so there hired again a new SVP.. but who pays $200+/hr..? these days ..Oracle is not a consulting company... still keeping 800 people in N. America (20% managers-- on their butt daily).. if this is not a waste..then what ??? what MH is thinking now.. — read more 

Spending all the money for their shareholders and the top level folks, but those that actually have to deal with angry customers' frustrations(us support engineers) on bad cloud products get zilch.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-09-17/oracle-shares-tumble-after-revenue-miss

Wednesday is my last day (voluntary). How long does it take to get the COBRA paperwork?

So LE made this statement on the conference call. On what basis can he seriously make this claim?

Earnings Review - List the Lies 1 -- MH - TK will be back. 2 ??

Industry Week: IBM is being sued for age discrimination after firing thousands. Systematically laying off older workers to build a younger workforce. Sounds like oracle to me! Bey your oracle is next on line to get sued. Another reason to sell !

https://www.wsj.com/articles/oracle-revenues-up-1-sending-shares-lower-after-hours-1537217573 On a conference call with analysts Monday, Oracle executive chairman Larry Ellison touted what he said was the company’s top position in ERP, or enterprise... — read more 

Google news oracle Revenue numbers were a big miss. Wall street looking at this very badly. Low growth

In terms of its segments, the company reported: Cloud Services and License Support revenues increased 3% year over year to $6.61 billion. Cloud License and On-Premise License revenues decreased 3% to $867 million. Hardware revenues decreased 4% to... — read more 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/q1-fy19-gaap-eps-13-200500375.html The Board of Directors increased the authorization for share repurchases by $12.0 billion. The Board of Directors also declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.19 per share of... — read more 

How is NetSuite doing in general. Just curious...

Any updates on this? I hear that NATD was hit last week but nothing official was announced. I know there is a hiring freeze, but also heard that Oracla NATD had layoffs. Chime in if you have any info.

LE was a pre-boomer software lord. Held on to a mindboggling % of his company over 41 years. Most subsequent founders got WAY diluted. Maybe not a swell guy but a force. And a real taste for art, not just spike heels. Legacy just slip sliding away... — read more 

Oracle has been a bad bet for investors, and the company isn’t doing much to make them happy. In the past year, the software giant’s stock has slumped 7 percent while U.S. stock indexes have surged to record highs, with the S&P 500 climbing 16... — read more 

No hiding anymore

A Japanese company and a North American company decided to have a canoe race on the St. Lawrence River. Both teams practiced long and hard to reach their peak performance before the race. On the big day, the Japanese won by a mile. The North... — read more 

and they said.."unspecified leave of absence?'...liars... === https://www.marketbeat.com/stocks/NYSE/ORCL/insider-trades/

No major layoffs reported this past week. Total since 6/1/2016 remains at 19,911. Ever reason to expect the Upcoming earnings call to be a depressing event. Keep looking for jobs elsewhere!

https://www.fairfieldcurrent.com/2018/09/16/sequoia-financial-advisors-llc-sells-95424-shares-of-oracle-co-orcl.html/amp

Oracle has a bunch of wanna-be know it alls working there. No real depth of product knowledge. If you are in sales, don’t expect to make your OTE. Expect to make your 50-65k salary and live off that. I feel really bad for anyone who works there. It’s... — read more 

In advance of Oracle's earnings report, there is an analysis in Forbes about what to expect -- https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2018/09/14/what-to-expect-from-oracles-first-quarter-earnings/amp/. Highlighting one key statement... "On... — read more 

A little birdie told me that one of her new VPs, CP, is out (already). Interesting times ahead...

TK quit because he realized that the Oracle cloud as its stands is pure garbage. If you don't ebelive its garbage, then you have to face facts, Oracle can not compete. Its lacks infrastructure. The only future for Oracle is to run on its software on... — read more 

Oracle has been doing cloud in some form or another for more than 20 years. Others try to sing to the cloud tune but Oracle defined what cloud means and continue to drive the definition. This message perhaps isn't captured by those who don't... — read more 

TK leaves to spending great times in family with much and has friends with LJE in close deeply personal intimate relationship. Local now next earnings reports much celebrate. Forward-looking sees Oracle replace human people with bots from remote... — read more 

Quote from LE: The interesting thing about cloud computing is that we've redefined cloud computing to include everything that we already do. I can't think of anything that isn't cloud computing with all of these announcements. The computer industry... — read more 

Considering our never-ending layoffs. Of course, the greatest victims of layoffs are none other than the folks whose jobs are eliminated. But being a layoff survivor, so to speak, isn’t exactly easy. After all, how are you supposed to go about your... — read more 

... in the evap system will trigger a code. Nuff said

My fearless prediction is we open the day at $42.

All O does is acquire other companies. There is no vision. It's just a machine, and how we're managed as employees reflects that. Plenty of jobs in O if you look at postings, but there are little to no opportunities to grow into those positions -... — read more 

Can you imagine how bad things are in the executive suite right now? Cloud growth numbers are abysmal no matter how you cook the books. Everyone but Oracle has serious growth and good potential. Looks like Oracle should have invested in data centers... — read more 

Poor revenue growth, dropping return on equity, the profit margins melting, and the lackluster operating margin values... Now, this is my gut feeling as there may be a surprise announced today - I highly doubt it though - if you've followed what was... — read more 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-12/oracle-s-kurian-is-said-to-take-leave-amid-discord-with-ellison

In case you were wondering... Oracle Corp. executive Thomas Kurian’s leave of absence, disclosed last week, stemmed from differences with founder Larry Ellison over the software maker’s cloud business, according to people familiar with the matter... — read more 

The Greatest Cloud Show on Earth!! Upcoming Oracle earnings call September 17, 2018 02:00 PM PT https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/1772831/23309A5D1BACBDEBBBC89585A0C806F9

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apos-why-rid-oracle-orcl-131201912.html .. =================================== If you are still holding on to shares of Oracle ORCL in your portfolio, it is time you dump them as chances of favorable returns in the near... — read more 

The earnings report will be Wednesday Sept 13th. Although I can't speak to earnings directly (fear of lawsuits) I can post the seeking Alpha post below. Its not the earnings report that has the top brass running about with their heads on fire, its... — read more