To all the boys and girls at the farm!!! You've been good all year, working your tails off so the TINOs can look good and get promoted. For your reward, TINOs had early Christmas gifts, layoffs for the unlucky right before Thanksgiving and fear... — read more 

I mean, is there anyone who feels at least a little safe in their current role?

Not a plug but a community service message on this Xmas eve Share this TDC layoff site link with others you care. They will get more info than Yammer, townhall, or meeting with TINOs. They can judge for themselves truths or lies based on the... — read more 

TINOs are reinventing the wheel and afraid if anyone knowledgeable hold them accountable for putting out the fire they started. They get to look good and collect big bonuses for doing nothing but set the company back a decade. So no one that knows... — read more 

They asked for us to reply if we would attend the Dec 15 gathering north of HQ. I did not because it's no time to celebrate and it would just be TINOs doing their monthly visit, some lip service to string us along, deny any RIF happened, and spend... — read more 

In weak companies, Politics win, In strong companies, Best ideas win - Steve Jobs.

Don't be confused when the press release comes out saying "Teradata Once Again In The Leaders Quadrant" - this is a JOKE. There is only one clear leader in this report - AWS. Far out ahead of all competitors. Look how far Teradata has dropped. ... — read more 

For the past two years, we have lost ground in Gartner's MQ vision and ability to execute. In this year’s MQ, we are close to slipping below the leader line for the first time I can recall. Notable 2022 MQ movements; AWS cemented its dominance... — read more 

I did not receive a Christmas bonus, nor do I have any hopes of receiving one. Has anyone received it?

Venting is OK. However, being constantly dissatisfied but staying in this toxic environment is ultimately self-destructive. Now it may not be easy to find a new job, but I know many who are stuck here just because they are afraid to start from... — read more 

Leaving or fired, no one know. Long live Vantage Datalake.

Just because you say please and thank you doesn't mean that you're a polite person. Just because you talked about the layoffs in an email or all hands meeting doesn't mean that you've communicated. Trying to tell us how to work doesn't count as... — read more 

Our culture was consistently better before this new leadership. We never had focused so much on revenue and cost savings. The ELT care about nothing else other than Teradata making money. The proof is how carelessly they lay off the best people. ... — read more 

ELT has said many times that the company exist to generate revenue and deliver share holder values. That's fine but they forgot, first you need good people to deliver good products that customers want, not just another me too service offering. This... — read more 

I wonder if our TINO Product Engineering VPs will point to the RIF as an excuse for not delivering some commitments and possibly revenue? These political animals would not surprise me to do that to save their hide.

These TINO leaders think they can buy us a holiday party to buy our loyalty. We are not that cheap. Let's show them how we really feel. Just try to stop us.

Under OR - management by fear, lack of operational focus and execution Under RP - add no clue period, friends and family hiring plan, chaos, dismantling of everything began, silos Under HA - add rampant useless VP and SVP hires and promotions, fear... — read more 

The current marketing or engineering management, take your pick, have shown their arrogance, lack of knowledge of the base product, and willingness to get rid everyone knowledgeable. But let's say maybe they do have a plan and are executing to it... — read more 

I am aware that my skills are outdated and that's why I feel lucky that I haven't been laid off yet because I can't find a new job. Everyone keeps talking about the importance of keeping your skills sharp, but realistically, how much is it... — read more 

I left TD not long ago because I could no longer stand the way it was managed. I'm an outsider now, but I still follow this forum sometimes. It is impossible to expect transparency from TD because the company no longer cares about employees at... — read more 

Let’s use this thread to post the survey response of what you really wanted to say but didn’t because of fear of retribution. Company has zero empathy toward long term employees and especially those who were laid off. Too many VPs with... — read more 

time to show support for your laid off peers and disapproval of management layoff actions

different product, different business, different management, different culture, different everything a name change reflects all of that, gives new image, removes legacy stigma, and gives credit to the management and people of the last few years that... — read more 

If you reside in California, you can apply for unemployment as of Nov. 10, 2022. CA considers our last day of work Nov. 9 as they don't count WARN notices or severance.

The product has changed. We are now a SaaS or service company. Also, with heavy use of open source and the services are less complex applications, help is readily available for hire. No need for workers with long term knowledge retention. Workers... — read more 

We engineers were told we are important cogs in a well tuned engine. Only one problem, a well tuned engine require oil of high integrity to keep it running smoothly. Our management (oil) lacks integrity and will burn the engine and cogs out, let... — read more 

This place is now full of services hires. From the CEO to the SVP of engineering, they are used to working with service people and not real software engineers of an enterprise product. They treat people like interchangeable parts and hire and... — read more 

No propaganda here. Observe and decide for yourself. Transformation continues. Engineering would have been gutted much sooner to hire service oriented workforce but existing systems, customers, and lack of timely execution and progress for service... — read more 

Is there any good reason why this company has so many VPs?

I am looking at Teradata data social media pages. they are doing events that are burning cash and also hiring VPs. on the other hand, they are laid off many senior engineers. Can someone Tell me how many people are laid off? and why they did not... — read more 

Does he actually work there? What does he do? Other than talk about Burning Man. Seriously, I worked there for years and no one could explain it to me.

Great read on why every large company is in trouble. It’s not just TDC.

No survey is ever anonymous no matter what they say and even worse if you provide feedback voluntarily. You are doing their jobs for them or at least giving them information so they can use against you when it's time. They've we-ponized the survey... — read more 

This is a redux. The original post was deleted, probably because it had a link. Search in youtube for the "Shindler's list construction scene" and watch last 90 seconds of clip. It shows what leadership style was employed when engineers try to do... — read more 

So many VPs . They must all be useful, competent, or worth their pay right? Very troubling to see VPs hired while we sacked people that actually work. Wondered how many had to be sacked to get those glorified useless roles on board. Pricing VP? ... — read more 

Mgmt is so tone deaf that's why they're TINOs. They have all hands meetings to talk about how difficult it was to lay people off, held back crocodile tears for effect, talk about trust as if they really practice it, and then force celebration events... — read more 

Wow. So sad to think how badly TDC missed the biggest growth opportunity right in their core market. Teradata should change their name to Kodak.

It is happening - Snowflake on track to generate about $2 billion in revenue this fiscal year. TDC will not be close to $2B. Teradata “management” watched it happen for six years before scrambling with a “CloudFirst” strategy. And the board was MIA... — read more 

WARN Act has been filed at HQ. It's open season now whether you're named or not in the November layoff ? Product Engineering laid off a bunch but some high level engineering leaders are rumoured to be sacked with the power consolidation and slowly... — read more 

The TINO (Board of Directors, ELT, and mgmt directors & above, from the last 7 years and especially now) destroyed everything that Teradata stood for. They epitomized incompetency & management by fear, sowed division, and foster a culture of... — read more