Shortly after I started the strict requirement to have your underware vetted by esecurity, left open a wide open gap and all employee's W2's were emailed to the dark web. No one was fired and Seagate offered a year of Equifax credit monitoring. So after 20 years in tech, I finally could buy my own SSN from the dark web.
Past CEO and new CEO both a couple of "Richard Craniums". They made fun of WD for their purchase of SanDisk and then hired the failed SanDisk CIO. They have a complete distain for the current American administration and are influenced by all thing Silicone Valley.
New CIO is a complete idiot and a scumbag. He background is in creating a devalued organization in preparation to sell. Ask SanDisk about the "french shower". Pretty sure he wears shoes he can slip on or they have velcro. Pretty sure he needed a play by play on how to wipe his own backside.
While being there, however I have met some outstanding engineers, that simply don't have the management to use the tools they were given.
A few highlights over the last few years:
Multiple RIF's
Multiple re-Orgs
Multiple M&A's (Only to dang near kill them then sell them for a loss)
Leadership (loose term) had no understanding of technology.
Uncertain future, regardless of experience or function.
Incompetent Leadership (Director was a "butt in seat" boss). You could show up and do nothing all day as long as you were in your seat.
EGO's from line manager all the way up, the ego's certainly overcompensated for their lack of ability.
Management, once RIF's were not really employable in the same field.
Run, run, run far away from this place. Seagate will not be Seagate in five years, if they last that long. They will sell, ironically to a flash provider and then be scuttled.
