I was part of riff in Jan '18 and last week I received a letter asking me if I am interested in applying for open positions. Is it a standard practice that we receive such kind of letters from HR

Oracle accused of 'double-billing customers' after software audits Vendor giant allegedly auditing local subsidiaries of firms that already have global licences... — read more 

i heard that the head of EBS QA has transferred to fusion, also many of my colleagues who have worked in oracle for many years left EBS recently, should i stay in EBS, and wait?...when would it replaced by fusion?...how many more years can EBS... — read more 

This kind of outlines the overall sales strategy nowadays. http://www.businessinsider.com/oracle-customer-explains-audit-threats-2015-9

Oracle employees , did you checked the new joke of Oracle Compliance & Ethics internal web site to cover themselves and the board of directors from the coming lawsuit. Is it just EMEA & APAC or also NAS ?

I spent some time last year training some of the "class of" members last year and in all honestly most were not the cream of the crop but a lot closer to the "bottom of the barrel". Some were enthusiastic but in all honesty most were as dumb as a... — read more 

Today the OMC group had an all hands briefing. The first since the leadership of Oracle Marketing Cloud (OMC) was unceremoniously decapitated on Dec 4, 2017. Almost 2 1/2 months later, the OMC had their all-hands full business unit meeting to address... — read more 

have noticed new groups in Austin center looking for business-- few emails today with signatures read as: " Information Management Team /North America Technology Division/Oracle| Austin, Texas " " To engage Team submit here: http://xxx.oraclecorp.com... — read more 

They’re making offers right and left for support analyst jobs in Austin & San Antonio right now. Got a call from a recent grad asking about the oracle culture. I asked about the interview process... The individual said it was one interview and then a... — read more 

The Oracle "class of " program is rolling out in a big way. MH is super proud of replacing seasoned field sales reps he calls "Mercenaries" with fresh underpaid college grads. Its a win-win / lose-lose. MH and the college grads are happy. An English... — read more 

Top ten Highest Compensated CEO’s in USA Thomas M. Rutledge $98M @ Charter Communications $29B Leslie Moonves $68.6M @ CBS $13.2B Fabrizio Freda $47.7M @ Estee Lauder $11.8B Mark G. Parker $47.6M @ Nike $34.4B Mark V. Hurd $41.1M @ Oracle $37.7B... — read more 

Dear MH: Here’s hoping that when you leave Oracle you will be treated with the same dignity you showed your own workforce in BUR in September. Hope you get a Fedex delivered to your house and instructions to tune into some clown like ES who gives you... — read more 

After this years layoffs wrap up, oracle will Co tongue to either and fade. LE will be almost 75, MH is pushing 65 and there’s no one with any real talent to taje the helm. The products are as feeble as the leaders. Their client server software has... — read more 

Looks like 250 in Spain got their walking papers this week. That brings the total for FY18 YTD to 8,025 and since 6/1/2016 to 18,025. Looks like more layoffs coming as oracle completes shift to digital sales before end of FY. Good luck all!

This money is set aside annually for s-xual harassment suit settlements, sales commission suit settlements, and other employee related suit settlements.

All of you in locations that have been/ look like they will be affected by coming layoffs - alert your local media and your stare and Congressional reps to oracle behavior. Bring them up to date on oracle strategy and the layoffs that’s already taken... — read more 

https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/16/oracle-grabs-zenedge-as-it-continues-to-beef-up-its-cloud-security-play/

Several meetings took place both in person and via conference on a layoff schedule for HW. Managers were asked to rank employees in order of importance and then recommend who to let go in March and who in June. HD will absorb org in June. Trick here... — read more 

As Oracle is now basically a SaaS holding company and is laying off field sales, it's time for practical SaaS services that Oracle executives can really use! Choose from one of these outstanding new Oracle cloud products: MLaaS: A new Machine... — read more 

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/the-5-best-tech-companies-to-work-for-in-2018/

So while we wait...and between resume revisions and interviews, what are the best binge-worthy shows?

Replacement of Cloud UX VP and Fusion Apps UX VP signals the start of a large scale layoff within orgs. Viva La Mexico

The fate of about 300 people hang in the balance. About 100 sales people, about 60 sales consultants and a hundred of so staff in hardware field sales hangs in the balance. Here is the interesting thing, the sales people will be given a 90 day plan... — read more 

Following the consultation period between the Company and the Employee Representatives as part of the collective dismissal procedure, you are hereby called to attend a meeting with the Human Resources Department on Wednesday, February 21st, 2018 at... — read more 

Hurd and Kurian were gungho about fusion cloud at customer briefing sessions. Is there still hopes for FusionApps and Oracle Cloud ?

Any former employees received their 2017 W2s from Oracle? Still waiting for mine.

So do most in NA feel that we'll get standard 60 days WARN for field sales and field sales engineers? So before the typical reorg, does that mean April 1? Have seen several Oracle Digital people move to field roles so managers are clueless to higher... — read more 

No major layoffs this past week. Total for FY18 YTD remains at 7,775; total since 6/1/2016 at 17,775. See other threads for potential major layoffs coming done the road. Keep looking for new jobs. Be well all!

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It pays to make friends in people in HR and facilities with Oracle. I've been able to triangulate what is happening, on what appears to be a global scale. At months end (Q3) March 1st 2018 and then the final blow June 1st 2018 as Oracle offices... — read more 

Oracle - Cambridge, MA Senior Software Engineer Reports To: Senior Director of Engineering This individual will be a senior member of the Engineering organization supporting Oracle + Dyn Edge. Primarily focused on delivering the implementation of our... — read more 

Big push for IPaaS. MH is on a rampage major meetings this week. Fusion Apps management called into big meeting Wednesday next week (valentines day). Its not just financials, a few were impacted a couple of weeks ago. I heard plan is to eliminate... — read more 

Is Oracle Systems going the ARM route? "Renee James: The company is named Ampere. We’re a new semiconductor company building hyperscale cloud processors to be used in storage as well as servers, based on ARM 64. We’re an ARM licensee, so we’re... — read more 

Getting ready to part ways with big red but have over $3K outstanding expenses lingering in the new cloud expense system. Anyone know the process when leaving and getting expenses paid?

Outside of Oracle and HP people are aware of MH and his list of short comings. He has terminated over 52,000 American jobs, driven NCR and HP into the ground and is busy working on a third here at Oracle. His strategy is pure slash and burn. He... — read more 

It seems that the 2010 HP thing keeps haunting MH. Another law suit popped up in July 2016 that took years to resolve. Our intrepid Hero MH successfully dodges more bullets than Neo in the Matrix. He was able to wiggle out of the fraud charges just... — read more 

I was RIF'd but I love Oracle too much that I want to find a job with them somewhere somehow. Has anybody who got RIF'd been rehired by Oracle? How did you manage it?

In 2017 each of MSFT, Google and Amazon spent more than $11 Bn on cloud compared to Oracle $2bn. Over the last three years each of these companies has invested more than $30bn on cloud compRed to Oracle $5bn. No wonder their clouds work and generate... — read more 

No major layoffs this past week. Total for FY18 remains at 7,775; since 6/1/2016 at 17,775. Expectations of significant layoffs to come before end of FY. Keep looking! And best of luck in your job searches !

value chain mgmt - over staffed - big cut soon - non performing BAs and hom working sr mgrs(read BA in disguise) in India may be kicked out next month