Here is where you get honest feedback. Most employees just kiss up on Yammer. The ELT does not really want the truth. All employees should migrate here and report on what is actually happening. Continued cost cutting will improve operating income in... — read more 

https://www.nexusdataserver.com/post/ibm-takes-over-teradata

CRO tenure at TDC is 15 months. That’s how long it takes new CROs to realize the swamp they are in. Any idea where TC will be headed? So many sales leaders are leaving. Not a sign of a successful company.

Teradata are hemorrhaging top talent. McKin are running riot, NC and strategy team are way out of their depth and clueless. 25+ plus work-streams, each with another five or six sub work-streams. Really? KCC MIA. Does the ELT, them, he, she, it ... — read more 

HA and SB are not getting it done. We have presented product issues to HA for months and she acted “shocked” to hear it last week? What is she doing? The only new innovation started outside her group. SB is a part-time CTO? SM needs to wake up or... — read more 

Did anyone catch the number of new customer wins? Have they reported that in past quarters? SM babbled on forever and threw out a bunch of buzz words but he danced around this important metric.

Hiring and Welcoming continues @ Teradata. Stock continues to Soar. As the company strengthens its capabilities to support the GTM organization, yet another ex-Oracle joins the team. The ELT is still not where it needs to be, as they struggle to lure... — read more 

I wanted to vent about how much I hate working here. Childish, I know. That's it done. I'm looking to exit and want to work somewhere where I am valued ...... it's not here, for sure.

Considering that we've been dealing with constant layoffs, reductions in benefits, having to watch wrong people get promoted over those who earned it by working their butts off, and so many other things, how are you managing to stay motivated to give... — read more 

What do investors know that we don’t? I guess we’ll find how the numbers spin tomorrow.

What is your level of anxiety? The rumors are growing but I am very calm. It became irrelevant to me whether I would be the target or not, because it became unbearable to work here. It’s easier to start from scratch with something new than to stay... — read more 

I remember the place that cared about its employees and fostered healthy work culture and environment. It saddens me to see how much things have changed since then. I think it's harder for us who have been here for a while. New employees only know... — read more 

July 1st all on-site Customer Service Associates we’re let go. Only a few were retained to support concerned customers. They too will be let go on August 1st. This is a huge brain drain. These Solutions are very complex. Just a SW patch can... — read more 

There's lots of grass roots innovation at the individual and small team level. The problem is that as soon as an initiative looks like it's taking on legs, a bunch of useless executives, desperate to make themselves relevant, use their political... — read more 

And how many of you are just previously affiliated with the company? (And are sitting outside watching the fireworks with popcorn waiting to see who else makes it out of the building)

I wish the “leaders” could explain to me why this company cannot innovate. I am aware that every innovation is a risk, but that is no reason why a company should no longer innovate. I have no more hope and can't wait to get out of here, but it will... — read more 

Who makes up this stuff? There is no connectivity to multi-cloud??? Even existing customers are confused. You can’t even find the term data warehouse. Go compare to Snowflake and see how clear their message is. ... — read more 

How many have seen you seen the social feeds regarding the exciting things others are doing in analytics? While all this goes on, we keep playing in the toddler's pool. We'd rather focus on diversity (which is important, but should be innate, not a... — read more 

They buy struggling companies with strong balance sheets and turn them around. The first thing they do is fire 95% of the executives to save costs. That’s the kind of RIF we need. Let’s hope they set their sights on TDC next. It’s our last hope… — read more 

Or twice a year, whatever. I just wish I knew ahead of time instead of having to worry about it all the time.

Companies depend on their reputation to be able to hire the best talent which is of crucial importance for their future. Our reputation has been tarnished at best and nearly completely ruined at worst in the last few years. Why would anybody with... — read more 

I have been here a long time and it has never happened before that so many colleagues quit in such a short period of time. I absolutely understand them, and I would leave right away if I had found a better opportunity, but I don’t understand this... — read more 

I don't remember having to deal with all this uncertainty, constant stress, frustration over no direction, navigating department politics, and so much more as recently as five years ago. How could have things changed so much in such a short period?... — read more 

So many people are worried about their future at TD but the fact is, everybody can do something about it. Make a plan right now, look at what your options are, start networking... You are just ruining your health by constantly worrying about things... — read more 

Why do the top execs make so much money when they can’t grow revenue or win new customers in a red hot market? $20M for SM when all he has done is waste millions on McKinsey? Someone should put a tent over this circus.

to stop all the customers leaving? It seems to me that never before have so many customers left TD. This negative trend just doesn't stop. On the other hand, I can’t believe they’re doing nothing to stop it? Or are they just powerless to do it after... — read more 

These days at Teradata I am very pleased to announce and welcome blah blah blah to our GTM/ELT/Strategy team. As we reinvent our organization to help our customers move to the cloud, we are seeking highly skilled professionals who have no clue about... — read more 

As Q2 comes to a close who wants to take guesses on what will happen with stocks and revenue? I see the shell game of reoccurring revenue taking a hit.

IT rollout with no thought or real testing. Engineers are stuck and can’t do useful work. Senior leaders look the other way. I predict out of business in two years.

I'm fed up with being here, I feel like a dinosaur. I joined a few years ago, out of university. Many of my peers went to work for Microsoft, Amazon and Google - I thought I was making a bold decision. OMG, I was so wrong, I loathe this place and... — read more 

Experience is no longer an asset here. It used to be that the longer you were here, the more respected you were. We used to have management that knew years with the company meant you had the kind of knowledge that was considered irreplaceable. These... — read more 

Every 6mo we have projects being made and trashed away. Did we even successfully deliver anything? What someone mentioned is very interesting to me because I have noticed that the company has more and more problems when it comes to delivering... — read more 

Wasn't there talk about June layoffs? Does that mean we're looking at cuts in the next ten days?

As usual TD is late to the table; hire a few male execs, followed up by ONE female hire just to show we're "Diverse & Inclusive". She has a tough job ahead of her, good luck to you madam.

someone told you that Teradata will be acquired soon? Note: this is not about having any information about someone acquiring a TD or intending to do so, but I am just interested in what your opinions are whether this might be good for this... — read more 

We need a leader who is technical and has a vision. HA is a product manager good at limiting what’s on the truck. Look at all the new innovation from Snowflake. How can we compete with that? She hasn’t delivered anything new. What exactly do you have... — read more 

Anyone hear about merit increases yet?

Every company faces a business life cycle: launch, growth, shake-out, maturity and decline. The problem is that Teradata doesn't know how to get you out of the decline stage. In fact, the biggest problem is that the company has done nothing... — read more