The cybersecurity breach at Western Digital is a glaring reminder that their priorities are misplaced. The lack of transparency, confusion over company direction, and disregard for legacy employees are inexcusable. It's time to put employees first... — read more 

Maybe a lot of people disagree, but I think DG has been doing pretty fine. We caught up in technology in both Nand and HDD, and balance sheet is much better than before. We probably already bankrupted if the previous CEO/CFO didn’t step down.

Each day the network and ops are down increases the odds of bankruptcy. It’s really sad that incompetent leadership and insane and biased focus on diversity goals over all else has done to this company.

All of my office365/VPN/box logins have been blocked as of Sun Apr 2

Seagate layoffs, where's their 30TB HAMR HDD? https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/seagate-unveils-further-round-of-layoffs-citing-economic-uncertainty-3044101

According to ethisphere. What a freaking joke!!!

Snice the upcoming RIF is a planned one, anyone knows when the day comes, will the targeted employees be notified in advance or need to leave office immediately?

I know this is not the first cut to the flash business but next quarter your going to get another RIF. Good luck to all as the beatings will continue.

Undeserved promotions have really set this place back over the past few years and the best quality employees are left feeling undervalued.

I guess I gotta wait some more. I wonder if my co-workers will continue to push forward or not this week. I don’t care for busy work. Does anyone else feel the same sense of apprehension, or is it just me? I used to think what I did everyday... — read more 

Haven't gotten mine yet. Did you all get smaller paycheck today?

Seagate chatter about pausing their employee survey brings to mind the actions of Western Digital, who also appear to have abandoned their own survey once it started to raise some uncomfortable questions. It's all rather disappointing, really. The... — read more 

This week, the company forcing U.S employee to take a week off without pay. What is the point of flexible time off if a salaried employee does not receive paid time off? If you can't afford to pay people, reinstate PTO. So people get comp if they... — read more 

Western Digital Corporation's Chief Executive Officer just disposed of 208,797 shares https://www.conferencecalltranscripts.org/summary/?id=11907302

https://www.crn.com/western-digital-layoffs-more-than-300-to-lose-jobs-in-california

Pure Storage has announced plans to develop a 300TB flash drive by 2026 that would outpace other disk drive capacity roadmaps. The company's Direct Flash Modules (DFMs) are essentially collections of NAND chips with the company's operating system... — read more 

I hear we are not going to work in June? What’s going on? Is the company officially splitting?

I am so sick of this company. I hope we go down in a glorious ball of fire! Leadership sucks! HR sucks, Engineers suck, Marketing sucks sales suck...Let's face facts every department and leader sucks! Kioxia also sucks!

Do you see any other company that’s been on here for a longer duration than WD?

No bonus, no 401k match, and increased scrutiny is exactly the treatment you’d expect if you were on a performance improvement plan, but they’re treating every employee this way. How can he get away with this, unless they want everyone to... — read more 

If your badge still works after June 30th, I guess that means you are safe..., for now.

I can't wait to leave this place. Possible severance is the only thing that's still keeping me here.

talent and innovation abound in this company and will pull it through

The Cisco Kids, a band of naive outsiders embark on a adventure to infiltrate a storage company. With dreams of riches, they dive in headfirst. But as they navigate the ups and downs of the market, they soon realize that the pursuit of money in this... — read more 

Any ideas when is the next wave coming?

ASK SALES WHAT THIS MEANS... THEY DID IT NOW EVERYONE IS GOING TO PAY FOR IT, EXCEPT THE ELT TEAM. BOD IS CLUELESS AS TO HOW THEY ARE GETTING TO NUMBERS. CROOKS AND CORRUPTION!

Retention Awards Mr. Goeckeler’s retention award is for a number of restricted stock units of the Company equal in value to $5,000,000 in the aggregate (the “CEO Retention Award”). The first 30% of the CEO Retention Award will vest on June 15, 2023... — read more 

The Star Wars Emperor doppelgänger told employees to keep working hard and bend over today after the earnings call. The bonus is canceled, 401k match is halted, and more cuts are coming. SVPs are taking some pay cut. Big deal!

Here's what is being offered at Google. I am sure WDC can do with a much smaller package? What is offered at WDC Google will pay employees during the full notification period (minimum 60 days). Google will also offer a severance package starting at... — read more 

Under the CEO David Goeckler's excellent leadership and his leadership management teams, WDC is now asking employees to volunteerily "retire". The goal is to have 10% resources cut, so the balance will be from employee layoff. So massive layoff is... — read more 

Western Digital would spin off its flash business and merge it with Kioxia, creating a publicly traded company in the United States https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/western-digital-kioxia-advanced-talks-merger-bloomberg-news-2023-01-21/

More people are being asked to retire

A new law that went into effect this week requires most California employers to disclose salaries on job listings

https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/western-digital-japans-kioxia-restart-merger-talks-bloomberg-news-2023-01-05/

Or are we done with cuts for a while and can relax a little?

$30.59. This stock sucks..as does DG!

While some do enough work for several people, others are almost useless but they still stay here. When will this place finally get rid of all the dead weight?