Looks like there is no more RIFs in India (Both Hyd and Banglore) from today onwords......

Here recently they fired a guy from our team without reason. He used to work more than other employees. It is just because he argued with manager to share his ideas. Manager does not want to listen to anyone's ideas as he is rude. So one fine morning... — read more 

So T–d is apparently out there trying to make people believe that oracle on-prem customers are going to switch to oracle cloud - give me a break, they may switch to cloud but how stupid would they have to be to switch to non- existent oracle cloud... — read more 

https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/hundreds-of-oracle-layoffs-revealed-to-california-regulator

This might be helpful, especially if you want resources on how to improve your severance by negotiating collectively https://medium.com/@TeamCoworker/so-youve-just-been-let-go-a354af7473c7

I imagine this would be an easy question for many on this board. I don’t work at Oracle but my husband was laid off last week. He tends to be quite quiet about the details of the layoff and about the severance detail. So, in that light I ask this... — read more 

I got laid off from my current team at Oracle IDC (Tech Hub) after spending a few years but had an internal transfer request in the pipeline too. The HR folks that I never saw before deployed for firing employees were so incompetent that they didn't... — read more 

I was RIF’d on the first day of FY 2018 as well as many other SaaS Solutions Consultants. I never really thought of myself as old but I soon experienced the challenges of being a late 50’s customer-facing software sales professional looking for work... — read more 

Nobody wants to get laid off, that’s a fact. No matter how much we try to anticipate them there is always a big amount of stress, sock, losing self confidence etc. However, I think we should be aware that they had nothing to do with us or our work... — read more 

The OTH facility in Bangalore should actually be called the 'Oracle Termination Hub', with maximum number of bloodbaths reported from that facility. In fact employees from other facilities are also invited to this facility for their lay-off meetings... — read more 

Heard OMC layoffs are happening this week in IDC , How long is it going to happen ?

I am one of those laid off last week. In the Fedex package I got there was not termination agreement and no information about severance. I guess HR forgot to add that to my package. Anyone else experienced the same problem? Anyone knows who I can... — read more 

Strange that they axed many including me last Thursday and again the Hiring guy is calling me tomorrow from HQ to discuss about new job and will do H1b visa transfer etc,... so they fire like crazy and hire..Should I take up the new position?

Dear friends and colleagues, Please dont be disheartened if you were a part of the current downsizing drive. You will soon find a equal or better alternative. The more flexible you are about the type of company, location within the city, willingness... — read more 

"Oracle neither recognizes nor rewards talent.. Even hikes are rare. Surprised how so many folks end up working for several years here. This severance package seems to be the best one Oracle can give it's employees.. Wish we could volunteer for... — read more 

Take a closer look, Oracle has so many redundant products to offer to customers and customers got Confused. Despite so many ERP offerings, customers are happily moving to either SAP or Coupa. Oracle EBS Oracle Fusion ERP NetSuite People Soft Siebel... — read more 

I keep reading and hearing conflicting reports from people who have been laid off previously or who have left on their own. Either it's a piece of cake to land a much better job or there is absolutely nothing good out there and the only options are... — read more 

https://www.unionleader.com/news/business/oracle-layoffs-will-cost-manchester-about-jobs-revenue-rose-to/article_92b89d46-f2c9-5c23-ae1a-df608a8cf452.html

Just curious. Why are Oracle's Glassdoor Review Scores so high? Most people I know are disgruntled and stressed out. Yet, Oracle sports a top notch Glassdoor score (anything over 3 is good and we are sitting at 3.4 right now). Just curious if someone... — read more 

Link below. Listen LE riff about "deemphasizing businesses we don't care about" around 3:20 on in analyst call video. It is not some coup. It is all LE vision thing. https://youtu.be/TXD3Xzk9Lmw

What is the severance package like for laid off employees to help them keep moving on with life?

From reading all the posts here, it sounds like people think Oracle owes you something. It's a two way street. You can discard Oracle at any time and the same goes for them. Instead of whining about it, why not take control of your life and create... — read more 

In OTH so much layoffs are happening that I could not find a meeting room in 3 floors from where I can attend an interview. All rooms are already blocked for layoff discussions.

Heard that there were some layoffs in 7th floor and 10th floor yesterday. Any idea today?

Yesterday on March 27th I have seen unusual activities in our floor in OTH. Most of the meeting rooms were full with 1:1 discussions. Seen many people whom I have never seen before and looked like HR. I have also seen people with visitor's badge... — read more 

Anyone know till now how many got RIFed in IDC Hyderabad. Is there any mandatory that every team has to be affected? If team in US affected, is there any possibility of not getting RIFed?

is this a good idea?

High degree of certainty Oracle is about to shed an entire tech business unit... Not sure which one yet, but I'll update when I find out. Luckily, for those who survive they are shopping out to firms that will probably be way more focused and... — read more 

I hate to say it but this site does at least give some warning. I went back as far as I could to see a post with a specific date for this last round which seems far reaching and global. Looks like there was a heads up 2 months ago... followed by more... — read more 

I have recently been laid off by Oracle. My entire org was laid off which is 13 employees.

I recently quit Oracle IDC after spending more than a decade there. I can say that I learned a lot and look at my time at Oracle favourably. Towards the end there was too much uncertainty and negativity. The learning also stopped and it was time to... — read more 

Sales reps, SC, CSM? Any news and/or plans regarding the ongoing layoffs?

Just wondering how does the actual layoff at oracle look like? Do they call you into the conference room? Are you told by your manager or does the guy from HR break it to you? Are you handed the paperwork instantly or is that done afterwards? Are you... — read more 

Looks like things are not working out the 3 stooges’s way: Flat revenues Analyst at clear and vocal about impact of share buybacks on EPS Growing number of critical reports noting lack of cloud growth Publicity about recent and prior layoffs... — read more 

So now that the layoffs came and gone. The number was very anti-climatic and far short of the doom n gloom. I suspect some of ya'll was disappointed. ~1500/139,000 I guess this forum can go back to the regular programme of bad mouthing Oracle on xyz... — read more 

Did anyone ever say that the cloud revenue would replace the lost on-premise revenue? Analysts are just assuming that growth will continue unabated throughout the transition to a cloud services company. Well, I guess LMS are saying that revenues will... — read more 

Oracle did a quite an expensive shopping and here is a list :- NetSuite DataFox Vocado Grapeshot And many more... What is the output? Layoffs ... it shows so much of inefficiency of a company which is headed by two CEOs. Low cost labour aka Engineers... — read more 

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4251066-surface-cracks-oracles-2-growth-pillars

One of the few good articles I read about latest Oracle layoffs - they actually did some proper research and talked to some people, not just parroted the same few sentences from the original report on layoffs. Good read, IMHO. One person Business... — read more 

Anyone got hikes or RSUs this year?