Maxtor Fires 900

Sledgehammer70Sledgehammer70 California Icrontian
edited April 2006 in Science & Tech
Drive maker Maxtor, which is about to be bought by its rival Seagate, has said that it will wipe 900 jobs from its operation in Singapore.

The California-based company said that it also expects to make a $104 million net loss this year.

Maxtor blames the lose on the fact that it had fewer sales and merger-related costs. Some component cost improvements, which were expected, didn’t happen either.
One of the advantages is that if no one buys your product you don’t have to hire so many people, so Maxtor said it significantly cut its production schedule and plans to eliminate 900 jobs at its Singapore manufacturing facility over the next several weeks.
Source: The Inquirer

Comments

  • RattX
    edited April 2006
    Man, I hope they fired all those bastards who made crappy drives... ooops, thats the WHOLE COMPANY.

    Thank you Seagate for "Taking out the Trash"

    Our company has recommended and used primarily Seagate drives for the last 5 years. (and filled trashcans with bad Maxtor drives)

    RattX
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited April 2006
    IBMs used to be the junk boys of the hard drive domain. Hitachi's acquisition of the IBM's drives business fixed that. Now Maxtor. I can only speak for myself, but in the last three years, out of my personally owned stable of Maxtors, Seagates, Hitachis, WDs, and a Samsung, the only failures have been Maxtors (yes - failures - plural). Just anecdotal information?
  • NosferatuNosferatu Arizona
    edited April 2006
    I've owned Maxtor drives for a number of years, i'm using a 200GB now as my main drive and it runs 24/7 and has yet to show any signs of failure. All mine have worked great without any issues at all. I'm thinking I should buy a 250GB drive for backup though, not because it's a Maxtor necessarily, but just to be safe as it would suck beyond belief to have my main HD fail and take all my data with it. $100 now vs. 5-10x that in recovery costs in the future... :hrm:
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited April 2006
    Anyone with data that they really would be upset of losing should have a backup drive, preferably in an external enclosure that can easily be disconnected from the power source. It's that simple.
  • NosferatuNosferatu Arizona
    edited April 2006
    Since it's cheaper to buy an internal drive, what do you think about RAID 1? If one drive bites the bullet, the other copy would be unaffected, correct? Where is the information on the RAID setup stored? A copy on both drives? I'm using a power strip with surge protection and a high quality PSU (seasonic). I know either option is better than nothing, but would it really be worth the slower transfer speed and extra ~$80-90 for the external option vs. RAID 1?
  • RADARADA Apple Valley, CA Member
    edited April 2006
    When I was working at Honeywell in Tucson, Dell came around doing a mass replacement of faulty HDs, all of them were 80 gig Maxtors....:wtf:
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited April 2006
    in the last three years, out of my personally owned stable of Maxtors, Seagates, Hitachis, WDs, and a Samsung, the only failures have been Maxtors
    Dell came around doing a mass replacement of faulty HDs, all of them were 80 gig Maxtors....
    Funny you should say that. My failed Maxtors were both 80GB models.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited April 2006
    I have an 80gb maxtor that's running on 7 years old. I also have 2x120gb Maxtors, 6 years old, that are still fine. My oldest HDD, a 20gb drive, is Maxtor and it's 10 years old.

    Everyone has a different experience.
  • slashark
    edited April 2006
    Ya I work for Dell via a contractor and about 50% of the drives I replace are maxtors. When I worked at a local shop it was about the same percentage with the rest being western digitals. Personally I stick to seagate and samsung.
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited April 2006
    My oldest HDD, a 20gb drive, is Maxtor and it's 10 years old.
    Thrax, if you say your Maxtors have longevity, I believe you without reservation. Are you sure you aren't exaggerating a little on the age of those drives. :D I remember upgrading to 3.5GB hard drive in early 1996. If I remember correctly, the largest drive availabe at that time was around 7 or 8GB, if even that.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited April 2006
    Maybe the size is over-stated, but the age isn't. :) The thing is built like a tank. Makes you believe in the "Don't make 'em like they used to" adage.
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