Ongoing Restructuring/Retrenchment at Seagate Singapore (Update 6)

Retrenchment package for those who worked more than than 1 year is 1 month pay for each year of service. Less than 1 yr of service is 2 weeks pay. Not a bad deal.
Media test is hardest hit dept. For test dept,1 manager, 5 sup, 70 line techicians. This round of exercise seeing big cut of director level. 6 directors were axed. Company expected to save $210 annually with the exercise.

Well I thought if you work at seagate for 3 years and above then you are entitled for 1 year , 1 month pay for each year of service. Anyone can verify this?

I’m from the sputter department and my team, C-team in W2 which handles the 200L lean sputter machine no one been affected so far except in the A team which 3 of them were line guys. Sputter department is the lowest hit amongst other departments.

Rumours, shutdown during the first two week of march. 16th march there will be another round of retrenchment consists of all levels including the operators.

Apparently this restructuring/retrenchment, many EAs will lose their jobs due to the implementation of cost cutting, by introducing maintainence MAs. Three MAs = one EAs one month salary.

Lets say the MA salary is $600 per month, and the EA salary is $1800. Might as well hire the MA to perform the heavy labour job. Cost cutting.

As most of you know sputter is the backbone of the media plant in singapore which consists alot of heavy duty job compare to other department in the line.

I never imagine seeing a SES earning a salary 3.1K a month just to do the heavy labour job, which you can question their troubleshooting/analytical skills which an EA earning 1.8K who out perform him.

3 MAs to do the job of 1 EA!
Why no go further to hire a foreigner at $800 to do 3 MAs’ job! Cost even less!
You will see lower yield rate, meaning more cost spend on hitting the expected target, when target can’t reach, lower the cp and then end consumers will have HDD with poor reliability! Thank you very much Seagate!

Next month Seagate hiring more MAs to replace the EAs. Just wait and see. Even diploma holders blunder in the line. I guess it will be worse if MAs are recruited into sputter maintainence.

I heard Engineer level and above who being cop will get extra 3 months pay . Is it true….??

Some Question raise here:
What I heard is:
No of years + Notice(1mth) + Special(1mth) + AWS(0.2)…
Anyone can confirm with the special(1mth)?…

Worst still!
I heard that:
Seagate also uses $180,000 to retrench Directors excluding number of years they serve the company…
Anyone can confirm this?

why need 2 production Directors instead of 1?
Due to politics?

Seagate in Singapore has more than 8000 staff, it is necessary to cut down the number?

Seagate on a large-scale layoffs occurred two years ago, when the completion of its acquisition of Maxtor, the Maxtor cut of 6000 employees, this figure accounted for the entire half of the total number of Maxtor employees.

seagate actually has a lot of reservefunds. billions of dollars..retrenchment can be avoided if the staff at seagate were hardworking..for shift 12 hours time spent on productive work is only 6 hours..the rest is break , slack, start work late and get ready go home early /// for 8 to 5 staff..frankly speaking..work 4 hours..break 2 hours..the rest is unneccessary work suck as back stabbibg and ball carrying…if seagate were to implement strict discipline conducts on employees..it will be definitely be a very fruitful company for years to come..no point blaming economic crisis..even if they was not a crisis..the retrenchment would still come..a lot of unnecassary positions…other company have a director..seagate has 3 for the same amount of workload..same goes for manager , ea and operator..seagate contracts out to so many cleaners..each cleaner in charge of a toilet the whole damn day!!…frankly..the finicial director of seagate kept too much money in his/her own pocket and yet still so many money..so to show people he not taking money..hire more unessary staff…finally..i hope the arab guy who bought manchester city buys seagate..muacks!

retrenchment in seagate is really wierd as so much money given out ..really crap shit…seagate is not going bust..its jst thimking long term..wiping out unnessary positions..finally the ceo is thinking and has brains on hot to be more productive..ea are gone soon..lower qualified maybe 0 levels or nitec would do..maybe form malaysia as they will be more hardworking(basd on survey)
engineer pay cut to stay as they are paid so much man..seagate too should switch to 3 workshift….12 hour shift less productive…also the retrenchment rumour also is march major retrenchment affecting all..not only test..after a long shut down …(some still need to come back for work)..well finally good luck to those looking for new jobs..down size ur pay if ure from seagate..cause i might end at home ..if u expect what u earn and welfare donation company..seagate

Haha I totally agree with you. Very slack our work ethics. 4 hours break during 12 hr-shift. Damn slack. Seagate too much $$$ to hire so many positions.

wat is the total number of employees to be layoff? no mention here. my friend in IT, not sure if she is safe!

100 so far been layed off.

My friend told me at least 250 were laid off. More will happen this week

3 of my friends working in Seagate Woodlands got retrenched on 5th Feb 09.

More to come… Woodlands 1 collapsed and Woodlands 3 is next….they are too greedy and expand too fast instead of giving profit sharing, it uses the $$$ to build Woodlands 3…damn it!

Wen Bo??? Hmmm… Sounds familiar….

It’s hard to experience that my colleagues were retrenched and I feel the pain and heat too… Heard that in the next month or next few months, there will be another round of retrenchment.. Hope that’s not true. Employee with experience of 1 Year and above earned 1 month pay for every 1 year service. And those worked less than 1 year, they only got 2 weeks pay. And employee who left behind are also not safe. Probably some of them will be hit in the next round. Let’s wish employee who were retrenched able to find the new job asap.

Director Salary is at least 2 – 3 times of a manager.
just imagine how many jobs can be save from the directors salary.

Hi

Is it the norm that less than 3 years svc, 2 weeks for every year and more than 3 years svc, 1 month for ever year? Are there ex gratia payments too? Anyone has any idea what Infineon pays out?

Thanks so much!

Woodlands 1 is going to close down. Most of the seagators are aware of this. Machines will be shifted from W1 to W3. The land lease time is up. Therefore number of employees in W1 and W3 are mostly affected by this.

Do not despair. Before I joined seagate I was prepared for the worse. “Seagate” everybody knows “Seagate”. Even the taxi uncle knows “Seagate” is so famous for retrenchment.

Thank goodness I don’t have to worry being retrenched. I was lucky just before the downfall of the financial crisis last october, I applied for a job in the government sector. And after 5 months, this coming wednesday I’m going to sign the appointment letter at Vital.

God bless “Seagate”

Woodlands 1 is going to close down. Most of the seagators are aware of this. Machines will be shifted from W1 to W3. The land lease time is up. Therefore number of employees in W1 and W3 are mostly affected by this.

Do not despair. Before I joined seagate I was prepared for the worse. “Seagate” everybody knows “Seagate”. Even the taxi uncle knows “Seagate” is so famous for retrenchment.
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Wen bo…indeed very furmiliar….and as well as Danny the paikia…
Personnel working in Seagate now are more interested to know how much they can get during retrenchment.
We are prepared during the first day…the HR personnel has already said so during my very first day of work when I joining Seagate…
We are not despair but curious to know will the second group retrenchment payout will be the same like the first batch … Its the retrenchment packages that attract me to join Seagate from day 1.

Guess what? We line maintainence are needed to come back for overtime. There’s still OT at this point of time…
Hmmm….

yea retrenchment package was pretty good, i received around $9000 for little less than 3 yrs of service

how is it calculated? is there an ex gratia payment?

for those retrenched go enjoy your fruit first . Seagate will rehire u when market good

You can only join back seagate after one year if you been retrenched.

I heard that W1 will be closed on the 23rd of this month.And the next round of layoffs will be March 19.

now all company like that

my company will start 3 round of cutting this friday.

hell, you working at what company?

i hard half or more of the seagate ppl will retrench due to w1 and w3 close down. some of w1 and w3 will move to w2 so w2 half of the team will gone. so sad for those been retrenched. seagate is famous for retrenchment. good luck to me and u all.

wow bro are u stan kasela??

I heard that W1 will be closed on the 23rd of this month.And the next round of layoffs will be March 19.

Dont think so fast…probably during june when the lease expired…another possible is W1 moving to W3 2nd lvl during end of March…
The second round involve only MAs…and rumour moving around is 8th March …when all 38 will be retrench off.

Seagate US shares continue to under perform and market continue to be weak. The strong competitor WD is now moving into the strong sectors of enterprise drives, which is bad news for Seagate again.

This company for the past years had been thru too much internal political struggles and also poor leaderships. It has expanded too much by taking in non value added staffs from acquisition.

March retrenchment will not be the end. In US research centers will be killed by 50%, so it will be likewise in Singapore. I estimate 2500 lost jobs for all levels.

Hong kan la Seagate. More layoffs. Thanks to Bill Wartkins.

who knows when my turn will come…the waiting game is painful…no job = no money = wife run away…the waiting game is worse than the actual gallow.

Seagate up lorry la seagate. Go fly kite. Directors all shaking leg in office earning so much $$$.

Knn!

Now give verbal warning letter like drinking water due to non-compliance.

Suck thump la Wang Wenbo!

……latest rumours…we the dedicated and hardworking clea…cleaners…are going to come…and take over tmaintainence ..operator…processes..hahaha..we have ….
……..oredi started our secret training at seagate cell2
…hahhahhaha

I send my resume to sunshine services liao. Hope they contact me asap.

Weng Bo’s Dog Nick show off now. squeeze brak time and ask us to work more b4 shut down and retrench.

All those who fail to comply, offenders will be issued a warning letter. Repeat offenders will lead to termination.

Hi: Guys
We keep hearing differents blunders happening everyday at this critical time, today again there is another mistake on SV502, Cameron, stn#15 PDC300, gas line connected wrongly during conversion at CNY time frame resulting Hc High & MRT Low issue for almost two days !
I have mentioned many times to do the job carefully and accordingly, however, the blunder rate is still at very high level.
From immediately effect, all Blunders happened/discovered at any time, respective team Sup needs to come out a blunder report using the STD template. I want to see why this happens, who makes the blunder and whatis the measure to prevent in future.
Starting from SV502, respective team sup who did this task needs to get back to me with the package. We need to reduce the blunder rate to 0 !!

Regards
W****

Date: 02/11/2009 02:19PM
Subject: Bad Lunch Time behaviours

Hi All Day Team Cell Leads,

Seem like lots of guys are taking late lunch these days and some are as late as 4pm in the afternoon.
This is a bad lunch time behaviour for anyone. Its bad for the individual health and it reflect poor management/planning on this issue.

With immediate effect, Lunch Time is betw 11am to 2.30pm. EVERYONE MUST FINISH LUNCH BY 2.30PM.

Whoever finish your lunch after 2.30pm must notify your sup/manager with valid reason.

CELL LEADs must arrange lunch time betw these time with all your team members.
This will reflect your planning skill to manage your cell members.

Ocassional if 1 individual have to go late lunch due to work is reasonable to do so.
But if HALF cell have to go late lunch is reflected as poor management/planning by the Cell Leads.

This requirement is our SOP (Standard Operation Protocol) to ensure everyone have proper lunch break.

IMPORTANTS:
If any accident ocurred and root cause is guys missed their proper lunch break.
Cell Lead and Team Sups will be under heavy interrogation.

AXXXXXX CXXXX
SXXXXXX Maintenance Supervisor
GID XXXXXX
Ext 35XX

Subject
Fw: Maint Sleep on office area.

Hi: All sups
You need to keep reminding all peoples to make sure they don’t do this kind of things especially nightshift. For the sleeping case F** reported, it happened that night around 11:20 pm, for the game playing case, it happened sometime ago. P*******, you need to find out who are the sleeping persons.
Next time things will be different, I have requested all engrs/sups to provide name/Budget rather a word ” somebody “, we have gone through sufficient warning/educating period, now is the time to have those bad attitude guys out of our group. What you need to do is to pass this message to all your team members,Cell leads and make sure everybody know the consequence if he does.
Thanks

Regards
W****

Hi

I am Ivan Lim I have some problem with the law cant solve
Can you help I have a fine for feeding monkey and went to court at 23Dec
And was fine $500 so I ask for few day to pay up
And the judgers give me 4week to rise the money
And next court day is 16/Jan so I went and the judgers ask me again to the stand and this
Time without saying anything same judgers fine me $3000 or 3week in jail

How can he change his mind just like that I need to seek advise as I have already pay 1k and this 25Feb
I need to pay 2more k but I cant rise the money how Ican I go about doing please help me

working in a MNC company in the east. they postpone till next week on the cutting. headcount increases.

paycut lower level 5%.
eng 10%.
starting this mth.
even when they intend to cut staffs.

Guys, dun be fool by the OT given now. This is to fast clear the outstanding order so they can shutdown earlier and chop people off earlier. There is NO MORE new order so dun think you job is secure. Even I am feeling ???`?` and the future is ???? Haizzzz

Seagate champion!

GOOD NEWS FOR ALL, HEARD SEAGATE MARCH-RETRENCHMENT IS CONFIRMED TO START WITH 10 – 15% CHOP FOR MOST DEPARTMENTS AND SINGAPORE SEAGATE’S POPULATION MIGHT REACH 50% OR LESS AT THIS YEAR END. RETRENCHMENT BENEFIT PLANNED GO DOWN…TO ONLY 2 WEEKS FOR SINGAPORE SITE TOO.

I kena axed on 5th.Feb. Before the exercise, boss already sideline me for quite long period. Everyday CBL, KLKK, Si-pay bias lah. Oct time everyone got profit sharing own kaki get > 1.5month to 2 month. I got peanuts = MA, <0.7 months. But God’s fair, the profit sharing payout on 12/09, I six-sense bet 20small 20big 1209 on 10/09 4D draw kena first prize. 100k shiok shiok. Don’t believe check 10/09/2008 4D result.

Now I sit at home also CBL but at least better than kene people treat like dog.

Confirmed bo? Where you get your source from? Heard march shut down and operators will kena chop big time. Especially malaysians and those china work permit gonna end.

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GOOD NEWS FOR ALL, HEARD SEAGATE MARCH-RETRENCHMENT IS CONFIRMED TO START WITH 10 – 15% CHOP FOR MOST DEPARTMENTS AND SINGAPORE SEAGATE’S POPULATION MIGHT REACH 50% OR LESS AT THIS YEAR END. RETRENCHMENT BENEFIT PLANNED GO DOWN…TO ONLY 2 WEEKS FOR SINGAPORE SITE TOO.

why bother be it march or april? seagate is well known for its hiring & retrenchment. its a tradition. i am hoping to leave as well, this company can not make it man!
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Confirmed bo? Where you get your source from? Heard march shut down and operators will kena chop big time. Especially malaysians and those china work permit gonna end.

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GOOD NEWS FOR ALL, HEARD SEAGATE MARCH-RETRENCHMENT IS CONFIRMED TO START WITH 10 – 15% CHOP FOR MOST DEPARTMENTS AND SINGAPORE SEAGATE’S POPULATION MIGHT REACH 50% OR LESS AT THIS YEAR END. RETRENCHMENT BENEFIT PLANNED GO DOWN…TO ONLY 2 WEEKS FOR SINGAPORE SITE TOO.

Seagate hong kan!

HERE SOME HINT TO HELP STEVE TO PULL SEAGATE THROUGH THE DOWN PERIOD, DIG OUT THOSE(RETRENCHED AND PRESENTLY EMPLOYED)THAT ARE CORRUPTED WITH THEIR SUPPLIERS. SOME ORDERING PRICES ARE JACK UP AND USERS POCKETED THE MONEY. STOPPING AND COLLECTING BACK THESE MONEY, AND TERMINATING THOSE UNETHICAL PRACTISING STAFFS COULD SAVE SOME JOBS FOR THOSE THAT ARE SINCERELY WANT TO WORK FOR SEAGATE. IT’S NEVER TOO HARD TO FIND OUT BUT HARD TO SPEAK UP OR CORRECTING IT. OVER YEARS WE CAN SEE THESE UNETHICAL ACT BUT SEEN THAT SOME BIG ONES ARE COVERING UP…VERY SAD. MAYBE THATS WHY SOME CAN AFFORD BIG CAR, BIG SHARE, BIG HOUSE WITH THOSE PAY. BUT SUCH UNETHICAL ACT IS COMMON IN BUSINESS WORLD.

All segators please come in and complain about Singapore Seagate culture, work ethics. Let it all out!!!

LuberMan’s source where got “chun-one”, hear say one lah. The cleaner uncles everyday also talk in the toilet. The problem is during Com-session no one dare to ask but talk alot during Tea break. Don’t speculate, go back to work.

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why bother be it march or april? seagate is well known for its hiring & retrenchment. its a tradition. i am hoping to leave as well, this company can not make it man!
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Confirmed bo? Where you get your source from? Heard march shut down and operators will kena chop big time. Especially malaysians and those china work permit gonna end.

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GOOD NEWS FOR ALL, HEARD SEAGATE MARCH-RETRENCHMENT IS CONFIRMED TO START WITH 10 – 15% CHOP FOR MOST DEPARTMENTS AND SINGAPORE SEAGATE’S POPULATION MIGHT REACH 50% OR LESS AT THIS YEAR END. RETRENCHMENT BENEFIT PLANNED GO DOWN…TO ONLY 2 WEEKS FOR SINGAPORE SITE TOO.

hopefully they do not retrenching those pretty MAs, if not i would volunteer for retrenchment! i am staying due to the good life environment here.

You wait long long. You not happy, resign. No such thing as volunteer. No wonder Luber got so much problem.

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hopefully they do not retrenching those pretty MAs, if not i would volunteer for retrenchment! i am staying due to the good life environment here.

Yes you can volunteer. Apparently you don’t know much what’s happening in Seagate don’t you? Hong kan la lu.

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You wait long long. You not happy, resign. No such thing as volunteer. No wonder Luber got so much problem.

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hopefully they do not retrenching those pretty MAs, if not i would volunteer for retrenchment! i am staying due to the good life environment here.

so many unhappy pppt working there

Not happy also need to work! Correct?

So far the most seagator leave comments in this section. The worst is yet to come?

Lai lai lai, daily passdown here…..

daily wu liao passdown?

yup, my name is ?? not ???

this blog cannot show Chinese characters…so >>??….???

Any latest news my fellow seagators???

Lim pei take MC two days. Make my lead and supervisor tulan so they can retrench me so I can get retrenchment package.

Long live Seagate!!

Knn, enough is enough!

who said luber is good life! none of the MAs can make it! but i am aiming at the other side of MAs, good life here & hopefully can work till i die! o.t also unlimited.

Guys, pls do not abuse the comments page by posting under different names. Else we will have to implement comment moderation. Thank you

anybody know kalai from test side still around

So next month retrenchment is mostly MA from China and Malaysia? Means maint guys not getting the boot?

So next month retrenchment is mostly MA from China and Malaysia? Means maint guys not getting the boot?
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PERSONNEL:———–
MAs retrenchment 3rd March:
Basically a yes, China MA that contract going to ends their contract will not be renew as for Malaysian, Singaporean, Singapore PR…depend on how effective you carry balls.

MA surviving the 3rd March(W1 only):
Existing MAs will transfer to W2 or W3 to further make full use of. MA that transfer during the slowdown period(Oct 08 – Present), are cater under W2/W3 Headcount.

Maint:
No retrenchment till June 09 this year because the first cut on the 5th Feb had significantly loosing a number of manpower and experts.

Maint survive after 5th Feb:
Personnel are transfering to W2 and W3 for further refurbish

Expected from June onwards:
During June when W3 out of product, and W1 closing down, I can forsee another major retrenchment, probably end of June, if the economy still not recover and due to loosing/cutting new orders that should have comes in during the mid-year period.

MACHINE:————-
Existing Machine from front to the Back including MDW will moves to W3 LvL 2 for storage…

Unless there is a sudden increase in order and launching of the new product in time, changes can be made ….

correction the above 3rd march should be 8th March

Kurang ajar!

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Yes you can volunteer. Apparently you don’t know much what’s happening in Seagate don’t you? Hong kan la lu.

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You wait long long. You not happy, resign. No such thing as volunteer. No wonder Luber got so much problem.

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hopefully they do not retrenching those pretty MAs, if not i would volunteer for retrenchment! i am staying due to the good life environment here.

Attention all seagate stuffs,
Please stop speculation any information of company status. I will not hesitate to take action who breach the company policy. Those who breach will face a termination with immediate effect, will not be entitle any retrenchment package

regards,
TH Chee

Chee, pls polish up your english first before coming here and bark like a dog. Or you really not treating us Seagaters as human being. We are “staffs” of Seagate and not “stuffs” of Seagate. If there is nothing wrong with your english then I am very sad to learn that actually we are all being treated as an OBJECT!!! KNN

Seagate , this is your ending

I understand the feeling during this very uncertain period. In chinese(I am angmo) they used to say “Love Deep Deep yet Hate also deep deep”. That’s why I know you all LOVE Seagate DEEP DEEP. Believe in yourself that Seagate would turnaround in next couple of months or Quarters. If I have money, I sure buy up 10,000 or 20,000 STX at such US$4 something which is under price. I strongly believe that by end of the year STX would shoot up to $16. Imagine 4x !! where to find ??

Don’t speculate, I am not your CEO. I am Steve Austin @ Lee major, the six million dollar man. Sorry I need to go now meeting my bionic woman.

YOU ARE ALL FIRED!!

I’m a ex seagator also but now i felt ashamed of myself for working in a company which does not know how to take care of it’s employees. I worked so hard for the dept and finally on 6 feb i was retrenched. The reason was i took so many MC last year. Was it my mistake that i met with an accident and the doctor gave me mc? There are people who is coming to work just to pass time but they r this workin there. Only people who do their work is get retrenched. I hope the supervisor who submit my name will also get retrenched and suffer like me to find a job… My advice for the supervisors pls select the people based on their performance not based on the skin colour…

Woodlands is doing more layoffs than AMK is because our leader Chee wants to save his AMK freinds and transfer them to Woodlands. He wants to get rid of Woodlands pioneers who delivered all these years and made this place successful so he can save his old freinds from AMK. SHAME ON YOU CHEE.

Come on lah all of you had earn your fair share at seagate all these years especially those high paid goondoo from ex tuas plant . Where else in sg can you find such a working environment work 6 hrs relax 6 hrs ? Reason for all this kao peh kao bu is b’cos you worry your future company will definitely not have this working culture .Am i right ?

I’m sorry to hear about your plight. If you work hard, you also have to work smart. I’m sure many of you seen people whose attitude are really bad example taking many Mcs, urgent leaves, late for work, but still they are able to get promoted.

You have to work smart brother. Carry your supervisor balls. Show him you are able to be independent in your work.
In front of your team leader show your working attributes
like team work, punctuality etc.. But behind his back,
work relaxing brother (RELAX). That’s how you survive in the working world, or unless you are really hardworking I can’t
really say much.

I myself am waiting to be retrenched Management are doing a good job introducing
cost cutting measures like hiring the MA’s to perform
simple maintenance jobs.

All of you cannot make it line seagators out there whos earning a high salary whom can’t even perform a simple
troubleshooting task, I do hope you get retrench. You can only
talk and carry balls, but performance you can’t make it.
You should quit your job.

Out

Regards,

waiting to be retrenched.

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I’m a ex seagator also but now i felt ashamed of myself for working in a company which does not know how to take care of it’s employees. I worked so hard for the dept and finally on 6 feb i was retrenched. The reason was i took so many MC last year. Was it my mistake that i met with an accident and the doctor gave me mc? There are people who is coming to work just to pass time but they r this workin there. Only people who do their work is get retrenched. I hope the supervisor who submit my name will also get retrenched and suffer like me to find a job… My advice for the supervisors pls select the people based on their performance not based on the skin colour…

Frankily speaking the ones I pick this round are all the ones who in my blacklist… 1 SE bcos I took his design and idea and tell big F who stupigly believe me all this time… The other 2 are the last 2 from the original gang of 6 who are the poineer of MDW…. Now I bring in my kaki and form a strong gang. LONG LIVE SEAGATE….

I am disappointed in SEAGATE bcos they did not heed govt call to try retain more sillyporeans. In fact, majority of the those layoff are capable and lowly paid sillyporeans. While those exorbitantly paid FT but highly ignorant and definitely technically not inclined are retained. All 5 dir cut are not FT rite? The culture and environment are getting from bad to worse cos we daily hear some much complaint in the canteen about favoritism, bias, carry balls and buddy system…. The root cause is the upper management is aware about all the craps but not doing anything…Gd luck to all my seagate friends…

Not all bad for some kena retrenched lately. Like me, just like kena 4D lottery 2big 24small (private), take 100k and put in the bank. Now song song part time drive taxi, still got income, monthly get about 2.5k, only down by 1.5k short of my seagate pay. But life is like heaven. Tell my wife work 10 hours but actually drive only 6hrs. the other 3 to 4 hrs hang around Geyxxxx coffee shop, buy a cup of coffee and talk cxxx with China vegetable. “Tien Tong”.

Life is always good at Seagate. If only they can create another new post after SES for me to climb further like Super SES or Marvel SES I would be much much happier!

I am very frustrated that my MDW anyhow retrench people bcos i do not how to carry balls. Those who carry duck balls will definite not get retrench bcos they are all buddy buddy, who can go gey**** and joo ch*** to call gals for ons. I also know that they anyhow spend company’s $$, so that they can get some $$ from their Vendor in return. Those who carry balls (those who do not know how to do their job) will get promoted every year, just like SOP item. I also know that got 1 guy (who do not have any experience) employ by fatty lao, work under him. Isn’t this break the company’s Employment Act???? Luckily i am no longer around there. More upheavel will happen if this duck and fatty are still around bossing around. BY FRUSTRATED

Why MDW guys sleeping and watching movies at W1 store did not get sack or receive any warning letter whilst test guy kana sack when sleeping ??? When complain, no action was taken to investigate ??? MDW BIG F*** is it ???

My info from a night shift personnel, Evershine Services, a company hired by seagate to maintain cleanliness in Seagate, cleaners were told not to report for work from 7th to 17th March. Reason being “shut down”.

AMK plant was once almost named as “Seagate City” ?? With >16,000 employee at peak now When in danger there’s opportunities

Rewrite, (words missing when submit)

AMK plant was once almost named as “Seagate City” ?? With >16,000 employee at peak now left merely 3,000 staff. Car park was once full now can play soccer match. 120 buses during shift change now heard to cut all local transport. Canteen always packed with McDonald’s, fresh fruit juice, vegetarian food, you name it, they have it, now only serves 2 vege 1 soup(luan luan kong one-lah). Last time even have chatered bus out to AngMoKio centre during lunch (canteen too packed). Now walk to shengseong food court near by.

Woodlands, expand from 1 plant to 2 and proudly announced the 3rd plant. Now, plant 1 to shut down (reliable source), plant 3 run 25%, on/off shut.

Then they built plant at Johore Bahru but still buy from Fuji, showa, komag(heard boh liao).

Seagate is rich! They can afford 3K salary technician. Any other company can match our benefit? I think NONE!

like comment on the director name as Kxxx Kxxx
1st y he never go thru the namelist provided by manager and supr for ppl to chop B4 the actual day? not fair bcos all the very hardworking tech kena chop. those bad listed one stay behind. as u all can c, most affected dept from test maint. and the most busy depth in RMO, testing alot of shit from other area. did the top management know??? really no brain. 2nd round test maybe not survide, bcos act as second to their SISTER MDW.
long live TEST. good luck for those really harh working ppl.

Test maint is brainless job so they deserve the chop. LOL

It’s time for HR to review its policy hiring ES/SES with basic more then 2.5K a month for a technician job which an ITE graduate who is able to perform the same job scope with a downsize pay.

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Seagate is rich! They can afford 3K salary technician. Any other company can match our benefit? I think NONE!

Actually, not only Test Maint = Brainless… All dept same… some only need muscle, some only use hand job. Only the high level ppl in the offices are using their brain…
Meaning…. Seagate can survive without any1 except those Dxxxxxxx & above

Hi all,

I am looking for someone to backstab because those who i used to backstab were retrenched. Please contact me if you are interested to be backstabbed. Keep in mind that backstabbing is the only chance to stay alive in Seagate till the end..Those who are interested to learn how to backstab, please kindly contact One of the Supervisors (D team)..( Oops..I stab again)

Aperio can entirely replace test side?

No news means BAD news!

My info from a night shift personnel, Evershine Services, a company hired by seagate to maintain cleanliness in Seagate, cleaners were told not to report for work from 7th to 17th March. Reason being “shut down”.
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I heard that too…2nd to 3rd week of March.

Really? All Woodlands plants? I thought some dept still OT a lot.

my company some techs max 2.5K which i think it a lot already. like an fresh eng pay.

2.5K only? thats below my average technicians!

F off la Luberman.
I know you SES your basic so high everyday at smoking area play PSPs with your luber khaki lang.
So free ah luber maint.
F off…
Earn easy money from Seagate.

‘King’ of MDW, who ???? So who’s your dark knight gang ??? Are u ‘King’ the gang leader or is it ‘Duck’ Knight ??? Seems like a wealthy family gang. The Duck Knight always seems to spend alot of company $$ to upgrade MDW machines and the installation will be done by us (slaves of MDW), who do not know how to carry balls or join the gang and in the end, got retrenched. Those duck knight gang will be happy happy talk cock sing song in office and reap all the profits. Also there is basically some so-call technician whose only job is to take photo and shoot people, what the F***, some kind of relatives ????

To all Seagater, we all working under same company and doing the same thing(eat snake). Dont talk bad things to each other. You are revealing yourself to the whole world.

LuberMan, I know who you are. Be humble. Don’t show off even if you take home 5k (with OT)a month. There are many who draw home only 2k to 3k a month but work religiously hard. These are the people I solute. Looking at your past comment, I know you are one of those “pian-chiak pian-chiak” type. Even if you are “pian-chiak”, do it quietly lah.

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2.5K only? thats below my average technicians!

Tell all of you a joke. The first Monday morning after I was axed, I woke up very early as usual, got myself changed and thought of going for coffee, you know what happened?? unknowingly I boarded the bus which I used to take to RMO to work. When the bus hit Chong Pang then I suddenly realised I was already chopped. Haha.

Last week my taxi driver friend have some personal matter need to go oversea, I happily take over his cab driving part time. Not bad, average get $180 net for less than 9hrs. I am driving not so much for money (Money I have), but just to kill time. Next week I am going to Genting, want join me?

I am telling the truth so no need to get personal here. My salary is just above average only. Like it or not, I will not leave this company as other company can not match my benefit at all!

Really sad to see ppl shooting one another fr other dept and showing off how “EASY” they work, how “LONG” break time they entitled and how “HIGH” pay they got.
This show how “UNITED” SEAGATEORS are!
Let’s pray hard for those kenna retrenched, hope they are the luck1 to run first and get a job fast.
And pray that Seagate can survive this crisis with all these OUTSTANDING ppl menioned above!

To all Seagater, we all working under same company and doing the same thing(eat snake). Dont talk bad things to each other. You are revealing yourself to the whole world.
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Really sad to see ppl shooting one another fr other dept and showing off how “EASY” they work, how “LONG” break time they entitled and how “HIGH” pay they got.
This show how “UNITED” SEAGATEORS are!
Let’s pray hard for those kenna retrenched, hope they are the luck1 to run first and get a job fast.
And pray that Seagate can survive this crisis with all these OUTSTANDING ppl menioned above!
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Agree, sent my blessing to the retrenched…..
Hope they can find another a job fast.

Hope those spendthrift people still working in Seagate think twice and trice next time before they buy big car, big house and going for expensive tour/dinner.

I expect these kind of retrenchment/ Chopping will happen since day 1 I join Seagate and I am prepared.

(Retrench and prepared)
- Take it as a long holiday that Seagate gives you, they will reemploy when the market ease in a year or more.

(Retrench and not prepared)
- Grab whatever job offer, lower you basic salary at the moment, just endure for the downturn period before seagate remploy.
- Go for courses provide by goverment bodies.
- Lenghten the years for housing loan from HDB.
- Give up cars, big house and Credit Cards, change your life style to adapt the environment.

(Not retrench and not prepared/prepared)
-Go for courses provide by the goverment, Don’t go for ‘Favouritism’ course like “Tourism” course, but go for “Biotech”, “Teaching” course, learn something that is different from others because if everyone take the same course, employment to this field will dried up.
-Live by your own means, don’t think now that the new cars price is low and go for new cars, unless u have a wealthy father.
-Buy less or Don’t go for luxurious product.

Always Remember:
You can’t change the environment but rather you change your life style to suit the environment.
-Hand stop, Mouth Stop!

GOOD LUCK TO ALL FELLOW SEAGATOR AND EX-SEAGATORS!
LIVE TO YOUR OWN MEANS.

Life goes on….

Errr, sounds familiar, sorry, it’s not me!!
From Spxxxer Cxxl SxVxn.

sorry. let me hikack abit away from the main topic. seems that i have seen alot abt the cultures of seagate. anyway i am not from there. i do envy the benefits that you enjoy. something my company cant give me.

but baring all in a public forum do not seem too healthy to all retrenched, and hoping to find a new job.

employers will definitely be looking at past job history for consideration if they ever need to hire. and name seagate had been a bad ‘’stench”. cos you guys had given it..

write moderately. my friends.

Agree with andrei. If I were the interviewer, I see Seagate on your resume, I would shake my head and chances are very slim you will get through.

Thank you for all your support during breakfast, lunch, dinner, supper…our sales had increased and we hope to introduce more food choices to cater to all seagater.
Our lemon tea will be 1-for-1 on 25feb.
Nasi lemak will be 1-for-1 on 26feb.
Just show ur pass to our friendly auntie/uncle to enjoy this offers.

688 offer for real?

Even more bad news for Seagate. The 1Tb drives and above are having a lot of issues worldwide especially China and Japan.

This news is spreading like wild fire in the computer industry.

Ask the Chine ST dealers, they are all having a hard time. However, WD ships drives like nobody business.

Even the US market, everyone shuns ST drives for notorious hanging and even crashed drives within weeks.

ST drive customer DPPM always exceeds 4000. Others are below 500. How to compete?

Poor leaderships lead to a downfall of a big company.

Ah! Bullshit competitors spotted….!
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Even more bad news for Seagate. The 1Tb drives and above are having a lot of issues worldwide especially China and Japan.
This news is spreading like wild fire in the computer industry.
Ask the Chine ST dealers, they are all having a hard time. However, WD ships drives like nobody business.
Even the US market, everyone shuns ST drives for notorious hanging and even crashed drives within weeks.
ST drive customer DPPM always exceeds 4000. Others are below 500. How to compete?
Poor leaderships lead to a downfall of a big company.

Even more bad news for Seagate. The 1Tb drives and above are having a lot of issues worldwide especially China and Japan.

This news is spreading like wild fire in the computer industry.
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There is no such “bad” news as you have mention and I can’t even find one piece of this news from anyone or anybody or from the net.
Stevie Luozo – Don’t spread untraceable/unnecessary news please
Do Paste/copy the news for us to refer next time if you see any. if you want us to believe…

sorry. let me hikack abit away from the main topic. seems that i have seen alot abt the cultures of seagate. anyway i am not from there. i do envy the benefits that you enjoy. something my company cant give me.

but baring all in a public forum do not seem too healthy to all retrenched, and hoping to find a new job.

employers will definitely be looking at past job history for consideration if they ever need to hire. and name seagate had been a bad ‘’stench”. cos you guys had given it..

write moderately. my friends.
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Agree, they are only a very small group of person that eat and snake, it’s their luck that they are not being caught.
and still spreading unwanted rumous about the company.

Majority of the personnel are still working very hard and the spirit are high…, we live and die with the company.

If you still want to believe their “rumous” that they create, well I cant stop you.

To all seagator,
Please have TRUST & CONFIDENT to our new CEO!

Don’t keep on blaming, spreading NONSENSE!
If any of you really follow up on seagate’news, u’ll notice seagate really taking effort to move on the company.

This crisis affecting WORLDWIDE, all MNC esp manufacturing being impacted the most and please pray for this harder time to leave asap,
it’s time to believe in faith&yourself, and all seagator plz work together to overcome this crisis..

pleasex3 don’t think for how much “SEAGATE will compensate u/do for u”,however-> all of you should think of “how to make SEAGATE better in quality, product and …etc”
That’s might be 1 way to make our life to be “meaningful”..

for retrenchment, it’s everywhere..other coy like pxnxxxxxc even lay off more employee..?

My sixth sense telling me seagate will survive, no matter what..noticed the share keep on maintain on $4 dollar..instead it’s keep moving on…analyst predict it might go beyond 6 to 7dollar.

But why?
Because our new CEO purchase a number of seagate’share
and it’s boosting confident for all, including me as well towards seagate.
http://www.gurufocus.com/InsiderBuy.php?symbol=STX
STX being delisted before and re-listed again by ceo luc2o on 2002. That;s the reason i’m asking all seagator to believe in him..

For current hdd’price as well, we’re competing with competitor. Price being slashed ~equal to our competitor WD. For the 1.5 TB issue, from forum/website..seagate also taking action on this blunder with new firmware.
If possible, please support seagate as well, all of you might be don’t dare to buy seagate hdd, why??quality not good? why?
because you all never do your job probably?
this is the way we should question ourself for self+coy’prod improvement..

For all seagator who still working for seagate,
let’s work together closely..it’s a very big family & i really loving it deep deep..lolx.
I really love all my colleagues..and let’s work hard rather than talking crappy nonsense pinpointing here and there..

Cheers…
All the best “SEAGATOR”

Yes, Those small group of people always creating Negative Signal to influence.Those ppl are closing their mind, see no opportunities, and behave and react in such ways, as to repel people and opportunities.(Negative thinking may play a major role in the development of depression )

So friends…,wake up!! There r more work to do and you are not alone. I belief togather we r able to bring SEAGATE toward success

Am i consider lucky? i sack myself b4 they have chance to sack me….but i’m worry to my gf in seagate, f**k…hope wont kena her….long live sputter!

Ace, we r not shooting each other…. this is true fact that some black sheep does exist and the general feeling/consensus is some D contribution does not justify their big fat paycheck. 1D > 8 EA… 1SD > 10 EA….. getting rid of EA and replacing with MA will only esclate problem and downfall of seagate cannot be rule out…. see some of the financial anaylst comment and u will know a revival is already extremely hard and long with intense SSD competition. If this type of top management mentality, buddy system, political backstabing, top management power struggle continues the jobless rate will only shoot up.My short time there already exposes this much… those old timers will definitely have more to comment but probably holding back…. btw all my friends who left kept their silence during the exit interview fearing future blacklist…so this is our Hong Lim Park….

My friend who got chop on 6Feb told me that mostly local techs are affected. Those non performing malaysian techs but back by their malaysian manager are all safe. So there may be some truth to the comment here. What happen to the job credit scheme and goverment call for local singaporean job retention?Luckily I knew all along

There is 1 duck who is a friend of mine, always ask me how to solve his work-related problem, and he copy my ideas to present to his boss and gets promoted. He is doing the same thing again and gets promotion. What kind of shit person he is and now he pretend he dont know me, what a shameful person !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hey . everyone is right !!!!!!!!!
manager like bring new new vendors.specially in Sputter Dept.even the chow ang mo stan know .He just keep quite.
Nahhhh Behhhh!!!!!!!!
Some engineer from Sputter Luanch someone who call KKKKHHHH
because his buddy from don’t know what FOF he is here now in RMO.What for offline need engineer .Just bring some new vendor. FOR THOSE OUT THERE WANNA KNOW WHO IS F|DOING WHAT IS SEAGATE >>> I CAN TELL YOU > JUST TELL ME THEY”RE NAMES !FXXK ,

why all the comment all about sputter? is it really though down there, i do not think so. i saw many many of them long teabreak at the canteen. please lah!

This is the most active site for comments in this blog . You guys must be XXXXing free to do so n doing this during your work hour . I know who u r so get back to the line and start working !

Heard the shutdown is going to be carried out on WW38. Anyone can confirm?

yes its confirmed… WW38 shut down. W1 and W3 shut down. W2 slow down. Heard 3 months Woodlands production will be very slow. Many will be forced to take leave during these period and more retrenchment will kick in. Heard from production supervisor. True or not 100% I not sure.(Rumours).

Of course sg has to go first due to their higher pay & better child care leave for guys alone 6 days oh . FT r cheap & ready trained not by sg gov but by home gov . So even if FT perform slighthly below par who cares they are CHEAP !!!!!!!!!!!
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My friend who got chop on 6Feb told me that mostly local techs are affected. Those non performing malaysian techs but back by their malaysian manager are all safe. So there may be some truth to the comment here

hey . everyone is right !!!!!!!!!
manager like bring new new vendors.specially in Sputter Dept.even the chow ang mo stan know .He just keep quite.
Nahhhh Behhhh!!!!!!!!
Some engineer from Sputter Luanch someone who call KKKKHHHH
because his buddy from don’t know what FOF he is here now in RMO.What for offline need engineer .Just bring some new vendor. FOR THOSE OUT THERE WANNA KNOW WHO IS F|DOING WHAT IS SEAGATE >>> I CAN TELL YOU > JUST TELL ME THEY”RE NAMES !FXXK ,
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This is the most active site for comments in this blog . You guys must be XXXXing free to do so n doing this during your work hour . I know who u r so get back to the line and start working !
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why all the comment all about sputter? is it really though down there, i do not think so. i saw many many of them long teabreak at the canteen. please lah!

UNWANTED COMMENTS….

TaiGor, your sputter so many politics ah?

Yup

I salute to all testmaint!!! unlike other dept taking so much $ home but zho bo lang!!! HR n highest management pls
do something lah……..!!!!!

what so good about test maint? more people do not mean you are good!

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I salute to all testmaint!!! unlike other dept taking so much $ home but zho bo lang!!! HR n highest management pls
do something lah……..!!!!!

Comment by ??? on February 24, 2009 @ 2:31 am

I’m real sorry for causing so much of a trouble in this site for all…I created rumous and heresay, and any mistaken or offences. I’m on my knee to apologies to all the one that affected, especially the retrenched and all the test maint. it’s not true that we seagators are idling and doing nothing, it an makeup story just to have some fun on you guys….

SINCERELY SO PLEASE EXCEPT MY APOLOGIES!

I also want to apologies to TaiGor for using his nick to creat massage out of fun and childishness.
Atually there aren’t any trouble and politics in Sputter.
Sorry for that kind of silly action I have made and hope you accept my apologies!

This morning I drove pass Seagate Wlds suddenly I have a kind of feeling, a feeling which words simply can’t describe, “sour? bitter?” No. No one owes me a living. Imagine, 10 years of service, I started in 1997 and end in 2009, I have feeling that tomorrow 4D try 9709..

If strike, hey, don’t forget me. I will sure “appear” when 9709 strikes.. I put heavy bet. Huat ah

why so many people using my nick? a cover up?

If you guys want other ppl not to use ur nick, then go register on the blog …there’s a registration on the right side. So then when u comment, u’ll always use this userid and no-one else can claim to be u :p

Look like things are turning around slightly better. Demands are picking up and rumour on next “exercise” seemed quiet down. Good news to all.

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TaiGor, what u hv say of KKKKKKKKKHHHHHHHH , i rise both my hand & legs agreed!. someone who duno any thing about RMO who like to bring in personnel vendors ( Fast Fast ) & they nv did any job there before , yet say they do GoOd . Now RMO , Wash maint their own people liao. Jia Liat liao la.They no money nv mind , money will look for them.

Taigor

Wat u commen on KKKKKHHHH , I rised both my hands & legs to support U! He likes to bring Personnel Vendor(Fast Fast) into his NeW Territory & give them job then prised them Very Skillful & gOoD.
Now RMO , Wash Maint all their own personnel people liao.
Pay cut now to them no problem ….

good life-good environment-good pay-everything is basically too good to be true!

Daniel,
I think u have misunderstood, the comment is written by iknowyou on February 23, 2009 @ 12:15 pm … it got nothing to do with me, as for Wash maint, I’m not sure with them and nothing got to do with me….mind my own business.
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Luberman,
BTW since U are on your knee Luberman, I forgive ure childishness to use my nick…
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I still want to emphasis my own opinion:
(dated:Comment by TaiGor on February 22, 2009 @ 10:40 pm )
There are only a very small group of person that eat and snake, it’s their luck that they are not being caught.
and still spreading unwanted rumous about the company.

Majority of the personnel are still working very hard and the spirit are high…, we live and die with the company.

If you still want to believe their “rumous” that they create, well I can’t stop you.

If you still want to be so childish and insist adding unwanted heresay comments and bring it to the world, go ahead…you are causing the more innocent to suffer along with you, because someone is watching from height.
Think of your friends as a whole not a bunch of unless stuffs…I’m sure those bad stuffs will expose themselve in a matter of time.

Daniel,
From the start if you notice, I didn’t comment on anyone or anything. As for wash maint, I am not sure about them.

Look properly:
Comment by iknowyou on February 23, 2009 @ 12:15 pm
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As for Luberman, I accept your apology.

Woodlands team
What the heck has happened to you guys?

I have been gone from Seagate for a while and I have to say I’m shocked and dissapointed at how things have deteriorated. My best memories in my career are from working with you folks. When I read this stuff it saddens me. You guys need to stay cool and focused. Don’t become the problem site for the company. Keep your heads up and be proud – things are tough all over.

Chill bros chill….

Daniel,
I think u have misunderstood, the comment is written by iknowyou on February 23, 2009 @ 12:15 pm … it got nothing to do with me, as for Wash maint, I’m not sure with them and nothing got to do with me….mind my own business.
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Luberman,
BTW since U are on your knee Luberman, I forgive ure childishness to use my nick…
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I still want to emphasis my own opinion:
(dated:Comment by TaiGor on February 22, 2009 @ 10:40 pm )
There are only a very small group of person that eat and snake, it’s their luck that they are not being caught.
and still spreading unwanted rumous about the company.

Majority of the personnel are still working very hard and the spirit are high…, we live and die with the company.

If you still want to believe their “rumous” that they create, well I can’t stop you.

If you still want to be so childish and insist adding unwanted heresay comments and bring it to the world, go ahead…you are causing the more innocent to suffer along with you, because someone is watching from height.
Think of your friends as a whole not a bunch of unless stuffs…I’m sure those bad stuffs will expose themselve in a matter of time.

This what happens when a lot of people taking advantage of company.
How many people just walk around?
How many people report to work and sleep and still get overtime?
Worst, they stay ’cause upper management thought they work hard.
There are still a lot there that do nothing and just collect money. Best actors. These are the people that should be axed.

nonsense lah you!

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This what happens when a lot of people taking advantage of company.
How many people just walk around?
How many people report to work and sleep and still get overtime?
Worst, they stay ’cause upper management thought they work hard.
There are still a lot there that do nothing and just collect money. Best actors. These are the people that should be axed.

I want to apologies to Luberman for using his nick to creat massage out of fun and childishness.
Atually there aren’t any trouble and politics in Sputter.
Sorry for that kind of silly action I have made and hope you accept my apologies!

I heard from some process guy that Reza Nikfar kena axed like me. True or not? I sad leh…

more news akan datang

Comment by Taigor on March 4, 2009 @ 1:34 pm

Sorry for using Taigor nick to making fun of him again during the above date and time. I can’t change this habit because working in Luber has so much free time and a lot of spare time to spare, tea-break time and idle time is a lot and too much. We can sit in canteen whole day and not even stepping into the line once, we can go for 2-3 hours break and no one caught us.

your post is to “Sit” there and “Try” to solve the fault.
and if you can’t solve the fault you can push to the Engineer/Vendor and after that is not your problem anymore, it’s now up to the Engineer to answer to the Manager or Production.

Next time if you want good money and working sin-nang do join Luber, Luber Dept is the most most most relax department among all departments in the whole Seagate.
If you want verification, You can ask around how is Luber Department and most of the people will tell you it’s the most relax department among all, it’s the best department to relax.

Please management, next retrenchment, let us Luber maintenance go, retrench and we can get the fat package, this way we can have more time to use at home to flood this site.

Again it’s just another childishness of me for using his nick again …my knee of apologies to taigor for creating such a mess.
Hope he can accept my apology, I simply can’t stop this habit because Luber Department is so free and relax that I can use the spare time to make fun of him in this site.

I just got retrenched on 3rd march. I wk fm young til menopause period now. Really grateful to seagate on behalf for C team old aunties.

Now i’m going to said about all these years what i’ve seen in seagate AMK:

1) not happy with supervisors,i’ve been working @ clean room for years but seldom c supervisors enter this room.If got enter, only concern y never hit target? Place which u can see the supervisors are place where u r able to smoke and canteen.

2)not happy with lead girl cos they anyhow use their power over us. They act as if they hv shares with seagate. OT, take leave also got to go through their approval.In clean room especially C-team,can only see old aunties working hard there and standing for 11hrs (minus 1hr break). Cant even sit for 5min.They will kick off the chair.Even pregnant also cant be spare when line is off. So unhuman.Everyone stand til leg numb and swollen. Touch ur conscience,If were u, how will u feel? When the machine is spoilt,We cant even sit and rest for awhile.These aunties even thou they are not appreciate for the hard work that they did for seagate, must also think of their effort and heart they gave.All these aunties worked til their kids are grown up. They hv aready contribute their kids for country.

3)Super pissed off with the technician.They only know how to use the Pc for their own email,internet and play games in the PC.Not important dept,they don’t want to help us to do.As for break,they will break very long hrs,sometimes cant see them for a period of time,hence,the container to contain the disc kena one of the aunty’s hand ( cos she don’t want to trouble the technician and most importantly is you cant’s find them when needed.).

4)not happy with Mens’s GH, CWO sld be men’s work but work done is always by old aunties. Those men’s GH are always drinking tea( lim teh) or playing computer. If old aunties can work these heavy duty job, y need the GH?

P/S: Now we really miss the supervisors ( NAME: K.H LEE )bcos he’s a very good supervisors.He’s also working with operators like us, don’t mind his position is higher than us.Now we old aunties got our retrenchment package, now can go for holiday using these $ and stay at home taking care our grandchildren and shake legs at home. Very grateful to seagate!

P/S: Thanks for seagate for giving us this chance to work.

Please join me in thanking Jerry, Phil, Kami, Reza, John and Steffen for their contributions to Seagate and wishing them well in their future endeavors…….confirm already

guys if you don’t want other ppl to use your nick …. please register an account.

any more info on the 3rd march retenchment?

Seagate to cut 20 percent of its top executives:

http://retrenchment-blog.breaking.sg/2009/03/seagate-to-cut-20-percent-of-its-top-executives/

Sorry for using Luberman nick to making fun of him again during the above date and time. I can’t change this habit because working in Seagate has so much free time and a lot of spare time to spare, tea-break time and idle time is a lot and too much. We can sit in canteen whole day and not even stepping into the line once, we can go for 2-3 hours break and no one caught us.

your post is to “Sit” there and “Try” to solve the fault.
and if you can’t solve the fault you can push to the Engineer/Vendor and after that is not your problem anymore, it’s now up to the Engineer to answer to the Manager or Production.

Next time if you want good money and working sin-nang do join Seagate, Seagate All Dept are the most most most relax in the world!. If you want verification, You can ask around Singapore how Seagate are the most relax job in the world!!!

Please management, next retrenchment, let us Luber maintenance go, retrench and we can get the fat package, this way we can have more time to use at home to flood this site.

Again it’s just another childishness of me for using his nick again …my knee of apologies to taigor for creating such a mess.
Hope he can accept my apology, I simply can’t stop this habit because Luber Department is so free and relax that I can use the spare time to make fun of him in this site.

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guys if you don’t want other ppl to use your nick …. please register an account.

any more info on the 3rd march retenchment?
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Done…
As for the retrenchment, no news is good news.
but there is this news of confirm shutdown on the 16th – 20th March.

Indeed, Luber Department is the most relax department in whole of Seagate

Indeed, Luber Department is the most relax department in whole of Seagate
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second it!

Good luck.

Yes! good, flood this site with scam… Let the world knows that Luber Department is the most relax department in Seagate.
“True TaiGor” is the previous “TaiGor” that comment on this site! Not “Taigor” if you can notice.
lol if you notice that stupid bastard also copy wrongly the comment March 5, 2009 @ 10:55 pm 5th paragraph using the name “Taigor” to apologies to himself which is nuts.

The rest of the news provide by the others are scam that wanted to flood this site!
Even 3rd it or 4th is still not counted but yet still he cant log on to my account: apologies to Genuine TaiGor and this word is a trick for the copycat.

Good Luck to you too “Evershine Service”

I will not be logging in to this site for a month till April 4th cause need to go back China hometown. Let that so call “Luberman” or What “Genuine TaiGor” flood this site with fake news, I dont care anymore!
See you guys!

ONE MORE THING: NONSENSE LAH YOU ALL!!!

I’m back. The first breaking news I received after touch down Changi was more heads rolled, and this time round, all big guns, including Dr.P the Siam-Ong(heard AMK folks start celebrating) and Reza. 3 cheers for Steve Luczo. Hookien say,”Ai-chuo Kaka chuo” (want to do, dare-dare do),don’t hesitate, it’s for the good of the company.

Heard more chopping will come and this time, on DIR level. Too high the hirarchy, will cut one level. (currently there are M report to SM to Dir to ED). When? April.

Time flies, already 1 month passed since I left. Relax, carefree, healthier, no more bird language. LVS called me up yesterday to confirm will reserve the “IR Chong Tor Chee” post for me when it open in Nov.

Seagate have no future. How many more years can the hdd industry survive in singapore? I predict Seagate Singapore will shift 90% of her operations towards Thailand and China where cost are cheaper.

Even the Managers,Directors and even VPs job are vulnerable.

Those fresh graduates, or had been retrenched, advice if you are looking for a long term stable career job with good prospects, don’t be a blind mice and join Seagate. Reason Seagate “Hire and Fire”

Stop hiring those FT from China, India and Philippines (Undeveloped countries) armed with useless degrees and diplomas earning high salary. Seagate wake up your fooking idea and give priorty to Singaporeans who studied in the local universities and polytechnics.

Fook off.

Those who agree with me state your nick.

1) Seagate Director
2)
3)
4)

Is Dr. Porn going to be axed? That is a super good news, but come in too late. For years he micro managed AMK executive levels, manipulated all the yield figures, and made all the meetings like war games than actual help to company. Dont know why he was there in the first place.

I have more recommendations for beheading:
1. The Ah neh’s with surname starting with S should go
2. The angmos expats in AMK should all go

Close Seagate AMK and let Seng Seong take over.

There will be no retrenchment or layoff anymore till end of this year! Trust Me!

Trust you ?? Who the hell this ChongTorChee? use my “title”? I am the only one äwarded this “ChongTorChee” since I was in Seagate, whole world recognised. Even if you took over my ChongTorChee post after I left, you can only call yourself ChongtorChee II? Don’t anyhow and don’t play play.

Last night had coffee with Ah Steve(only I can call him this, see how close my relationship with him), he told me no intention of layoff in the near future. Moreover, sales is picking up. Ah Porm no more and ESG would remain in AMK + move back some Desktop build from Thailand to AMK.

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There will be no retrenchment or layoff anymore till end of this year! Trust Me!

This is Bullshit. Seagate sales is going down. I had a chat with my director this morning over a coffee. He reminded me to choose carefully who to axe the next round in Woodlands plant. Companies are calling in to cancel their orders for the next two quaters. Seagate badly affected. Just wait and see.

Hi all seagate employees,

I am an past seagate employee. I have to say something about seagate. Everyone in seagate know that a primary 1 student also can do the work what all the EA doing.Leaders, SES and line leads all know nothing. Working 6 hrs relax 6 hrs, This is seagate policy.One thing very sure, once u get out of seagate, its very hard to get a job. Because what u all doing in seagate is nothing technical and you lost your knowledge in working there.Pls take care.

Ah Steve told me last night this year profit gonna be double of what we had last year!

Sputter vendor vendor ,
Karaoke,JooChiat.Park Line plaza,SPA ,CNY Ang Pau .
WTF . Manager still using seagate money like nobody bussiness. Nahh beh Ang Mo wake up still close eye approving all.

Special Msg:-
You can be new here in RMO . but don;t to much
very soon people will how much you use seagate money .

Everyone knows you ball carry that ang mo ..yet play from back .you already play all i mean almost all .

See how far you go .Who eat chili he know lahh.
LAM PAH PAH LAM :- you always like to use this word.

Seagate is the place to earn .everyday came for work then go back .that it

Ah Steve also told me today we gonna built woodlands 4 soon, so do not worry folks!

Hi All , I just know about this web,thank god now i can express my feeling and words here .Firstly to my new manager Daniel Ng thanks for put my name in the retrenchment list . You hate me in 1st place and also all the guys in w3 source room ,You think you can easily bully China man is it .Send my regards to your PETS :-

LOW WEE TECK(JAMES)Cipie

CHRIST CHIA (abit good only this guy)

Also some your black dogs over W1,

Your Tuas Buddy KY .TAN retrenchment also haa
You Must be very happy guy now,he is your enemy right.

So what do think now ? I know what you thinking!!!!

So next plan to take other few guys in W3 everyone know.

Your english fail big time.
No wonder you got retrench.
*Clap* “Clap*
Seagate should relook its policy hiring those so called “Foreign Talent”.
Some degrees and diplomas are “Bogus” by those filipinos, china, indians and including malaysians.
They steal jobs from singaporeans.
Seagate wake up your idea.

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Hi All , I just know about this web,thank god now i can express my feeling and words here .Firstly to my new manager Daniel Ng thanks for put my name in the retrenchment list . You hate me in 1st place and also all the guys in w3 source room ,You think you can easily bully China man is it .Send my regards to your PETS :-

LOW WEE TECK(JAMES)Cipie

CHRIST CHIA (abit good only this guy)

Also some your black dogs over W1,

Your Tuas Buddy KY .TAN retrenchment also haa
You Must be very happy guy now,he is your enemy right.

So what do think now ? I know what you thinking!!!!

So next plan to take other few guys in W3 everyone know.

Sianzzzzz no more big mecz benz parked at the red reserved lot… My VP is GONEEEEEEEEEE, now the slot empty already…

Can a humble korea or japan car parked there?????
any1 know how to apply? through the security?
LOL

me best, no need work just walk ard, coz i am the four seasons..
kekekekekekeeeeeeee

Don’t go too far. I’m a Singaporean and I was retrenched too but Í am not angry or blamed the foreigners. I simply don’t agree with what you’ve written about them. Don’t discriminate our good friends. They are not all bad. Have a big heart and treat them like brothers. They are here not to steal your job but they are here to fill the posts and to earn a living. They are also contributing to the company. They are human too. If they deserved the promotion, accept it. Yes, there are black guys too, even we the Singaporeans.

Everyone has his/her strengths and weaknesses. Nobody is perfect. Be humble. I’m no angel. I make mistake too. If you are offended, please accept my sincere apology, I’m original ChongTorChee.

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Your english fail big time.
No wonder you got retrench.
*Clap* “Clap*
Seagate should relook its policy hiring those so called “Foreign Talent”.
Some degrees and diplomas are “Bogus” by those filipinos, china, indians and including malaysians.
They steal jobs from singaporeans.
Seagate wake up your idea.

Suddenly there are so many ChongTorChee appeared in this blog but it’s not difficult to differential between the “real” and the “bogus”. It’s different in style and different in class totally. Hope I’m not arrogant. I talk facts, I joke, I don’t discriminate, I have EQ.

There are so many names to choose from, like HuatHuat, TeoBehPiow, seowlang, why copycat??

And one more thing, I scored D7 for my english but that does not mean that I am no good!

register your nick if you dun want other ppl to use it

As I said before: I have EQ but not IQ! Hope you all understand that. To the copycat, thanks for waking me up from my long dream, my sincere apology to you.

stfu ChongTorChee, wake up your frickin idea. Ask yourself why you kana retrench? Now you jobless right? Get a job you frickin moron.

Moron? thats me!

lol m0r0n.

Wah…. thses people ah

Left Seagate still talk so much.

What about us? Waiting for the chop?!

Haha, the word is “kena” and not “kana”! Call me ’stfu’ and
‘fricking moron’? ‘Beh yeow keen lah’! I am not angry. Thank you for your kaypoh to ask me to look for job? Don’t need to worry for me, I now “eng-eng-cheng-cheng, see pay song”. I have “chit par bun”. Do you have? That’s why I “KANA” retrenched.

From “ChongTorChee The great”

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stfu ChongTorChee, wake up your frickin idea. Ask yourself why you kana retrench? Now you jobless right? Get a job you frickin moron.

ChongTorChee WTF….

Your boss is that ang mo haaa…Lan Paaa.

You and your go and fly kite next to W3 plant

Don’t lar stop eatinh seagate money

American please watch you dogs below you .surely something thing.

ChongTorChee the most hated person in this blog?

Life Goes On!

Hey don’t copycat my slogan “Life Goes On!”.

what copycat? sue me lah!

Sigh, ban my OT ….sigh…..!!!

Seagate without OT is just like Life without SEX!

Thst day meeting with HW Lee.He say May will have a little bit OT.And w1 will not be close,will left MDW and HSA there

Great, I am glad OT is back!

To Mr Wang, life goes on….You know who am I.

you will be issued verbal warning tomorrow! i can not give you written warning due to majority of printers out of ink!

Back to business. STX starts to “cheong”. Remember I told you to go in at $3.10 which I bravely used part of my retrenchment benefit to buy 20,000 shares. I shall wait and it would not take too long to hit $8.00 (I predict by Oct when Seagate announce it Q1′10 result). I am not going to be greedy. By then, i will get back US160,000, making a solid US$100k.

Received SMS an hour ago when I was driving taxi, another “quake” this week… How true? we shall see.

Do not spread false information here. Seagate shares will never climb up again. You can lost your job and be sour. Maybe your retrenchment package is not going to pull you out of 2009.

Just shut up and get a life.

Life Still Goes On!

good news! the SMS confirm production picking up & more OT will be implemented soon. I decided to quit driving taxi & to beg my Seagate superior to take me in again!

HaHa.. don’t be so bad. Just let me leave the way I want. Don’t you think it’s very rude to ask someone to shut up?

And also the other one who claimed to be “ChongTorChee” said to quit driving and beg my ex-boss to take me back. Boh anna eh taichi. Seow!

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Do not spread false information here. Seagate shares will never climb up again. You can lost your job and be sour. Maybe your retrenchment package is not going to pull you out of 2009.

Just shut up and get a life.

you will be issued verbal warning tomorrow! i can not give you written warning due to majority of printers out of ink!

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OK roger! Not a big deal! Life still go on & on & on….

Dear Mr Wang, sorry I am wrong. Please accept my sincere apologise. Life depends on you.

Remember this number, 2503 and 2603

1st & 2nd prize of tomorrow 4D ??

Pay back if lose. If win you take 50%.

He he, your numbers never come out! Tio Chia!!

latest news! we are hiring again!

WHAT!!!!!!!

hiring agian . hahahaah its happen since 1998 until now
those in HR don’t know wht to do . they give kitting & packing area to PCS .now you all know . there will other HR officer will go out soon … EAT money money money

Latest news! Production/orders is ramping up and more OT will be implemented this starting new work week! Hurray!!

Fed up with my taxi driver job so I am begging my ex-superior to take me in again! Miss the good life there but too bad till now still no news! I am really son of the bitch!

Muah ha ha…., seagate share hit $5 now….

OT unlimited nowadays

Only for W2…Life always goes on.

Remember I wrote on March 17th STX would “cheong”! I bought in at $3.10 now shoot up to $5.25. Ha! I predicted by Oct it would go to $8.00. Looking at the bull run, $8 target will come sooner than Oct. The guy called “Seagate” commented (see attached) and asked me to “shut up” and said STX would never climb again. Now see who’s the sour grape???
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Do not spread false information here. Seagate shares will never climb up again. You can lost your job and be sour. Maybe your retrenchment package is not going to pull you out of 2009.

Just shut up and get a life.
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Back to business. STX starts to “cheong”. Remember I told you to go in at $3.10 which I bravely used part of my retrenchment benefit to buy 20,000 shares. I shall wait and it would not take too long to hit $8.00 (I predict by Oct when Seagate announce it Q1?10 result). I am not going to be greedy. By then, i will get back US160,000, making a solid US$100k.

And again on March 8th, I said ESG will stay in AMK + some Desktop will move back to AMK? Just wait and see all my info is reliable. Ask…Who is ChongTorChee. Want more news, stay tune…

Please stop all these rumors. Seagate will have to continue retrench… until the right size. We can’t help it…as many harms have been done. But hopefully the tops and Steve will get the right people out…especially those useless lots that are mentioned here in this blog that uses their powers & Seagate money to run their shows. …Steve! hope that you could steer us out of these shit…else wishes all Seagater the best of luck.

guys if you want to have your comments on retrenchment to be published in the newspaper, please contact us http://retrenchment-blog.breaking.sg/2009/03/comments-needed-for-article-on-what-workers-can-do-if-they-think-their-companies-might-be-retrenching/

Seagate share hit $6 soon….I am laughing all the ways to the bank….Ha ha ha ha………….

Laughing? You ok or not? There are so many local stocks much better. And how many Seagaters bought share at $19 and still cannot sell??

AMK factory shutting down on April again. Better sell shares now before it drops back to $3

Who the hell is this Chongtorchee?

He must had lost a lot of money thru ESPP. Maybe his stock options too.

he is an unknown notorious taxi driver!

Who the hell is this Chongtorchee?

He must had lost a lot of money thru ESPP. Maybe his stock options too.

Comment by Imbert on March 27, 2009 @ 9:30 am

May i know when will be next retrenchment??

you must be joking, i am doing my unlimited OTs currently & you are talking about retrenchment? do not be a joker!

May i know when will be next retrenchment??

Comment by ABC on March 27, 2009 @ 10:34 pm

my taxi plate number is SXXX5X0, if you are lucky boarding my taxi and i know you are seagator, 10% discount. But aiyah! most of the time I will be around at GxxLxxg. At times sipping cool beer at L23 coffee shop. The carlsberg girl “Chio-bo”.

Seagate VPs had big meeting last week. more kick-out coming soon…

you must be another joker! we are ramping up rapidly this week & you told me another kick-out coming soon? nonsense lah you!

Seagate VPs had big meeting last week. more kick-out coming soon…

Comment by who the heck.. on March 30, 2009 @ 11:29 am

AMK factory shut down for a period of time in April 09.

AMK will retrench management levels for senior managers, directors, etc during the period of April-May 09.

Although there are some short term corrections on production to meet certain customers, in the long run, Singapore operations will be terminated.

Those who pin their hopes in this company, good luck to you.

why we care so much for your nonsense. so far life has been rrewarding here! there is no better place to call home.
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AMK factory shut down for a period of time in April 09.

AMK will retrench management levels for senior managers, directors, etc during the period of April-May 09.

Although there are some short term corrections on production to meet certain customers, in the long run, Singapore operations will be terminated.

Those who pin their hopes in this company, good luck to you.

Comment by Seagate on March 30, 2009 @ 11:50 pm

WD to buy privately held SiliconSystems for $65 million in cash to expand into the growing Solid State Disk (SSD) market. Guess what? Seagate has quietly plan to take over auto giants General Motors and Chrysler.

AMK will turn into Chrysler assembly plant. Those operators who assembled disc drive now would turn to assemble cars. Don’t worry about size, everything is automation. Also in shopping list is Malaysia EON (Yawn) Proton(already Potong 10% Pay). If this is true, I am going to buy in another 10,000 STX shares.

why we care so much for your nonsense. so far life has been rrewarding here! there is no better place to call home.
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Idiots satisfied with OT pay only. Sad!

testing

I pray hard for retrenchment !!! Come on retrench lah…. KNNCCB WHY DUN RETRENCH NOW!!!!!!!!!!! I PRAY AND CURSE EVERYDAY FOR THE FARKING CO. TO RETRENCH !!!!!!!!!! KNNPCB

why you all hate this company so much? they owed you a living or what?

Any company has this kind of people. Just take it easy….No comments.

i think those comments made by those who were retrench earlier. do not bother them, at least we still keep our job yet.

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Any company has this kind of people. Just take it easy….No comments.

Comment by No comments on April 2, 2009 @ 10:12 pm

Wang WB, stop give leader pressure, always receive ur email chasing this chasing that, my inbox already full!

Wang Wen Bo, stop give leader pressure, always receive ur email chasing this chasing that, my inbox already full!

Testing, testing 123…

clean clean clean got ot ready… yeah..

As a sup, my pay already cut by 10%, what to do….

by the way, I am from sputter.

My singing/entertainment biz r more lucrative. Working as a sup not a big deal to me, just to kill time only. By the way i m getting married soon. I bought a condo in Malaysia for my secret girl friend….All of you will be invited till my big day…Cheers!

Seagate Asia operations is a big chaos – adopting negative and destructive Asia management styles in one side, and on the other side used the American welfare practises for it advantage. Instead of working united towards Seagate survival, upper and mid management are fighting among themselve for power and planting spy seeds into other department, truth talents are chopped or exploited and rotten apples are branded as great leaders. Corrupted practises, lazy work attitude, lack of motivation, poor quality practise, manipulated reports are everywhere!!!

After reading so much writings here. We could see that it’s too late for Steve to turn back the clock. The whole structure is infested. Anyway, Steve is a mean business managed man who read dollars and cents, he would mind to close any site that don’t make much $$$ growth and that is call Business.

If there is still any chance…any, there should be a group of foreign top bass managing in every site. And please review the current annually appraisal methods, let the colleagues and staffs appraise their boss or pals.

I’m soon leaving this once financally strong gold mine – where Seagater uses money to engage vendors to do the jobs and still recieve big monthly pay packet, hoping one day those rotten apple will meet their days…

why bother? i am still happily doing my 8 days OT this month.

This week AMK axed at least 2 directors and more.

May period there will be more retrenchment exercise.

Woodland sites may be affected.

At this time still got people happy with OT… talk about selfishness and don’t know what is happening in the world.

why shdnt they be happy with OT while they can? they might remove OT if things still dont pick up well

why cant they be selfish? they worked so hard for the cmpy & they might get axed anytime just because time’s are bad or the guys at the top make the wrong decision?

the ppl at the top are even more selfish, they think more of themselves than the guys working for them. when things go bad in seagate, the guys at the top just take the big big package & leave. Leaving their subordinates behind to fend for themselves, bo chap! when the market outside is bad, they just return back to work in seagate! WTF?!

i totally agree with Leaving Soon PN on
“Seagate Asia operations is a big chaos – adopting negative and destructive Asia management styles in one side, and on the other side used the American welfare practises for it advantage. Instead of working united towards Seagate survival, upper and mid management are fighting among themselve for power and planting spy seeds into other department, truth talents are chopped or exploited and rotten apples are branded as great leaders. Corrupted practises, lazy work attitude, lack of motivation, poor quality practise, manipulated reports are everywhere!!!”
i’ve seen such practises, those who can work will work til they die! without any recognition! those who can talk will talk their way to the top without working, just send some beautiful emails out. basically seagate is not a technology cmpy, it’s like a government with so much politics inside! mere commoners can only listen & do as they are told. only top politicians can make it to the top here

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hahahhahh finally !!!!!!!!!!!!! but still need wait for a month or so ..sian ..faster faster retrench!!!!! Im the first to kana hahahahah . Package yum yum

You are right. People have the right to be selfish. They should be happy when they still get OT. But anyway, those who get OT pays aren’t getting a decent pay to start with anyway.

All companies have politics. Politics is part of life. Management holds information that are not public. Its whether one work smart, or labor for nothing. If one cannot sell one’s work and achievements and allow others to take credit, then one is foolish. If one robs others work and claims his own, its cunning. Many Or-Pua directors work that way. Every where is the same. Seagate likes to employ black society, because they can talk. Everyone has the right to open his own mouth and state his point. If one do not exercise it, they take the bitter consequences!

The Singapore system train all Singaporeans to be robots. Muted, just work, don’t ask questions. Don’t complain.

Manufacturing is dead in Singapore. This time, really dead. Even if given 20 months retrenchment packages, what is going to happen in 20 month’s time?

Even Lao Li now is talking everyday in the news. Its not just Seagate. The whole ship is going down. Good luck.

first of all, i like this “black society”!!! i totally can’t agree more on it! hahahaha

“If one cannot sell one’s work and achievements and allow others to take credit, then one is foolish. If one robs others work and claims his own, its cunning.”
i find this statement kinda great excuse for the management. the management always fails to identify potential or good worker. the manager/supervisor also has the responsibility to see to it that his/her staffs get the appropriate recognition for their efforts. so i find the management is the problem.

i also agree in politics is everywhere. if so, why still ask ppl to stay focus in work? so focus as in focusing in the politics? this is something i can’t stand in a technology cmpy

manufacturing is already long-dead in singapore, not happening now.

if given 20mths retrenchment package, i believe they will be more happy than staying! we don’t know what’s going to happen in 20mth’s time, might ended with nothing. if u get 1mth for each yr of svc, just take it. might not be that amount later. & for those who managed to escape the axe, i believe the fate is worse-off, imagine with the workforce down-sized, the workload still remain same or more.

to some or many ppl, these OT (aren’t getting a decent pay to start with anyway) mean something to them & their family. might not be much but better than nothing! although they are really nothing comparable to the top management.

Sad, sad, sad. News on AMK to close down starts spreading!!! The fate of the angmokian is in the hand of Steve. I pray for Steve to change his mind to keep AMK, at least for another 3 years. “Jia-U” AMK.

there will be no more retrenchment at seagate. steve declared we already bottoming out. the uncontrollable OTs & increment is here again. seagate always the best!

e mail out on organisation operation re structuring but abang loserko never say what nation.Anyway retrench retrench la..worse to worse..other place toilet not clean like seagate only ma…

we will not be retrenching anymore! there will be more OTs available to all of you! this mark the end of this thread once & for all!

goodnews..seagate is re hiring..those retrenched..and final quarter is ramming up like hell…long live osama..oooopss.i meant obama..next crisis.when mm lee miracle youth water runs out from david coperfield toilet…

25% lay-offs coming May 15. Rest in peace, all of you suckers…

Wo hooooo THT IS GREAT NEWS TO ME. HOPE PACKAGE THE SAME STILL …

Sianz… no wonder now so many OT.

Night shift paradise nia, can play PSP and nap nap until siao.

sob sob if I kanna retrenchzz.

15th may is director and manager level..so those below that no need to worry……HO sei BO!

Still go makan .never chew me@@@@@@@@ Nia beh,its maybe your last lunch with that person

Yeah yeah more OT.

Confirm AMK this week will have rounds of retrenchment.
Those who can volunteer better volunteer now.
Next few rounds may be don’t have much compensation.
Singaboreans like to be conditioned in a cage and dont complain… you can take it one. Tio Bor?

AMK only??!!! why only AMK …. How abt Woodland!!!!

hi

Wednesday May 13, 2009, 8:36 am EDT

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Hard drive maker Seagate Technology said Wednesday it plans to cut about 1,100 jobs, or 2.5 percent of its global work force, as part of a restructuring plan.

Seagate said the cuts are needed to reduce costs and help the company reach its goal of becoming cash flow and earnings positive in fiscal 2010.

The restructuring plan, which is expected to be largely complete by the end of July, is expected to result in about $72 million in pretax charges. The charges will primarily be incurred in the June 2009 quarter and consist mainly of employee severance costs that are expected to be mostly paid in the September 2009 quarter.

The restructuring plan is expected to generate savings of about $125 million a year, Seagate said.

May 13, 2009: 8:46 AM ET
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Hardware manufacturer Seagate Technology said Wednesday that it would reduce its staff by 1,100 employees.
0:00 /5:15Economist: Low demand is a risk

Seagate (STX), based in Scotts Valley near Santa Cruz, Calif., said the reduction of 2.5% of its total workforce was part of an ongoing restructuring to bring its company into profitability by fiscal year 2010.

The company’s stock bumped up slightly in pre-market trading.

Seagate, a manufacturer of hard drives and data storage appliances, said it was trying to bring its development, marketing and administration costs below $300 million per quarter. Through the reductions, the company intends to save $125 million annually.

The company said that reductions would be “largely complete” by July, and would cost the company $72 million, primarily through termination costs.

Earlier this year, the company announced salary reductions and the closing of a research facility in Pittsburgh, as well as two other facilities.

Wednesday May 13, 2009, 8:00 am EDT

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif., May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Seagate Technology (Nasdaq: STX – News) today announced it has initiated a restructuring plan that includes a reduction of approximately 1,100 employees or 2.5% of the company’s global workforce. This reduction is required to support a targeted run rate of product development and marketing and administrative costs of less than $300 million per quarter and to position the company to be cash flow and earnings positive within its fiscal year 2010.
The restructuring plan, which the company expects to be largely complete by the end of July 2009, is expected to result in total pretax restructuring charges of approximately $72 million. These charges will primarily be incurred in the June 2009 quarter and consist mainly of cash based employee termination costs which are expected to be substantially paid in the September 2009 quarter. The annual savings generated from this restructuring action is expected to be approximately $125 million.

Since the beginning of fiscal year 2009, and including today’s announcement, the company has reduced its global headcount through attrition and restructuring, resulting in a reduction in the company’s labor costs in excess of 25%. In addition, Seagate previously announced the realignment of its organizational structure to increase efficiency, as well as the closures of two recording media facilities and its Pittsburgh research facility, company-wide salary reductions announced in January 2009, and other cost reduction initiatives. Seagate continues to assess options to further reduce manufacturing operating costs.

Seagate expected to make jobs cuts in Derry

Wednesday, 13 May 2009. Seagate was expected to announce the loss of up to 24 jobs at its Londonderry plant today.

The company has yet to confirm that jobs will be going but it is believed that there will be cuts and these will be restricted to senior management and engineers.

It is believed that this is an attempt by the hard disk drive manufacturer to push down operating costs at its Springtown plant. Announcements are expected at its plants around the world.

Earlier in the year the company had said that it would be making up to five people redundant.

The company employs 1,400 people at its Derry plant and has worked to keep the factory open through a shorter working week at the start of the year and a 10% pay cut.

Workers had recently gone back to a full working week.

Seagate — as part of its commitment to the city — had introduced an apprenticeship programme for workers in looking to create a wider skills base.

Last year Seagate closed the doors at its Limavady plant with the loss of 900 jobs.

Mayor Gerrard Diver said: “Seagate have been one of our first rate employers. They have reacted in a very positive way to the challenges they have faced in recent years and we support them in their efforts to keep the plant open.

“I know that is cold comfort for anybody who is about to lose their job but it is a reflection of the very difficult times we are in at the moment.”

Twenty-five jobs are to go at Seagate Technologies in Londonderry, the BBC understands.

1,400 people work at the plant in Springtown, which manufactures hard disk drives.

Senior management is expected to announce the cuts in meetings with workers on Wednesday. A statement is due from the company later.

The bulk of the job losses are expected to be in high-paid posts in management and engineering.

In January, workers in the factory had their hours cut by 10% because of the economic downturn.

Their hours were only restored in full in April.

Similar announcements are expected in Seagate’s factories across the world.

Read between the lines…. what is to come is coming…

…. “further spending reductions and organizational changes are necessary” this fiscal year for Seagate to realize a cost structure that generates positive cash flow and earnings within FY2010.

Like all Seagate organizations, Research, Development and Operations have significantly reduced operating budgets for the remainder of this fiscal year and all of FY2010. Unfortunately, these spending reductions also included the need to reduce headcount within our global organization.

The changes that we’ve made support our plan to sustain product and technology leadership and optimize manufacturing by focusing on the core business, given ” current economic realities”, and also by prioritizing spending towards ….

******* We addressed our management structure with reductions exceeding 25% in both executive management and director positions. ********

……………. We identified opportunities for operational efficiencies across organizations and geographies and have made the appropriate changes. In addition, we aligned our future technology investments to be in line with the current economic conditions.

……. discontinued our investment in the Advanced Technology Group, and will leverage external resources as opposed to establishing …………

……. (classified)

We are shifting more of our early development drive builds to our Asia operations team (most likely Thailand) which will reduce our pilot line activities in USA…….

…… adapted their strategy based on demand and reduced their staffing and support structure across our manufacturing sites. …… with these reductions.

This realignment requires some reprioritization across our **** global teams.**** We remain focused on sustained product and technology leadership, maximizing our scale and leverage with Seagate components, and optimizing our manufacturing strategy. Your functional leaders will be communicating in greater detail about this. In the meantime, please do not hesitate to direct any questions to your management.

The changes announced this week and earlier this fiscal year have required us all to be very flexible, to find ways to seamlessly continue serving the core business even as it goes through its own set of changes, and,

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at the same time, to regrettably say good-bye to some of our friends and colleagues.
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The entire leadership team is aware of the challenges this year has posed, and we thank you for your professionalism and excellence during this difficult time. In addition, we ask that you offer your full support to your colleagues who will be transitioning out of Seagate, and wish them the best in their future endeavors.

Good luck!

saw seagate is empolying ppt now.

Yeah right, toilet cleaners, part time cleaners.

Seagate just announce they are retrenching 2000 and moving operations out of Singapore!

Thought it has been known for a long time (10 years) ago,
that this Electronic Manufacturing Industry will be a sunset industry in Singapore.

Only today 4th Aug 2009 that Seagate announced is closing Ang Mo Kio plant. You bet in a couple of years (2 years…) Seagate will close all operations and plants in Singapore.

Already Motorola is gone, now Seagate. Next to come should be HP.

Electronic era has gone, the next wave, IR or better known as Casiso.

sorry, typo error, is CASINO

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