I have a friend who was supposedly told in a private call by one of his department VPs that he was denied a promotion because he took some counseling under the Oracle Employee Assistance Program when his gf left him and because of this he was deemed... — read more 

I gotta admit that reading this article made me sick. 400 mil for the paychecks and bonuses of only for people is disgraceful, especially keeping in mind that Oracle has been, pretty much, living of its all fame and has been a failing company in... — read more 

From last quarter result stock was doing better than nasdaq index. And got another boost with Warren Buffett share holding. But from. Last two days.,there is a sudden dive. No icrements this time. Something suspicious?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelbarthur/2018/11/18/can-oracle-outdo-google-or-what-you-need-to-know-about-a-cloud-based-talent-management-system/

I’ve seen much debate on the Talari acquisition, but the general opinion from the companies that already operate on this market is that Oracle will pose no threat to the big players. All and all, this is just proving to be another situation where... — read more 

No major layoffs reported this past week. Total since 6/1/2016 remains at 20,136. Keep looking!

My current Manager just does nothing, he meets no customers, does not even come out his cabin to network with hiwbpeers, meet leadership team or even ask his team on what they do. I was purtured with his behaviour. Not anymore. I realized I have... — read more 

Even though the general public and the media described Oracle’s acquisition of Talari Networks as being odd or even illogical, it seems that Oracle has a clear vision of Talari’s place under its umbrella. Will that vision be effective, time will... — read more 

https://www.theregister.co.uk/AMP/2018/11/20/oracle_sued_age_gender_discrimination/

Whats going on... If CTOs are so optimistic on OCI. Autonomous. Analytics. ERP. Then why are they not giving hike. Who decides. MH ot SC ot LE

What is happening in Oracle APAC?

Ruin Thanksgiving in Four Words _ ___

Finally happened. Sales had it with CB and word on the street from my VP, Sales says she is gone by March and all of CSM teams will be part of the support function moving forward. Finally don’t have to deal with CSMs or try to sell their c-appy paid... — read more 

In my 5+ years at Oracle, we had one team dinner. ONE. That was it. I worked at places that do quarterly bashes, boat trips, swimming outings, lakeside bbq parties and all kinds of fun stuff. Oracle is a stagnation place and misery. The only reason I... — read more 

One thing we seem to have missed in all the mirth about TK ‘leaving’ is that his departure results in a significant reduction in costs - $50m - $100m a year all included? Nice addition to the bottom like and EPS. Who’s next? Maybe MH? That would be... — read more 

From: @QfAKigt-4opx I mean, why would adults act this way, for what purpose? You are making an assumption when you ask this question. There is no purpose, other than some insane behavior centered on the manager's ego. Narcissism is a personality... — read more 

AWS is and has been looking for Oracle experience. In many different roles. Check out the job posts and apply. Many are and can be done remotely for the right person.

Next earnings call is right around the corner. How are cloud sales going this quarter? Has there been any improvement? Any changes? Still sad results? What's happening?

Oracle doesn't know what to do with Java other than to charge for support and sue companies like Google for 9 billion dollars who don't buy and enterprise license. Can we throw in Dr. Evil's maniacal laugh? Oracle is a joke of a company, sadly its... — read more 

So with TK gone who is actually running the development organization and how is it working out compared to the old TK days?

Oci-c got hit this past week, looks like some 15 people got laid off. That brings the total since 6/1/2016 to 20,136. Happy Thanksgiving US based friends, take the opportunity to reconnect with friends and family, and explore new opportunities!

Obviously, it didn’t take long for Thomas Kurian to find a new job. As I read the statements from Google in the media regarding his appointment as the new boss oh its cloud business, I can’t help to notice a big level of enthusiasm about his... — read more 

Larry Ellison is nowadays looking more to me like the company's spokesperson, or even an actor in a tv commercial, as the level of his optimism always surprises me. But the truth is different, isn’t it? Oracle is failing on the cloud market, as it... — read more 

What do people see as the future around Oracle hardware and systems business? Will they get out of selling to customers and only build hardware for their cloud infrastructure? Or will they exit entirely and second source hardware for the cloud... — read more 

What an unimaginable horror! You can't change a single line of code in the product without breaking 1000s of existing tests. Generations of programmers have worked on that code under difficult deadlines and filled the code with all kinds of c-ap. No... — read more 

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/16/google-cloud-ceo-greene-being-replaced-by-former-oracle-exec-kurian.html Googlers, I feel so bad for you.

Another technology to paste to the paper mache stack? Or good solid acquisition?

I really couldn't see the point in protesting the bid. The Pentagon is a customer like anyone else and it’s logical that they are looking for a product that suits their needs in the best possible way. Think that this is on a too big of a scale and... — read more 

hello loosers..are you saying that even warren does not know what is the value?? (Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc deepened its commitment to the U.S. financial industry, announcing a $4.02 billion stake in JPMorgan Chase & Co and... — read more 

https://perspectives.mvdirona.com/2018/11/1227/

Turns out the Pentagon can have a single cloud vendor whether oracle likes it or not. Much relieved as a patriot that oracle’s chanced if selling it’s useless c-ap to the military just sunk substantially! Take a hike 3 stooges. Yes, ruling from the... — read more 

There are and will be no raises for the whole company. I've been with Oracle for over 15+ years and have only gotten 3 raises. 2 of them, I had to kick and scream to justify why. Company's supposed to take care of their employees, but Oracle never... — read more 

I'm just wondering how are we able to hire anybody anymore. Do people not check the company out before they join it? Why would anybody accept a job if they knew that layoffs here are accepted as an everyday thing? I know I wouldn't give a job offer... — read more 

Has anyone had an increment this year? After making a fuss, I'd been given a nod I'd get one when the next review happens. Not sure if that's been reneged or if the approvals are just a little slow this year (previously it's been close to the start... — read more 

This program has been created by HD at the direction of RG and MH in order to cut costs. Now that the hubs are ramping up, they expect all reps to now put requests into the system for any SC coverage. The requests will then be routed to a team. This... — read more 

Last year whole process was already done by this time. This time process has not started.

It seems to me that Amazon could easily hire the Oracle DB people out from under Oracle. Right? They've got the money and the future to tempt the right people. And if the current Oracle DB people are just leftover posers, maintaining what was written... — read more 

Cloud Database wars: Maria Bartiromo interviews Larry and he's optimistic on the DB side: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrzMYL901AQ

I hear oracle is going to do some major acquisition soon that is going to help it leap frog on IaaS. Did you guys also happen to hear abt it which is the target company?

No report of layoffs this past week. Total since 6/1/2016 remains at 20,121. Keep looking all, oracle’s Future is not getting any better.