http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2017/10/24/at-oracle-its-all-about-cloud-wsj.html Chief Executive Officer Mark Hurd says the move is in the customers' best interest Business software giant Oracle Corp. is in the midst of a massive transition... — read more 

Fortune - Sept 2009 http://fortune.com/2009/09/10/the-enforcer-who-is-oracles-safra-catz/ "Catz certainly has reason to be thankful herself, having built a fortune unthinkable for most investment bankers. Since 2004 she has earned $27 million in cash... — read more 

No, you aren't special, just like techies found out in 2001. That was but a flesh wound compared to what's coming this time around.

Can someone, who has gone through recent layoffs in CA, shed some light on logistics, and pros and cons of healthcare coverage through COBRA vs ACA (Affordable Care Act) aka Obamacare ? I understand that Oracle will pay for one month of COBRA beyond... — read more 

KAD VP to take over RMD India on 1 Dec. Current RMD asked to handover business to KAD VP

calm down folks- layoff keep stock price healthy - bourses love layoffs As a company there are only 2 groups of stake holders we need to keep happy -customers and shareholder, costs keep customers happy and profits keep shareholders happy. of... — read more 

2 IIA fired Location Gurgaon India. Looks like now focus is India.

4-5 managers level in Hospitality GBU asked to leave on 24 Oct.

Found an interesting article on how much money tech companies invested in lobbying so far this year, and Oracle is at the top with the highest increase and nearly $9 million spent so far this year. I'm really not sure where I stand on this. On one... — read more 

What is up with these reviews on Glassdoor??!! Someone would give Oracle 4 out of 5 rating but then say the only way to get a raise at Oracle is to leave and get rehired? management lacks people skills!! people list everything that a good company... — read more 

Layoffs coming: 964 in Santa Clara and 54 in San Diego Effective on October 31 WARN notice available on the government's website: http://www.edd.ca.gov/jobs_and_training/warn/WARN_Report_for_7-1-2017_to_10-10-2017.pdf

Rumor has it more cuts are coming next week. Sign up for FedEx delivery to see if you have a fedex waiting for Wednesday Nov 1st. Oracle plans on winning the cloud war through software and machine learning. People are seen as error prone, costly and... — read more 

https://americaclosed.com/us-it-layoffs-2017/

Quiet on the layoff front this week. Totoal for FY remains at 7,150; total since 6/1/2016 say 27,150

No matter how much oracle is trying to portray itself as a cloud company, it’s just another version of old IBM type IT company. As such it needs to be valued based on the cash flow from primarily - declining - support revenues plus some on-prem... — read more 

So what's the deal with all of the job postings? I click on the Open Positions on the lower right hand side of the internal page and have emailed the hiring managers and have not heard anything. I've probably applied to 20+ open positions and I've... — read more 

And is doing it with hardware? https://www.forbes.com/sites/bobevans1/2017/10/18/ibm-rocks-the-cloud-purists-moan-but-customers-love-big-blues-15-8-billion-cloud-business/#65b7a18246e3

I was at an outplacement session. More than half of the people were ex-Oracle employees. There were people from software sales, consulting, middleware app development, Sun, software and hardware support, everything. I thought Oracle was just cutting... — read more 

Unlike Oracle, Intel is much more respectable and human when laying off. Oracle execs are inhuman and immoral. The company proved it does not care about the employees, treats them like trash. "Intel has begun notifying workers in its finance group... — read more 

Was wondering if the next big layoffs might come on Dec 1st, since there were layoffs on June 1st, then September 1st, 3 months apart. 3 months from September would be Dec 1st? Some posts awhile back were suggesting that there were limits to the... — read more 

I had an interview today with one of the top companies in the valley , and I was meeting with the director. He was telling me about the platforms their tool support and he said " we used to support Solaris years ago but it was apparent to us its... — read more 

Maybe there is some extra dead weight at the management layer, that always happens. I know one or two that add no value, however, I am in the trenches of sales. We have an excellent SC community that is always going the long distance. The problem is... — read more 

Any rumors on when hw will be hit again in BUR?

I've just started working for Oracle. This is the company I've always wanted to work for so please don't fall for the negativity on this forum. Oracle is a great place to work as it has excellent executive level leadership and an impressive software... — read more 

Oracle expanding in Seattle with big new office lease, escalating cloud battle with Amazon https://www.geekwire.com/2017/oracle-expanding-seattle-big-new-lease-escalating-cloud-battle-amazon/

https://americaclosed.com/us-it-layoffs-2017/ Is it just me, or is the number for Oracle really low compared to what we know?

A peek under the covers will reveal all

Oracle is a joke in IaaS cloud because: 1) Never before have C-level executives made so much money by making such bad decisions and having zero vision. LE literally laughed at cloud in 2009 and instead decided that Oracle would become a hardware... — read more 

Let's see what is new/next???

I am one of the 1K+ engineers that were laid off on September. With two months of actively looking, most of my colleagues I know landed a job with better pay. My own compensation gets a 50% increase compared to Oracle with multiple offers. Layoff... — read more 

More than 60% of the profitable ZFSSA engineering team were fired in a RIF and the decline is gaining momentum. Our VP (OM) + chief of staff have moved elsewhere. Managers are running for the door. The senior engineers are now jumping ship... — read more 

A small layoff in EBS this week. Total for fiscal year remakes at 7,150; total since 6/1/2016 is 17,150. More layoffs coming. Keep looking for jobs with companies with a better future. Good luck all!

MH thinks it’s sales’ fault so he’s giving SaaS away for free in his big enterprise deals...problem is little to zero uptake. Guess it’s not the sales people’s fault! The clients don’t choose oracle’scloud Products (any of them) over the competition... — read more 

At a presentation to a large audience at the Gartner Symposium last week in Orlando, DP, a Vice President and Cloud Fellow at Gartner Group, asked the audience for a show of hands on which Cloud they were using. When he asked "AWS?", the vast... — read more 

Anyone knows a good employment attorney in the bay area who focuses on discrimination, retaliation or harassment at work? I know I can google it, but I like to get some feedback. Thank you

My termination date will be October 31 (Tuesday), does any one have past experience with receiving papers from Oracle following 6--day WARN period? How long does it take? Do they send it out on 31st via Fedx and so available to me by the next day or... — read more 

Is it true that EBS support engineers are being asked to move or volunteer to Fusion Support or else ?

I got RIFed with 30 days WARNing. I've found another job within Oracle, but I'm not sure I'll get the actual offer until after my last day. If that happens, am I an outside hire? And if so, can I accept the package? Has anyone experience this?

I've been on a verge of leaving Oracle for a while now. Still don't have a replacement job lined up, but that's mainly because I barely have time for anything but work. I don't doubt I'll be able to find a job once I really get into the search. I was... — read more 

These people s---. They log SRs as 24x7 while looking for answers on questions. These people are not qualified yet alone should be working in Oracle. They also want us support people to do their job for them. More likely fudging their resumes so they... — read more