https://seekingalpha.com/article/4163331-amazon-king-cloud-oracle-steal-crown “... Enter Zenedge... The acquisition of Zenedge, a cloud-based network and infrastructure security provider, was announced in mid-February. While news of this is public... — read more 

There was a hilarious post that someone who got laid off put a voodoo curse on MH. Apparently you can buy the curse online from a voodoo priest in Hati and this is why MH was sick and missed the CX summit last week. What happened to the post? That... — read more 

Catz told reporters .. the company's cloud business was impacted by a new model made available to customers three quarters ago .."That makes the appearance of a lower number (for the cloud business).. even though money is actually coming .," That's... — read more 

RG's directs have demanded that something be done to burn down the cloud credits financially engineered into deals of the past. HD was supposed to do this. HD, in a panic, is proposing a reorg where more 'ineffective' field jobs are move to the hubs... — read more 

The UX group got hit this week, at least 50 people laid off. That makes the total for FY18 8,730 and since 6/1/2016 18,730. More to come for sure, keep looking for new jobs all!

Wow, the entire tread with all the comments gone! Bad! In any event oracle should fire both of them and the 3 stooges plus TK.

Oracle is now doing it's own security surveys. "As many organizations migrate to cloud services, it is critical that their business and security objectives align, and that they establish rigorous controls of their own, versus solely relying on the... — read more 

https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2018/04/12/double-size-oracle-austin-campus-not-imminent.html Is Oracle Corp. slated for a big expansion of its shining new campus on East Riverside Drive? Eventually, yes. Will it happen soon? Probably not.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/04/12/public_cloud_services_bigger_than_algerias_gdp_in_2018/

In a cryptic text message to the registrants to the MH keynote, attendees were notified that MH was not going to be able to speak. CB (Customer Success Maven) came on stage and gave a stellar performance and apology on behalf of Hurd's medical team... — read more 

Looks like we have a minimum of $114M in severance packages to be paid out. Depending on who you talk to after reading the 10Q in March it could be up to $640M. All I can say is this is the slowest Q4 across the board I have ever seen. Nothing seems... — read more 

Germany just got decimated not too long ago, just check how many are now in Garden Leave in Aria. Rumor has it that the UK is next. I know some chaps came over here to the states to keep their jobs.

Big layoff in Apps UX today. At least 25% of cloud UX group affected.

working for consulting-- I never ever remember so many consultants on the bench in Q4 as it is the case now..like today.. the maximum allowed used to be 2 weeks..and you were out.. the sad part is..considering all the 'cloud' implementation technical... — read more 

Does anybody know what’s going on in NA Customer Success? There seems to be layoffs coming soon based on what my colleagues are saying. What do people know? Should we be looking for jobs?

"..it appears the Company’s transition to the cloud is taking longer than expected.” , and Oracle and other ""small players"" are losing market share to big players.. https://marketrealist.com/2018/04/why-oracle-stock-fell-13-4-in-the-last-10-days

I’m in the x86 hardware group. I’ve been here a little more than a year, and already survived 3 RIFs. Recently my manager asked if we could move my performance review cycle to May. The alarms went off in my head. A RIF ? Am I reading too much into... — read more 

Also, there won't be JavaOne this year. Just wondering, how do you know this?

No major layoffs reported this past week. Total YTD FY18 remains at 8,680 and since 6/1/2016 at 18,680. Every reason to expect a major layoff at end of FY, keep looking for job all. Be well.

Yes, Oracle screwed you by letting you go. But they did give you a generous severance and there's no way you can say your RIF took you by surprise. We all knew layoffs were coming. Also, you were an at-will employee and those were the terms of your... — read more 

Not very popular in Austin.... https://www.facebook.com/defendourhoodz/photos/rpp.1736751846543872/2084309911788062/?type=3&theater

attended an internal call to hear delivery steps/sample of analytic cloud setup/provisioning.. in summary,. after 10s of support SR filed by consultants, there is no guarantee things will work during the coming months as this was only 'beta'... — read more 

http://fortune.com/2018/04/05/safra-catz-donald-trump-oracle-amazon/ Oracle chief executive Safra Catz criticized the bidding process for a huge Pentagon cloud computing contract in a private dinner with President Donald Trump on Tuesday, complaining... — read more 

Has anyone else been stiffed by Oracle? I interviewed with Oracle last year. Spent my own money to travel to an interview. Was told by oracle I would be reimbursed. Filled out reimbursement paperwork. Been emailing back and forth for many months. No... — read more 

the have proof-- "..Company has won billions of dollars in business to help government shift computing services from legacy mainframes onto the cloud.." ======... — read more 

With her corrupt wining to DJT about the cloud contract SC proves that she’s a corrupt loser. Yep, that’s one of oracle’s CEOs and LE’s close confidante. LOSER!

Let’s see, Bloomberg has now confirmed that SC did in fact raise the AWS cloud contract award with DJT, something about the requirements she didn’t like. You mean SC that you have a problem with the government requiring that the cloud actually exist... — read more 

Oracle cloud is such an unmitigated disaster that the 3 stooges are now looking for a tax payer bail out as a lady desperate jail Marry to save the company. Hear the s---ing sound! No limit to how low these 3 whores runnig oracle will sink.

If anybody ever had any doubt how uncompetitive oracle cloud is the s---ing up that SC is doing at the DJT WH should dispell it. Oracle cloud s---s to SC is now s---ing up to DJT in a last desperate move. Hear the s---ing sound of oracle dying.

This could change everything..for better ? "....President Donald Trump will dine on Tuesday with Oracle Corp. co-chief executive Safra Catz, whose company is competing with Amazon.com Inc. for a multibillion-dollar Pentagon contract, people familiar... — read more 

See the bearish article on ORCL at https://finance.yahoo.com/news/don-t-wait-short-oracle-144006980.html Interesting that the they are recommending a short position after such significant drop.

Catz has been in active in Washington for years, which suggests her cultivation of Trump may involve business as much as politics. During her coming visit to Israel in 2 weeks (week of the 15 April) she will be meeting at the United States Ambassador... — read more 

Cloud and on-premise software has the largest amount of restructuring plan cost. Total expected costs are $300 million for cloud and on-premise software, $241 million for hardware, $130 million for services, and $443 million for other. While “other”... — read more 

You guys are still falling for this I see, even though the last one was written in all caps and is clearly an ESL troll. Don't you know this site is full of trolls who want nothing more than to irritate unemployed people? They'll post this and other... — read more 

Oracle sued over claims of shoddy service, licensing designed to force adoption of its kit https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/03/22/oracle_shoddy_service_license_denials_aimed_to_force_adoption_of_cloud_service_lawsuit_claims/ A&E Adventures sues... — read more 

LE, MH and SC have their bonuses tied to corporate performance, so they will do whatever it takes in order to continue pocketing millions of dollars. The reality is that... Oracle's on-premise/licensing model has peaked as corporations are finding... — read more 

They won their lawsuit: https://www.inshorts.com/en/news/google-loses-copyright-case-for-java-faces-$9-billion-fine-1522232949572 Do they have any reason to keep the Jave people around any longer? It wouldn't be the first product they abandoned. EE... — read more 

I'm currently working for Oracle, and presumably not in the rif list for the foreseeable future. I must say that is really sad and deprssing to read so many marketing and HR social engineering posts here. Oracle, do you really feel it is important... — read more 

Happy April Fools Day everybody! No major layoffs reported last week. YTD FY18 total remains at 8,6080 and since 6/1/2016 at 18,680. More layoffs to come before / at FY Year- end, so keep looking for better opportunities. Be well all!