Seagate Technology Employee Reviews

The co-workers in the company were hard working, genuine and team players. It was enjoyable from that standpoint. There was a lot of innovation within the ranks. However, executive management was very narrow minded and did not know how to take the company into the future. They also had absolutely no loyalty to long-term employees. Thinking that they could survive on lower grade, lower paid employees.

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Excellent place to work

Customer Quality Engineer (Former Employee) - Longmont, CO - September 11, 2023

Happy to work for Seagate. Fair compensation and benefits. Very good work culture. Open door policy for managers and transparency from executives.

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Time and location flexibility
Ability to learn new things
Ability to meet personal goals

My job experience was a good one, overall, due to good Shift Leads, Account Managers, and most co-workers.

Officer (Former Employee) - Bloomington, MN - September 8, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Job security, good working conditionsWhat is the most stressful part about working at the company?Working with unmotivated co-workersWhat is the work environment and culture like at the company?There is a culture of D.E.I. that is smotheringWhat is a typical day like for you at the company?Check photo IDs of incoming employees, print temporary employee badges, watch what is being taken out from the facility, answer employee, visitor, contractor questions.

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Ok place to work

FA Engineer (Current Employee) - Longmont, CO - September 1, 2023

Good work-life balance. Lots of new technology. Lots of support in technical aspects. Lay offs every 6 months have been common in past 2 years. Good management with some bad apples. Communication and team work can be improved

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Wouldn't want to work anywhere else

Software Engineer (Former Employee) - Longmont, CO - August 20, 2023

Such a great place to work. Cutting edge technology and tools to work with. Close to home, great benefits and great people to work with every day. I also love the employee discount on products.

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Above avg. pay. Treated with respect. Layoffs every couple years.

Engineer Specialist (Current Employee) - Minneapolis, MN - August 18, 2023

Above avg. pay. Treated with respect. Layoffs every couple years. Easy to transfer within the company. Management is mostly good with a few bad apples.

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Company is in need of an overhaul from the top down. Quality is not understood.

Senior Engineer (Former Employee) - Shakopee, MN - August 16, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company? It much positive to add to this…What is the most stressful part about working at the company?The company doesn’t do a good job of measuring its own capabilitiesWhat is the work environment and culture like at the company?Responsible for everything with no coaching/developing of people.

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Highly advanced, on the cutting edge of data storage technology, Very interesting, strong R&D culture.

Commodity Manager (Former Employee) - Bloomington, MN - August 14, 2023

Seagate is a leader in data storage technology. The systems are incredibly complex with a drive to secure new process technology. The US is home for much of the R&D. Once processes a mature they are transferred to off-shore manufacturing facilities. Likewise, Seagate follows a trend in the high tech arena, it ebbs and flows with economic needs. The current trend is for much of the technology to be taken off shore. Hence a decline in the US engagement. The most exciting part of employment was the engagement with incredibly talented people of all kinds.

Pros

Engagement with incredibly talented people of all kinds.

Cons

The frequent market condition rollercoaster. Will there be a position for me tomorrow.

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Ok to work at.

Machine Operator (Current Employee) - Bloomington, MN - July 28, 2023

Working as an operator is hard. They treat you very low. But I have some friendly co-workers. I wouldn't recommend you work as an operator. Unless you are going to school at the same time.

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Great work environment. Scary future

Process Engineer (Current Employee) - Bloomington, MN - July 27, 2023

Coworkers and the work itself are great. Lots of flexibility as long as work is getting done. Interesting projects. However top management has made some poor choices. Multiple layoffs in recent months with more likely coming.

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Good overall

Sr. Engineer (Former Employee) - Bloomington, MN - July 14, 2023

Company in general seems to care about its employees. Big company with many sub divisions which will determine what your work life looks like. Lack of prioritization/direction from high up seems to create competition among the various small groups. A bit chaotic at times. Probably not too different of an experience from another company doing similar work. Few engineers who do the actual work (and hence overworked/stressed). Many managers who report on what others do.

Pros

Benefits, flex time off, bonuses, generous maternity/paternity leaves, creativity is encouraged and hard work is rewarded

Cons

Frequent layoffs

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Miserable place to work.

Engineering Director (Former Employee) - Shakopee, MN - July 9, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Seagate pays well above average.What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Constantly changing priorities with no mgmt support.What is the work environment and culture like at the company?It's a pressure cooker, all go, no downtimeWhat is a typical day like for you at the company?Meetings all day, expected to complete work between times or at night.

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just ok

Engineering Technician (Current Employee) - Bloomington, MN - June 29, 2023

its alright. last few years no raises or bonuses. cool co workers but last few layoffs make the job you are doing alot harder now. working multiple locations

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Great culture, but the pay and job security are major problems

Software Engineer (Former Employee) - Longmont, CO - June 19, 2023

Great place to go to work; the culture at the lower levels is very laid back while still being helpful and productive. However, the pay scales are far from competitive and the threat of losing your job when the stock drops is always there, no matter how experienced you are.

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Excellent team and learning curve

Data Analytics and Business operations intern (Current Employee) - Remote - June 19, 2023

Extremely kind and understanding managers. Great place to learn. Good pay and great interview experience. They take great care of interns. Great work opportunity.

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Great people, relaxed atmosphere

Servo Engineer (Current Employee) - Longmont, CO - June 18, 2023

Great people, relaxed atmosphere. Salary is low for younger engineers, but in context of the flexibility and benefits it's still pretty good. Interesting product, but a lot of older, complex systems and often a lot of seagate specific knowledge is needed to get anything done.

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Best Place I've worked at

Graphic Production Designer (Former Employee) - Remote - June 14, 2023

Friendly team full of knowledgeable people to learn from and work with. The team trust their workers, and in turn everyone are very motivated to put out our best work to meet Seagate's high standards. I've learned a lot during my time at Seagate. Definitely would love to work here again!

Pros

Remote work

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Not enough resources: Do more with less

Staff Engineer (Current Employee) - Longmont, CO - June 6, 2023

I don't recommend Seagate to others anymore. While working on high requirement drives can be enticing, the company makes it increasingly difficult to want to participate in the effort. Turnover has been out of control over thr past 4 years, multiple years of company wide salary/promotion freezes, and severe layoffs. Most teams don't have enough resources to meet program requirements.

Pros

Good rec center, Espp

Cons

Salary freezes during most of my 10 year tenure, not enough engineering resources, lack of promotions, bad IT/HR departments, indecisive leadership, no proper training for new engineers

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Good place

Senior Engineer (Former Employee) - Bloomington, MN - May 31, 2023

Good work life balance. Need strong self-motivation. Several rounds of layoffs recently, I guess maybe due to some previously wrong business decisions.

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Three years ago it was a great employer. I would not work for them again under the current management. The push WOKE idealogy.

Twin Cities Disc Division, Product Development, Senior Electrical Engineer (Former Employee) - Shakopee, MN - May 20, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?The Co workers I worked with excellent. At one time Seagate had one of the best engineering teams around. That is no longer true due to all the lay offs.What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Constant lay offs. Never knowing if you would be laid off next.What is the work environment and culture like at the company?3 years ago the culture was excellent. Current management has been sucking cash out of the company to pay their stock bonuses. No investments have been made to find new meaningful markets. What is a typical day like for you at the company?No typical day. sometimes lab work, sometimes meetings.

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