledge in the industry with more expertise than his ELT team were let go. This is a CEO managing a once great company into oblivion. His inexperience... — read more 

Wow. Interesting article on how Abn Amro decommissioned Teradata…and why. This should scare any TD employee... — read more