Any HR folks know what information Oracle provides a perspective employer during a background check? Curious as I keep getting threatened with a PIP.. I've never been fired before so I just want to be prepared. - thanks

Time to wake up from dreaming. Place has always been a meat-grinder and none of you are the first to believe it would last. You don't have to like it - just accept it. I do feel your pain and it is understandable that you feel betrayed. Try to put it... — read more 

I know a lot of field reps that have no support and have no idea what to position. For veteran sales reps the support teams they used to rely on are gone. Customers with on premise needs are being ignored in field. OD is just asking how many cores... — read more 

When will this Oracle Sales layoffs nightmare be over? I just want to do my job and enjoy my family, really - is this too much to ask? I'm worried sick throwing up just sick over this extreme stress. They are just trying to dream things up to get rid... — read more 

I was laid off last QTR but still keep in touch with friends in Senior management. I was a top performing principal sales consultant in enterprise field sales, so I was quite surprised when I was tapped to be let go. I was in the middle of a cloud... — read more 

Building out a Cloud offering that is truly elastic and global is really, really expensive given the need for datacenters around the world and the requirement for secure, low latency connections between them. With this in mind, look at the market cap... — read more 

Job fairs across America. Google it.

While this site focuses on layoffs and there is plenty to talk about within Oracle right now, take a step back for a second to ponder what your own best path forward will be. In some ways, what is happening with Cloud is similar to what happened in... — read more 

I am hearing rumors that SEC is investigating Oracles cloud biz. This comes as no surprise... Anyone hearing the same? Please share what you know and what you experienced while employed at the company.

Cannot find the SPARC Exadata on quoting tools and just found it internally on the EOL list. Just a few month after launching. Guess this is the proof that Linux for SPARC is gone too.

TK exercised his options to buy 750,000 shares in July and promptly turned around and sold them at a tidy profit of $30 per share. Doesn't say much about his faith in the future of oracle, does it?

Major cuts to Systems are coming next week. Solaris, SPARC, and ZFS are expected to be hit hard. Whenever engineers are cut, sales follows swiftly after. Can anybody confirm this, or is it just speculation? I have seen similar comments on other... — read more 

Sales consulting leaders SC Cloud Symposium in Kerala India also saw 23 family members enjoying on Oracle's money. Who and who in Oracle India including compliance legal and finance were there. They all choose to turn a blind eye. Compliance issue... — read more 

JF gone - check aria systems org dismantled under many pieces in different pillars under ES finally time to find another job, maybe Fujitsu is hiring get out until you can, it's just a matter of months now

Organizationally, nothing has really changed inside of Oracle. Some people have been let go. Some have been shuffled. Some groups (e.g. Oracle Digital or India) are growing. But it is, largely, the same organization that it has been for quite some... — read more 

I keep in touch with friends still at Oracle. Strong rumors of cuts in Hardware Sales and support on Monday. Rumor was heard from the top as high level management is looking themselves. Side note, severance package is good and it floated me until I... — read more 

Told to start looking. Cuts are coming. Can't say more don't want to give away my manager. I asked if he knew for sure. He said look if its not the end of the quarter its just a matter of time and we should start actively looking. He only gave me... — read more 

Could someone who has been laid off recently please provide details on what the package you received consisted of? In particular I'd like to know: How many weeks of salary you received Is this based on the number of years worked, or is this... — read more 

Layoff for the field FE's coming 8/2... 7 hours ago by Anonymous | Post ID: @OsZEoEz-fbf

If you are over 40 at Oracle, pack your bags you will be sacked eventually. MH has made no secret he has no love for the older generation. College kids are cheaper and that's what he wants... cheap labor. It was even mentioned in the all hands... — read more 

The book "Swim with the Sharks without Being Eaten Alive" details MH strategy. There is a short chapter on a manager who cuts costs, works people overtime with out pay and runs production with out down time for preventative maintenance. This guy... — read more 

http://www.businessinsider.com/signs-layoffs-are-coming-2017-6/#the-most-obvious-sign-executives-confirm-layoffs-are-coming-1

I've never seen such attrition in Oracle sales as I've seen this month. Even the supposedly safe Cloud sales and Enterprise Cloud Architect jobs are seeing people leave voluntarily in droves, including the highest paid "Master Principal" and... — read more 

Oracle wants to cut losses fast. I have seen dev team with down to 1 single developer who was the to-go-to person and cut. A weeks later, bugs starting to come in and looking for someone to support the product and then realized, that one last dev was... — read more 

M8 reporting to Mark Hurd is retiring. Announcement coming soon.

It is clear that this forum is mainly driven by sales/support (past or present) staff. however, there are other-- once reputable, organizations within Oracle which are being wiped out due to the recent events: namely North America OCS / Oracle... — read more 

Just got my severance package but keep in touch with some friends in senior management. I could have stayed but elected to hop ship and take the cash. I am now employed at a competitor for more than I was making at Oracle, thanks to the cuts in OT... — read more 

Oracle has good, bad and ugly within it. The good comes from how Oracle jumped in early in a some key technical areas over the decades. Database was first. Then business applications. Then converged hardware. One has to give Oracle some credit for... — read more 

Performance improvement plans are how we fire people. You don't end up on one unless someone wants you out. It's all about making a paper trail to avoid lawsuits. If they are really determined to get rid of you, no amount of effort or skill can save... — read more 

Layoff total for FY18 remains at 4,000, total since 6/1/2017 remains at 14,000. New layoffs coming Q1 so keep looking for those new jobs. Good luck everybody!

Commissions and bonuses for the end of the 2016 fiscal year were paid out recently to most groups and, as a result, there is now a wave of voluntary departures hitting Oracle. Employees are seeing the future -- in terms of how Oracle continues to... — read more 

I work in porting dev. Have been let go as of last Friday, because Oracle has stopped Linux on SPARC. I will not have any issues finding a linux dev position, but hurts that I wasn't even tried to be reabsorbed in other places within Oracle. My years... — read more 

Are there any BI Analytics Sales folks here? What are your thoughts on the goals, they certainly look unattainable to me, I've discussed this with at least a dozen folks that currently work here (and a couple that have recently left Oracle) - we all... — read more 

I am a white woman over 40 that got RIF'd. However, as I was in sales and didn't make quota (neither did any of the men on my team excluding one guy who had a big renewal come due this year) I don't have a leg to stand on. Never mind that my 20-year... — read more 

Anyone know what this entails for Field Sales?

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/19/head_in_the_clouds_maybe_you_want_to_join_oracles_sales_team/

The appraisal process should have been over, with all employees appraisal signed off and ratings entered by 6/15. However this has not been the case and from what I'm hearing from reliable sources some parts of the WWOPS department appraisals have... — read more 

anyone know when Oracle's hiring freeze will be over for this year?

Well served , as long as he did. Bye bye to him and wish him luck. Mr Screwen , the new Fowler, already has an expiration date of 18 months set before he took the job. After which, it's anyone's guess who would take his position. Given how toxic... — read more 

https://www.thestreet.com/story/14232105/1/oracle-to-add-1-000-employees-in-cloud-push-after-stellar-quarter.html Hell is too good for these Oracle execs