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

Ten Signs Your Company Couldn't Care Less About You Forbes – July 16 Here are ten glaring, obvious signs your employer couldn't care less about you: They announce major, financially impactful (negative) policy change to employees with the unstated... — read more 

Yr over year revenue is down across the board. Churn is up with clients. Revolving door for Employess and cloud clients especially. Class of program is on life support bc the word is out at the universities in Austin and elsewhere that it's a dead... — read more 

The layoff number remains at 4,000 for FY18. They were too busy getting read for the employee meeting to lay people off. Don't get complacent however, more layoffs are coming

"All this falls by the wayside when a major disruption strikes the sector, typically led by a venture-backed start-up with everything to gain and nothing to lose. Now the Horizon 1 business is under immediate pressure to reform, not so much from... — read more 

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My bonus posted today. $925 after taxes. What a joke. That's less than 20% than others on my remaining team. It also is half of my Q3 hold back. They really screw you after being laid off

anyone attend this today? anything of interest?

It's fair to say that every company out there that cares and is invested in their workforce knows that you don't mess with peoples money. And Oracle....well we know they don't care. For all of the people that survived the YE slaughtering...we won't... — read more 

Check the link below with info on visas: http://www.myvisajobs.com/Visa-Sponsor/Oracle-America/470.htm Oracle America, Inc. has filed 2999 labor condition applications for H1B visa and 1876 labor certifications for green card from fiscal year 2014 to... — read more 

Rumor has it that older white people were the only group targeted in the last layoff this summer. White women over 40 were the largest group let go reassigned based on head count. In other words white women over 40 were not the largest group let go... — read more 

I was targeted as part of the RIF June 30th as a principal sales consultant. I contacted my old manager who is now one of the higher ups for the ECA group in North America. He had several calls from good people and was doing his best to survive the... — read more 

I was part of a significant WWOPS RIF in February. I am finally eligible for my unemployment benefits, yet Oracle is now claiming I was dismissed for performance - a total fabricated lie. Beyond belief that a corporation so greedy now wants to... — read more 

“You need to replace the CEO with someone who has a vision for growth for our company not someone who only cuts costs.” http://www.businessinsider.com/a-closer-look-at-oracle-co-ceo-mark-hurd-2014-9 . That statement was from an HP employee in 2014... — read more 

no B.S..as part of class action suit-- Dept. of Labor investigation has been going on for months.. I include myself-- current employee, who was contacted by Dpt. of Labor.. stay tuned.! the wild wild west corporate party is not forever.. and... — read more 

What I'm seeing myself and hearing from others is that their overall compensation declined again this fiscal year (it was down last year too). Various forms of compensation continue to be trimmed back. Variable compensation is significantly down... — read more