@aw I think they're replacing everyone. They seem to be hiring almost as fast as they are laying off, judging from the #general slack numbers being posted.
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Layoff running totals based on Slack
Tracking participants count #general Slack channel in Oracle One workspace, as the fastest available proxy indication of ongoing layoffs.
- nov01-nov17: 682 layoffs, 791 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
- oct01-oct29: 1950 layoffs, 1689 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
- sep02-sep30: 6275 layoffs, 861 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
- aug14-sep01: 733 layoffs (based on Slack very few data points)
- aug01-aug14: ?2900 layoffs in IDC (based on media reports)
Regions outside IDC and NA usually have a significant delay when laid off people are disconnected from Slack (e.g. 1 month in Pacific regions, perhaps longer in some EU countries), so this is a floor estimate with additions reflected immediately, but reductions lagging behind on average.
I will post daily in comments on the count change and running current month total while this post is still on the first page.
A difference on 50 employees in #general sounds like normal turnover for Oracle
Layoff running totals based on Slack
Tracking participants count #general Slack channel in Oracle One workspace, as the fastest available proxy indication of ongoing layoffs.
- oct01-oct29: 1950 layoffs, 1689 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
- sep02-sep30: 6275 layoffs, 861 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
- aug14-sep01: 733 layoffs (based on Slack very few data points)
- aug01-aug14: ?2900 layoffs in IDC (based on media reports)
Regions outside IDC and NA usually have a significant delay when laid off people are disconnected from Slack (e.g. 1 month in Pacific regions, perhaps longer in some EU countries), so this is a floor estimate with additions reflected immediately, but reductions lagging behind on average.
I will post daily in comments on the count change and running current month total while this post is still on the first page.
Slack #general user count decreasing
Around 55,469 this morning at 9 and slowly decreasing a few dozen :(
Methodology:
Tracking participants count #general Slack channel in Oracle One workspace
- oct01, 4am UTC: 167277 (0)
- oct01, 6:30pm UTC: 167116 (-161)
- oct01, 10pm UTC: 167160 (+44)
- oct02, 4am UTC: 167080 (-80 in comparison to 167160)
- oct02, 3pm UTC: 167092 (+12)
- oct03, 4am UTC: 167001 (-91 in comparison to 167092)
- oct03, 3pm UTC: 167014 (+13)
- oct04, 5am UTC: 166695 (-319 in comparison to 167014)
- oct05, 6:30pm UTC: 166720 (+25)
- oct06, 4am UTC: 166692 (-28 in comparison to 166720)
- oct06, 7pm UTC: 166814 (+122)
- oct07, 6am UTC: 166774 (-40 in comparison to 166814)
- oct08, 4am UTC: 166731 (-43)
- oct08, 3pm UTC: 166740 (+9)
- oct09, 4am UTC: 166670 (-70 in comparison to 166740)
- oct09, 3pm UTC: 166943 (+273)
- oct10, 12pm UTC: 167416 (+473)
History:
- sep02-sep30: 6275 layoffs, 861 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
- aug14-sep01: 733 layoffs (based on Slack very few data points)
- aug01-aug14: ?2900 layoffs in IDC (based on media reports)
Methodology:
Tracking participants count #general Slack channel in Oracle One workspace
- oct01, 4am UTC: 167277 (0)
- oct01, 6:30pm UTC: 167116 (-161)
- oct01, 10pm UTC: 167160 (+44)
- oct02, 4am UTC: 167080 (-80 in comparison to 167160)
History:
- sep02-sep30: 6275 layoffs, 861 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
- aug14-sep01: 733 layoffs (based on Slack very few data points)
- aug01-aug14: ?2900 layoffs in IDC (based on media reports)
Methodology:
Tracking participants count #general Slack channel in Oracle One workspace
- sep02, 6am UTC: 172796 (0)
- sep03, 7am UTC: 169366 (-3430)
- sep04, 6am UTC: 168958 (-408)
- sep05, 6am UTC: 168771 (-187)
- sep05, 1pm UTC: 168824 (+53 new people were onboarded?)
- sep06, 7am UTC: 168579 (-245 in comparison to previous 168824)
- sep08, 7am UTC: 168566 (-13)
- sep08, 2pm UTC: 168759 (+193)
- sep09, 6am UTC: 168672 (-87 in comparison to previous 168759)
- sep09, 1pm UTC: 168705 (+33)
- sep10, 4:30am UTC: 168627 (-78 in comparison to previous 168705)
- sep11, 6.30am UTC: 168434 (-190)
- sep12, 6am UTC: 168334 (-100)
- sep13, 6am UTC: 168275 (-59)
- sep15, 6am UTC: 168268 (-7)
- sep15, 3pm UTC: 168533 (+265)
- sep16, 6am UTC: 168455 (-78 in comparison to previous 168533)
- sep17, 6am UTC: 168380 (-75)
- sep17, 5pm UTC: 168404 (+24)
- sep18, 6am UTC: 168313 (-89 in comparison to previous 168404)
- sep18, 9pm UTC: 168370 (+57)
- sep19, 6am UTC: 168292 (-78 in comparison to previous 168370)
- sep20, 6am UTC: 168211 (-81)
- sep22, 6am UTC: 168268 (+57)
- sep22, 5pm UTC: 168396 (+128)
- sep23, 7am UTC: 168004 (-392 in comparison to previous 168396)
- sep23, 8pm UTC: 168010 (+6)
- sep24, 6am UTC: 167952 (-58 in comparison to previous 168010)
- sep24, 3pm UTC: 167961 (+9)
- sep25, 6am UTC: 167881 (-80 in comparison to previous 167961)
- sep25, 7pm UTC: 167917 (+36)
- sep26, 5am UTC: 167876 (-41 in comparison to previous 167917)
- sep29, 2pm UTC: 167794 (-82)
- sep30, 1pm UTC: 167745 (-49)
- oct01, 4am UTC: 167277 (-468)
I will be tracking October as well, but may be with fewer checkpoints - will depend on the pace of EMEA layoffs expected on October and more importantly how fast they are reflected in Slack.
Methodology:
Tracking participants count #general Slack channel in Oracle One workspace
- sep02, 6am UTC: 172796 (0)
- sep03, 7am UTC: 169366 (-3430)
- sep04, 6am UTC: 168958 (-408)
- sep05, 6am UTC: 168771 (-187)
- sep05, 1pm UTC: 168824 (+53 new people were onboarded?)
- sep06, 7am UTC: 168579 (-245 in comparison to previous 168824)
- sep08, 7am UTC: 168566 (-13)
- sep08, 2pm UTC: 168759 (+193)
- sep09, 6am UTC: 168672 (-87 in comparison to previous 168759)
- sep09, 1pm UTC: 168705 (+33)
- sep10, 4:30am UTC: 168627 (-78 in comparison to previous 168705)
- sep11, 6.30am UTC: 168434 (-190)
- sep12, 6am UTC: 168334 (-100)
- sep13, 6am UTC: 168275 (-59)
- sep15, 6am UTC: 168268 (-7)
- sep15, 3pm UTC: 168533 (+265)
- sep16, 6am UTC: 168455 (-78 in comparison to previous 168533)
- sep17, 6am UTC: 168380 (-75)
- sep17, 5pm UTC: 168404 (+24)
- sep18, 6am UTC: 168313 (-89 in comparison to previous 168404)
- sep18, 9pm UTC: 168370 (+57)
- sep19, 1am UTC: 168292 (-78 in comparison to previous 168370)
- sep20, 1am UTC: 168211 (-81)
- sep22, 1am UTC: 168268 (+57)
- sep22, 5pm UTC: 168396 (+128)
- sep23, 2am UTC: 168004 (-392 in comparison to previous 168396)
- sep23, 8pm UTC: 168010 (+6)
- sep24, 1am UTC: 167952 (-58 in comparison to previous 168010)
- sep24, 3pm UTC: 167961 (+9)
- sep25, 1am UTC: 167881 (-80 in comparison to previous 167961)
Methodology:
Tracking participants count #general Slack channel in Oracle One workspace
- sep02, 6am UTC: 172796 (0)
- sep03, 7am UTC: 169366 (-3430)
- sep04, 6am UTC: 168958 (-408)
- sep05, 6am UTC: 168771 (-187)
- sep05, 1pm UTC: 168824 (+53 new people were onboarded?)
- sep06, 7am UTC: 168579 (-245 in comparison to previous 168824)
- sep08, 7am UTC: 168566 (-13)
- sep08, 2pm UTC: 168759 (+193)
- sep09, 6am UTC: 168672 (-87 in comparison to previous 168759)
- sep09, 1pm UTC: 168705 (+33)
- sep10, 4:30am UTC: 168627 (-78 in comparison to previous 168705)
- sep11, 6.30am UTC: 168434 (-190)
- sep12, 6am UTC: 168334 (-100)
- sep13, 6am UTC: 168275 (-59)
- sep15, 6am UTC: 168268 (-7)
- sep15, 3pm UTC: 168533 (+265)
- sep16, 6am UTC: 168455 (-78 in comparison to previous 168533)
- sep17, 6am UTC: 168380 (-75)
- sep17, 5pm UTC: 168404 (+24)
- sep18, 6am UTC: 168313 (-89 in comparison to previous 168404)
- sep18, 9pm UTC: 168370 (+57)
- sep19, 1am UTC: 168292 (-78 in comparison to previous 168370)
- sep20, 1am UTC: 168211 (-81)
- sep22, 1am UTC: 168268 (+57)
- sep22, 5pm UTC: 168396 (+128)
- sep23, 2am UTC: 168004 (-392 in comparison to previous 168396)
Methodology:
Tracking participants count #general Slack channel in Oracle One workspace
- sep02, 6am UTC: 172796 (0)
- sep03, 7am UTC: 169366 (-3430)
- sep04, 6am UTC: 168958 (-408)
- sep05, 6am UTC: 168771 (-187)
- sep05, 1pm UTC: 168824 (+53 new people were onboarded?)
- sep06, 7am UTC: 168579 (-245 in comparison to previous 168824)
- sep08, 7am UTC: 168566 (-13)
- sep08, 2pm UTC: 168759 (+193)
- sep09, 6am UTC: 168672 (-87 in comparison to previous 168759)
- sep09, 1pm UTC: 168705 (+33)
- sep10, 4:30am UTC: 168627 (-78 in comparison to previous 168705)
- sep11, 6.30am UTC: 168434 (-190)
- sep12, 6am UTC: 168334 (-100)
- sep13, 6am UTC: 168275 (-59)
- sep15, 6am UTC: 168268 (-7)
- sep15, 3pm UTC: 168533 (+265)
- sep16, 6am UTC: 168455 (-78 in comparison to previous 168533)
- sep17, 6am UTC: 168380 (-75)
- sep17, 5pm UTC: 168404 (+24)
- sep18, 6am UTC: 168313 (-89 in comparison to previous 168404)
- sep18, 9pm UTC: 168370 (+57)
- sep19, 1am UTC: 168292 (-78 in comparison to previous 168370)
- sep20, 1am UTC: 168211 (-81)
Methodology:
Tracking participants count #general Slack channel in Oracle One workspace
- sep02, 6am UTC: 172796 (0)
- sep03, 7am UTC: 169366 (-3430)
- sep04, 6am UTC: 168958 (-408)
- sep05, 6am UTC: 168771 (-187)
- sep05, 1pm UTC: 168824 (+53 new people were onboarded?)
- sep06, 7am UTC: 168579 (-245 in comparison to previous 168824)
- sep08, 7am UTC: 168566 (-13)
- sep08, 2pm UTC: 168759 (+193)
- sep09, 6am UTC: 168672 (-87 in comparison to previous 168759)
- sep09, 1pm UTC: 168705 (+33)
- sep10, 4:30am UTC: 168627 (-78 in comparison to previous 168705)
- sep11, 6.30am UTC: 168434 (-190)
- sep12, 6am UTC: 168334 (-100)
- sep13, 6am UTC: 168275 (-59)
- sep15, 6am UTC: 168268 (-7)
- sep15, 3pm UTC: 168533 (+265)
- sep16, 6am UTC: 168455 (-78 in comparison to previous 168533)
- sep17, 6am UTC: 168380 (-75)
- sep17, 5pm UTC: 168404 (+24)
- sep18, 6am UTC: 168313 (-89 in comparison to previous 168404)
- sep18, 9pm UTC: 168370 (+57)
- sep19, 1am: 168292 (-78 in comparison to previous 168370)
Methodology:
Tracking participants count #general Slack channel in Oracle One workspace
- sep02, 6am UTC: 172796 (0)
- sep03, 7am UTC: 169366 (-3430)
- sep04, 6am UTC: 168958 (-408)
- sep05, 6am UTC: 168771 (-187)
- sep05, 1pm UTC: 168824 (+53 new people were onboarded?)
- sep06, 7am UTC: 168579 (-245 in comparison to previous 168824)
- sep08, 7am UTC: 168566 (-13)
- sep08, 2pm UTC: 168759 (+193)
- sep09, 6am UTC: 168672 (-87 in comparison to previous 168759)
- sep09, 1pm UTC: 168705 (+33)
- sep10, 4:30am UTC: 168627 (-78 in comparison to previous 168705)
- sep11, 6.30am UTC: 168434 (-190)
- sep12, 6am UTC: 168334 (-100)
- sep13, 6am UTC: 168275 (-59)
- sep15, 6am UTC: 168268 (-7)
- sep15, 3pm UTC: 168533 (+265)
- sep16, 6am UTC: 168455 (-78 in comparison to previous 168533)
- sep17, 6am UTC: 168380 (-75)
- sep17, 5pm UTC: 168404 (+24)
- sep18, 6am UTC: 168313 (-89 in comparison to previous 168404)
Methodology:
Tracking participants count #general Slack channel in Oracle One workspace
- sep02, 6am UTC: 172796 (0)
- sep03, 7am UTC: 169366 (-3430)
- sep04, 6am UTC: 168958 (-408)
- sep05, 6am UTC: 168771 (-187)
- sep05, 1pm UTC: 168824 (+53 new people were onboarded?)
- sep06, 7am UTC: 168579 (-245 in comparison to previous 168824)
- sep08, 7am UTC: 168566 (-13)
- sep08, 2pm UTC: 168759 (+193 new people were onboarded?)
- sep09, 6am UTC: 168672 (-87 in comparison to previous 168759)
- sep09, 1pm UTC: 168705 (+33 new people were onboarded?)
- sep10, 4:30am UTC: 168627 (-78 in comparison to previous 168705)
- sep11, 6.30am UTC: 168434 (-190)
- sep12, 6am UTC: 168334 (-100)
- sep13, 6am UTC: 168275 (-59)
- sep15, 6am UTC: 168268 (-7)
- sep15, 3pm UTC: 168533 (+265 new people were onboarded?)
- sep16, 6am: 168455 (-78 in comparison to previous 168533)
- sep17, 6am: 168380 (-75)
Methodology:
Tracking participants count #general Slack channel in Oracle One workspace
- sep02, 6am UTC: 172796 (0)
- sep03, 7am UTC: 169366 (-3430)
- sep04, 6am UTC: 168958 (-408)
- sep05, 6am UTC: 168771 (-187)
- sep05, 1pm UTC: 168824 (+53 new people were onboarded?)
- sep06, 7am UTC: 168579 (-245 in comparison to previous 168824)
- sep08, 7am UTC: 168566 (-13)
- sep08, 2pm UTC: 168759 (+193 new people were onboarded?)
- sep09, 6am UTC: 168672 (-87 in comparison to previous 168759)
- sep09, 1pm UTC: 168705 (+33 new people were onboarded?)
- sep10, 4:30am UTC: 168627 (-78 in comparison to previous 168705)
- sep11, 6.30am UTC: 168434 (-190)
- sep12, 6am UTC: 168334 (-100)
- sep13, 6am UTC: 168275 (-59)
- sep15, 6am UTC: 168268 (-7)
- sep15, 3pm UTC: 168533 (+265 new people were onboarded?)
- sep16, 6am: 168455 (-78 in comparison to previous 168533)
Methodology:
Tracking participants count #general Slack channel in Oracle One workspace
- sep02, 6am UTC: 172796 (0)
- sep03, 7am UTC: 169366 (-3430)
- sep04, 6am UTC: 168958 (-408)
- sep05, 6am UTC: 168771 (-187)
- sep05, 1pm UTC: 168824 (+53 new people were onboarded?)
- sep06, 7am UTC: 168579 (-245 in comparison to previous 168824)
- sep08, 7am UTC: 168566 (-13)
- sep08, 2pm UTC: 168759 (+193 new people were onboarded?)
- sep09, 6am UTC: 168672 (-87 in comparison to previous 168759)
- sep09, 1pm UTC: 168705 (+33 new people were onboarded?)
- sep10, 4:30am UTC: 168627 (-78 in comparison to previous 168705)
- sep11, 6.30am UTC: 168434 (-190)
- sep12, 6am UTC: 168334 (-100)
- sep13, 6am UTC: 168275 (-59)
- sep15, 6am UTC: 168268 (-7)
Thanks for posting these - do you also have the numbers for August? No need for day by day...
Unfortunately, I didn't track it. IDC lost 3.5k in August based on news.
August 15 #general totals were 173529, but this missing all layoffs first 2 weeks of August.
Methodology:
Tracking participants count #general Slack channel in Oracle One workspace
- sep02, 6am UTC: 172796 (0)
- sep03, 7am UTC: 169366 (-3430)
- sep04, 6am UTC: 168958 (-408)
- sep05, 6am UTC: 168771 (-187)
- sep05, 1pm UTC: 168824 (+53 new people were onboarded?)
- sep06, 7am UTC: 168579 (-245 in comparison to previous 168824)
- sep08, 7am UTC: 168566 (-13)
- sep08, 2pm UTC: 168759 (+193 new people were onboarded?)
- sep09, 6am UTC: 168672 (-87 in comparison to previous 168759)
- sep09, 1pm UTC: 168705 (+33 new people were onboarded?)
- sep10, 4:30am UTC: 168627 (-78 in comparison to previous 168705)
- sep11, 6.30am UTC: 168434 (-190)
- sep12, 6am UTC: 168334 (-100)
- sep13, 6am UTC: 168275 (-59)
Methodology:
Tracking participants count #general Slack channel in Oracle One workspace
- sep02, 6am UTC: 172796 (0)
- sep03, 7am UTC: 169366 (-3430)
- sep04, 6am UTC: 168958 (-408)
- sep05, 6am UTC: 168771 (-187)
- sep05, 1pm UTC: 168824 (+53 new people were onboarded?)
- sep06, 7am UTC: 168579 (-245 in comparison to previous 168824)
- sep08, 7am UTC: 168566 (-13)
- sep08, 2pm UTC: 168759 (+193 new people were onboarded?)
- sep09, 6am UTC: 168672 (-87 in comparison to previous 168759)
- sep09, 1pm UTC: 168705 (+33 new people were onboarded?)
- sep10, 4:30am UTC: 168627 (-78 in comparison to previous 168705)
- sep11, 6.30am UTC: 168434 (-190)
- sep12, 6am UTC: 168334 (-100)
Some countries in the Pacific region have a 2-week delay before access is cut. So even through they received "notices" already, they are still in Slack.
Methodology:
Tracking participants count #general Slack channel in Oracle One workspace
- sep02, 6am UTC: 172796 (0)
- sep03, 7am UTC: 169366 (-3430)
- sep04, 6am UTC: 168958 (-408)
- sep05, 6am UTC: 168771 (-187)
- sep05, 1pm UTC: 168824 (+53 new people were onboarded?)
- sep06, 7am UTC: 168579 (-245 in comparison to previous 168824)
- sep08, 7am UTC: 168566 (-13)
- sep08, 2pm UTC: 168759 (+193 new people were onboarded?)
- sep09, 6am UTC: 168672 (-87 in comparison to previous 168759)
- sep09, 1pm UTC: 168705 (+33 new people were onboarded?)
- sep10, 4:30am UTC: 168627 (-78 in comparison to previous 168705)
- sep11, 6.30am UTC: 168434 (-190)
got cryptic invite from my manager together with my dev and QA colleagues from NA region for tomorrow. so may be this was my last post with totals. will keep you posted.
Looks like I survived for now, unfortunately most of my team mates didn't... Everything is hush hush. Unlike NA, where access is cut immediately and layoff is with no notice, it looks locations in Pacific regions got a separate process like couple of weeks going back and forward (depends on the country) and people not just kept on payroll, but have full access, including Slack.
So #general stats will catch up for Pacific with couple of weeks delay. I will continue daily Slack totals updates.
at the moment, they stopped disconnecting people immediately from the system (perhaps it was so ruthless just in NA, or they got spooked how easy it is to track it), so #general method is no longer up-to-date
- sep02, 6am UTC: 172796 (0)
- sep03, 7am UTC: 169366 (-3430)
- sep04, 6am UTC: 168958 (-408)
- sep05, 6am UTC: 168771 (-187)
- sep05, 1pm UTC: 168824 (+53 new people were onboarded?)
- sep06, 7am UTC: 168579 (-245 in comparison to previous 168824)
- sep08, 7am UTC: 168566 (-13)
- sep08, 2pm UTC: 168759 (+193 new people were onboarded?)
- sep09, 6am UTC: 168672 (-87 in comparison to previous 168759)
- sep09, 1pm UTC: 168705 (+33 new people were onboarded?)
- sep10, 5:30am UTC: 168627 (-78 in comparison to previous 168705)
- sep10, 1pm UTC: 168624
Methodology:
Tracking participants count #general Slack channel in Oracle One workspace
- sep02, 6am UTC: 172796 (0)
- sep03, 7am UTC: 169366 (-3430)
- sep04, 6am UTC: 168958 (-408)
- sep05, 6am UTC: 168771 (-187)
- sep05, 1pm UTC: 168824 (+53 new people were onboarded?)
- sep06, 7am UTC: 168579 (-245 in comparison to previous 168824)
- sep08, 7am UTC: 168566 (-13)
- sep08, 2pm UTC: 168759 (+193 new people were onboarded?)
- sep09, 6am UTC: 168672 (-87 in comparison to previous 168759)
- sep09, 1pm UTC: 168705 (+33 new people were onboarded?)
- sep10, 5:30am UTC: 168627 (-78 in comparison to previous 168705)
Methodology:
Tracking participants count #general Slack channel in Oracle One workspace
- sep02, 6am UTC: 172796 (0)
- sep03, 7am UTC: 169366 (-3430)
- sep04, 6am UTC: 168958 (-408)
- sep05, 6am UTC: 168771 (-187)
- sep05, 1pm UTC: 168824 (+53 new people were onboarded?)
- sep06, 7am UTC: 168579 (-245 in comparison to previous 168824)
- sep08, 7am UTC: 168566 (-13)
- sep08, 2pm UTC: 168759 (+193 new people were onboarded?)
- sep09, 6am UTC: 168672 (-87 in comparison to previous 168759)
it's not done manually by HR, it's should be at least semi automated onboarding hitting Slack API: https://docs.slack.dev/
and according that API, a worker has to login manually through browser to complete OAuth2 flow to join the Oracle corporate Slack workspaces, HR won't be able to do it for you.
It's an interesting question when do you join #general. From tests I ran on non-enterprise Slack version, you join workspace #general upon joining the workspace after the login. I wonder if enterprise version got some pre-boarding with batch processing, as I see spikes of joins of many dozen people at once outside of normal hours for Europe and America and I doubt it's New Zealand suddenly mass hiring this month.
How are you checking additions ?
I monitor the same #general regularly, if there is count increase - I count it as onboarding additions. I cannot catch all of them (only when balance goes into positive territory), but at least some.
Methodology:
Tracking participants count #general Slack channel in Oracle One workspace
- sep02, 6am UTC: 172796 (0)
- sep03, 7am UTC: 169366 (-3430)
- sep04, 6am UTC: 168958 (-408)
- sep05, 6am UTC: 168771 (-187)
- sep05, 1pm UTC: 168824 (+53 looks like bunch of people were onboarded)
- sep06, 7am UTC: 168579 (-245 and -53 additions discounted = -298)
- sep08, 7am UTC: 168566 (-13)
could naysayers post a table or chart supporting their claims?
September totals (except Sep01): 4323 layoffs, and 53 additions.
Methodology:
Tracking participants count #general Slack channel in Oracle One workspace
- sep02, 6am UTC: 172796 (0)
- sep03, 7am UTC: 169366 (-3430)
- sep04, 6am UTC: 168958 (-408)
- sep05, 6am UTC: 168771 (-187)
- sep05, 1pm UTC: 168824 (+53 looks like bunch of people were onboarded)
- sep06, 7am UTC: 168579 (-245 and -53 additions discounted = -298)
Can you provide ANY source to your claims about 17k or 10k or anything significantly higher than 4.5k just for September?
Slack #general mentions about 10,000 reductions and still decreasing. I think the poster might be right.
Methodology:
Tracking participants count #general Slack channel in Oracle One workspace
- sep02, 6am UTC: 172796 (0)
- sep03, 7am UTC: 169366 (-3430)
- sep04, 6am UTC: 168958 (-408)
- sep05, 6am UTC: 168771 (-187)
- sep05, 1pm UTC: 168824 (+53 looks like bunch of people were onboarded)
- sep06, 7am UTC: 168579 (-192 and -53 additions discounted = -245)
#general on Oracle One
- sep02, 6am UTC: 172796 (0)
- sep03, 7am UTC: 169366 (-3430)
- sep04, 6am UTC: 168958 (-408)
- sep05, 6am UTC: 168771 (-187)
- sep05, 1pm UTC: 168824 (+53 looks like bunch of people were onboarded)
- now: 168812 (-12)
Hm, for the past 8h, general count went up in Slack #general on Oracle One workspace from 168771 on 6am UTC to 168824 (+53 added back) now. I wonder if access was restored in some location, or more likely some company was acquired before or now and their employees got integrated. Or something else. I hope admins didn't catchup to the fact how easy is to track through Slack and didn't start messing up with this metric for obfuscation purposes.
Anyway, I will discount these 53 to avoid messing up with layoff totals starting from tonight totals. However, it means I lost layoffs between 6am UTC to 1pm UTC on September 05, which is Asia and Pacific.
Sep05 layoff totals
September 05, last 24h layoffs total: 187, none in American timezones.
September totals, except Sep01: 4025
Methodology: tracking #general Slack channel participants count, since typically access is cut right away and you can see it immediately in Slack.
Numbers as of this post.
Total # under Larry and Saffra per Aria. This # should include all that were notified and given an end date of Sep 22, Oct 3, etc. = 177,930
Total # in Slack #General, Should represent all active employees, ie this would not include those that have had access revoked. = 168,872
177,930 - 168,872 = 9,058
Yes, American timezone layoffs halted at the moment judging by #general Slack channel participants count.
I think they will move to other regions now. However, there's a good chance it will return back before October, as CX former Rob's org which recently folded under Fusion Chris's org was not touched yet, which looks very suspicious. It was expected to be trimmed the most due to redundancies. On the other hand, Rob was purging CX for years, may be not much meat left.
Sep03 layoff totals
Sep03 total layoffs estimate for the past 24h: 408.
North America contributed less than half and layoffs there trickled down and stop first half of the day. However, other locations picked up in IDC and Pacific timezones.
Totals since Sep02: 3838
Methodology: #general Slack channel participants tracking.