During the golden years of Oracle, there were lots of promotions of developers to Directors, regardless of whether they could manage or not. Some were really bad leaders. Basically, Oracle had a weak advancement strategy for individual contributors... — read more 

I keep hearing about utilities and Oracle; anyone know what's going on in the Utilities area - Good, bad, indifferent?

From the analyst call the other day: I think I would say, Thomas is really building upon a strong foundation, but we are really accelerating and scaling up go-to-market both internally and through our channel partners has been a huge focus. I am... — read more 

Safra and Mark each make more than 4 times what Satya makes per year. MSFT market cap = $1 Trillion / Oracle market cap = $186 Bn. MSFT revenue 90 Bn / Oracle revenue = 38 Bn. Explain.

Anyone have a feel for the potential of success for such a legal proceeding against Oracle in the US in regards to these recent layoffs.

Next week: big show - massive layoffs in China development center. Some hundreds of ppl will be cut there next week. Coming at 8th May! Just to be clear, this is only referring to China? Nothing here will be hit? I'm sorry for people there, but it... — read more 

https://www.digitalistmag.com/cio-knowledge/2018/05/02/dont-fall-for-autonomous-database-distraction-06164477

Seems to be lots of hiring of Directors in both F&B and HGBU teams - and with few or no reports. What do these people do? No clear job descriptions. F&B may have all the new hires but in hotels - most of the same old Micros managers are still here -... — read more 

By that I don’t mean the parts in which the customers are obligated to stay, as they were bullied into signing long term contracts. I mean real healthy parts of the business in which Oracle can be truly competitive on the open market. I can’t seem to... — read more 

Solaris dublin got canned today. 16 got let go. Any other places??

What's going to happen with hotels and FB gbu's? What's the roadmap of Simphony product? I'm getting bored in Columbia office for the past two years.

https://www.businessinsider.com/how-oracle-ceo-mark-hurd-makes-tough-decisions-2019-4

Oracle could seriously remove half the management and it would have no effect. But would be a lot of money there to hire real architects and technical people who would actually know what they were doing. Lot of waste in paying layers of directors... — read more 

I’ve seen that a lot of cloud folks were also impacted by layoffs recently. Does that mean that Oracle made peace with the fact that they were inferior on the cloud market and is giving up on chasing the competition? If they had any ambition left in... — read more 

Rumor has it the next round hits a few days before the earnings call. New executive restructuring plan for FY20 will be announced. Twist on theme is that some terminations will be used on employees based on performance reviews, and corporate emails... — read more 

ORCL=Only Real Constant Layoffs

SE LCM senior director moving to other group in Oracle, impact the parent org . Parent org was dependent on him for everything.

I have no indication that there will be any, it’s just that I will be a little calmer during the weekend, knowing that other people haven’t heard anything. So If anyone knows anything , please post.

Employees being cut, yet the number of management states more or less the same. If the playoffs continue in this way, there will not be left anyone for them to manage. Is it possible that we will see some thinning of the managerial structure in the... — read more 

What’s the difference between companies that create value and those that only buy back shares? Well, the market capitalization of companies that make good investments and generate growing revenues and profits go up - look no further than MSFT. And... — read more 

I am from China...China Oracle managers are a big interest group, In a sense, they are really not working. they are not contributing.. I can't see their values... they are always busy with all variety of meetings or push themselves forward... showing... — read more 

SAP's cloud offerings are currently built on Oracle. Not for long. https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/news/sap-targets-oracle-cuts-as-part-of-cloud-focused-strategic-review/2019/04/

Peoplesoft and OCIC will be hit in the first wave on 7th May. There may be a second wave in July followed by third wave in December, until then, the whole China Dev Center will be cut completely.

I'd lie if I said I didn't feel this way after we lost people from our team. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/cope-layoff-survivor-200655476.html

DEFCON1 - PA to Google. Don'tcha know that I heard it through the grapevine Not much longer would you be mine Oh, I heard it through the grapevine Oh, I'm just about to lose my mind Honey, honey, yeah I know a company ain't supposed to cry But these... — read more 

They sure as hell are not hiring. Many knowledgeable folks are already out to door, either via layoffs or they left on their own, as they saw the writing on the wall. No one in the world can tell me that isn’t an irreplaceable loss, especially for a... — read more 

What Does Cap Ex Spending Tell Us About Oracle's Future Cloud Growth? May 23, 2018 6:41 AM•ORCL Summary Oracle capital expenditures appear to be much lower than the rest of the major cloud providers. Oracle's cap ex is trending down while the rest fo... — read more 

It seems to be an accepted practise for not disclosing year end ratings and for giving no feedback to employees. Managers are not held accountable for disclosing and discussing about it with employees. Other companies seems to disclose and discuss... — read more 

Anyone dealt with this company regarding COBRA? I called for more info and the person helping me seemed like she just woke up and didn't give a c-ap. They don't take credit card or have an online payment.

That used to be the case once upon a time, but it seems to me that newer generations don't see this company the same way. Most of the people in their twenties and to some extent in their thirties see this job as a way to get some experience and pad... — read more 

It's curtains for PeopleSoft CDC Dev operations. To be closed by the end of May, 2019. Sad that our brother's hard work and dedication ended this way. Good luck everyone.! This is not the end of the road. Something better has to come for you all.

Let’s face it, we are in a very bad position, trailing in many markets, when you add corporate greed and stupid moves of the leadership,well, that sounds like a great recepie for disaster. How long can Oracle stay afloat with business being so bad... — read more 

Yes people have left. In a normal company, the management would be concerned about the best people leaving, but at Oracle, the management does not see any value in its employees. The management loves people to leave. They don't see the quality and... — read more 

I am trying to figure out the new world order and make a place in it. I'm not moving to Seattle though. I am disheartened by the inequality I'm seeing being created by market pressure in the west coast, Seattle mostly and OCI mostly. I understand we... — read more 

I know personally at least 10 people that left Oracle willingly in the last couple of months for jobs at other companies. Has that become a general trend these days? If it is, is the leadership aware of that, and better yet did they count on it? Is... — read more 

I've noticed productivity has gone down significantly lately. It's like people are not even trying anymore, mostly just doing what they have to and that's it. Nobody goes above and beyond anymore - and I sure as hell can't blame them. Did Oracle... — read more 

Is it me or has the Oracle Executives page (which use to list a whole list of Executives) suddenly became shorter... possibly indicative of more changes at the top? https://www.oracle.com/corporate/executives/

Whenever you see oracle bring on another H1B employee let us know here,’especially if you believe they replace a US citizen or permanent resident. Don’t use names but do use other relevant information. Two can play this game.

https://amp.thisisinsider.com/apple-amazon-web-services-spending-report-2019-4