#anxiety

I’m starting to lean toward the former.

Every time quarterly results disappoint in any way, I start worrying about cuts. It doesn’t take much for leadership to decide and pull the trigger if it helps them get out of the hot seat faster. I might be paranoid, but something tells me I’m not far from the truth.

That is exactly what this feels like. They are letting us wait this long, making us stress, worry, and think about our livelihoods potentially disappearing next week every hour of every day. Why would they prolong it like this? Can anyone give me a real reason besides simply wanting to torture us?

Get ready to unlock more “‘synergies” when this deal closes. I’ll take a severance

That’s just how it is - layoffs, all the time. We probably won’t even have to wait until next Friday, or Sept 2, or whatever date is floating around, to find out.

Who else is tuning in this morning to see how our CEO will inspire or demoralize us?

Any rumors at all? I seriously doubt they’ll limit it to just redundancies. I expect they’ll go after experienced, skilled veterans too, because that’s what everyone does. Knowing your job often comes at a cost. I’ve yet to see layoffs, here or anywhere else, done strategically. It’s always crude, led by numbers, never real planning.

So that means we’re still a long way from being done? Mid-September is the earliest we can hope for this to finally be over?

Is there anyone who is hoping they get an ISP Monday? I don’t know how much longer I can handle this clown show.

Some people are reporting cuts in their teams. I really hope this doesn’t drag on. Good luck to all of us.

He-l of a leadership strategy - drag it out for days and say nothing. Are they just adding stress on purpose at this point?

I don’t care about the job itself, I just badly need it. I’m in a tough spot in life right now and can’t afford to lose this job. I know I’m not the only one, but I’ve got so much on my plate that the possibility of being laid off absolutely terrifies me. Fingers crossed for all of us, especially those in particularly precarious positions.

The last few days have been nerve wracking while waiting for the ISP decision.

The next few days are going to be worse.
What is everyone doing to stay calm and maintain your sanity?

These past few days have been incredibly tough. We could all use a breather.

I am still waiting for my dpc plan. I asked again and was told they were working on it. Everyone else is doing theirs now and are 2 weeks into it. Either exxon doesn't care or they are letting me fail purposely. I would like to see what the he-l they want me to do. I really want to improve my performance and be a more valuable employee to the company NOT. I just to get this s heet over with and see what torture they have planned for me. Is anyone else still waiting?

It's been almost two weeks and our group has heard nothing beside the Ellison town hall. We're not even sure who we all technically report to now. Wondering if it's the same in other parts of the company.

There was a layoff in the Dallas office today. Not sure how many were affected or if more offices outside of Dallas were affected. Anyone hear anything else on this?

The video's are are being played over and over in SP1 3rd Floor related to CEP need to be taken down! Such a moral inhibitor. We all know those twats won't lose their jobs!

I have never met more people in my life who are ashamed to work at a company.

Everyone I know is looking for another job

With more bad news about the company coming out, layoffs are starting to feel closer and more likely. The outgoing CEO did say a couple of weeks ago that they might become unavoidable. Wondering if anyone’s heard anything new.

Based on what people have been reporting, it looks like there were more layoffs today. Does anyone know if these will continue throughout the week? Last week was already rough. Wishing everyone the best of luck.

Starting today they’re installing additional security cameras at Framingham HQ. This is out on the portal but wasn’t sent via email communication.

Wondering what the reasoning is. Why spend money when they’re planning layoffs all the time??

Think there should a pause before another CPM wave right?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/quiet-cracking-latest-buzzword-hit-103802456.html

Laid off after 22 years, and I can’t sleep. I worry about the immediate future and my job prospects as all the companies that would hire me are going into lean mode. I’m also suffering existentially, thinking about AI and what the job market looks like for anyone a decade from now. What’s everyone else doing to prepare? It feels like savings and emergency funds won’t be enough at some point. For the first time in my life my future is foggy along with everyone else’s. I’m having trouble coping and I keep doomscrolling this forum, and I know it’s not healthy, but I don’t know what else to look at for comfort.

There are some people not doing so well since being laid off. Seriously not doing well. Please seek help.

Feeling anxious and depressed, having trouble sleeping, not being able to enjoy activities that you are used to enjoying are all normal feelings that you may experience after a layoff.

If these feeling persist over time it may be useful to be assessed by a doctor and/or mental health professional. Layoffs can put a lot of emotional stress on relationships and it may be useful to consult with a mental health professional about this as well.

Today we watched over 200 years of experience walk out the door as our AP teams in the United States worked their last day. Everything being shipped across the pond to Manila. Don't get me wrong I have no issue with the folks in the Philippines but we lost a huge amount of experience and talent today. I've been feeling it for months already during the "training period." Yeah, the folks in the States had to stay long enough to train their replacements or they wouldn't receive their severance package. It makes me absolutely HATE the organization I work for when I see good folks who did nothing wrong get me to go in the interest of saving a buck. I'm sure I will be on the list soon enough. A this point it may actually be a relief. GPN can find a big fat di--o and stick it straight up, their candy a-s!

No numbers were stated. People are pulling stuff from a while ago and trying to pass it as news. Ignore the 7k rumor. Don't do that to yourself. Yes, we know cuts are coming. But that's about all we know for now. Until we know more, try not to lose too much sleep over people speculating.

It sounds like layoffs are happening across the board and by the numbers. Good luck to all of us.

It seems that every this or that group at #Oracle gets axed – at this point, all of this has started to affect my health, my #anxiety levels are through the roof. Seriously, I try to avoid thinking about layoffs, try to avoid discussing it with #Oracle folks or family, I even stay off this site. Lately,

I am having quite a bit of trouble sleeping without interruption, my blood pressure is consistently high, I am easily distracted.

How do you guys deal with things like this – do you have any #gold strategy that works for you… Any pearls of wisdom that you may be able to share?