Many who were competent and delivering got shown the door while useless people who do nothing survived and failed up. Majority of Directors/VPs don't know the ABCs of engineering of managing people - they are just good su-k ups, liars and back... — read more
What are they thinking?
After so many rounds of cuts, good people leaving on their own, and a hiring freeze for ages, who is even left to lay off? The teams are already skeletal, and morale is nonexistent, to put it mildly. The next logical step shouldn't be just more... — read more
H1B Salary Hikes
H1B Salaries are expected to be raised in next 6m. Expect a bump up from 150K min to 210K min. the best ones who are getting around 180K should be given salary of 240K+ Now with above salary raises coming, does Oracle plans to give more money to... — read more
The Saddest Place to Work 2025
As the former employee I could only to sum up that in 2025 O was the saddest place to work through the years. Happy Holidays to you guys!
Oracle's new AI-enhanced support portal leaves users fuming
https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/23/oracles_new_aienhanced_support_portal/
Oracle Layoffs 2026
What's your prediction as it relates to the possiblity of Oracle layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?
Advancing the transition to a media and content delivery company
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/oracles-larry-ellison-agrees-to-backstop-404-billion-in-financing-for-paramount-acquisition-of-warner-bros-145133265.html Larry Ellison, the centibillionaire founder and executive chairman of Oracle (ORCL), agreed to... — read more
How bad does Oracle s*ck?
I mean does it s*ck really bad? Or does it s*ck really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really... — read more
oracle India - nepotism & corruption rules- retired staff getting extensions for no good reason. oracle Hyderabad, India
oracle India - nepotism & corruption rules- retired staff getting extensions for no good reason. oracle Hyderabad, India
Why Oracle taking massive loans building Ai infrastructure for Open Ai? is Open Ai making massive profits to pay off?
They haven't found a way to profit off of AI yet, given the costs. And it's a massive risk. Remember blockchain, NFTs, and the Metaverse / VR? All giant fails. Now, LLMs have obviously more practical / actual use cases. But they have plenty of flaws... — read more
Crickets, cobwebs, bats and witches
They really need to close this building.
Layoffs Spain
Any news? The WCs keep hiding behind the confidentiality.
Questions asked but not answered at all hands meetings
Will there be more RIFs ? Compensation and reward always appears as a negative in your voice feedback. Is there a plan to address this ? Responses, erm we have a new employee development project.
Nothing to see here (no layoffs), move along
Oracle defends infrastructure spending spree amid mounting AI demand The company raised its fiscal year capital investments forecast by $15 billion as its cloud backlog surpassed $500 billion. The company defended the $15 billion increase with... — read more
Massive layoffs incoming. Stock price crashed
Brace for impact.
Strategic Stagnation: An Analysis of Oracle’s Growth and Culture
Oracle has effectively traded innovation for acquisitions, functioning more as an M&A machine than a tech pioneer. By buying products like WebLogic and Java instead of building them, the company has gutted its R&D and triggered a massive brain drain... — read more
PIP Plans starting to be rolled out
No severance when using Performance Plan Option. Think 90 days before you gone....
The world has become a sad place...
Seems like the world has gone downhill fast these last few years. Not just at work, but at home. There suddenly seems to be fraud everywhere, people manipulating other people, people willing to lead children astray, possibly for a little cash. You... — read more
Friends
I worked in Silicon Valley for years and years. What I found was that most people I worked with, who I thought of as friends, were actually not. After I left work, I found that the people who I thought were my friends, were actually just people... — read more
Quarterly Layoffs in ORCL
400 million spent to be spent on layoffs each Quarter this FY?
Any roles actually replaced with AI ?
Does anyone know of any RIFed roles actually replaced with AI?
Head of Oracle Design left
Under murky rationale the head of Oracle Design left the company. Oracle has made great strides in UX (redwood.oracle.com) but the future is not clear. Everything is “AI” but with no real strategy.
Why you need H1b any more for an Infra company?
Oracle has declared itself as infra company. I see large number of people are just copy pasting from llm’s. Do we still need this special talents for copy pasting from llm’s ? Rather save local job market. I don’t blame h1b candidates but the job... — read more
Massive Layoffs coming - Earnings report analysis
Section: Notes to condensed fin. stmt. Restructuring Oracle has spent $826M so far ending Nov 30 Oracle has allocated $1.6B in restructuring. So additional amount $774M is going to be spent in next 3-6 m for sure. Expected count is around... — read more
Which insider *won* the pump-n-dump of September 10?
With a freakish skyrocketing of the stock price from 241 to 328 on September 10 with a trading volume of over 130k, who was it that benefited? If you didn't unload before November, well, maybe there will be another before years end.
It is wild watching people with zero leadership ability get promoted anyway
When someone has no idea how to manage and cannot work with people, they default to barking orders and scaring everyone into compliance. It is the classic bully move, and somehow it is exactly the behavior that keeps getting praised and rewarded... — read more
Start of the end
With the stock tumbling i don't see any way around than laying off more
Spin Off Businesses?
Do you think Oracle will spin off business units to raise cash?
Executives, Managers, IC5, IC4 Beware
Next level cost cutting will happen for sure. Jan 1-20. Get ready with your resumes
EMEA layoff 15-20%
It was approved by EU, yet other locations like UAE, Saudi, Qatar, Swiss, GB without law rights as in EU can be affected more. Most mid Dec. Today they agreed with EU for that. Can’t tell more as still don’t know details, the plan is signed as I... — read more
I’m worn down to the bone
I’m in my late forties, I'm already drained, and the idea of pushing through another decade or more of the same feels suffocating. I’ve put too much of myself into this job to walk away easily, but some days I catch myself almost hoping they make the... — read more
who decided who need to go during the layoffs period?
I hope a manager can answer this question. How does this work? Who decided how many headcount need to be fire? It it decided by corporate HR , manager level, VP, or some other department?
It’s the end of Oracle
OpenAI won’t deliver $100B to Oracle, struggling itself. So no backlog no pay off of data center nor Stargate. The apps are being replaced by smaller SaaS solutions much cheaper. The AWS and Google connection ki-ls the rest multi cloud. AI theme is... — read more
Corporate speak is getting unbearable
Every message from leadership sounds like a template written by someone who never met a real employee. They keep talking about strategic focus and long-term vision while people pack their desks quietly. Talk about a disconnect.
just curious: has anyone tried to sue oracle because of the riff?
I didn't do this, I don't think a person could win, but if someone thought it was their race, age or whatever you can think of, and gets riffed -- yet people are left working and they didn't get cut. just in general thinking they are targeted or... — read more
Fear
Oracle’s credit risk gauge on its debt closed at the highest level since 2009 A surge in bond issuance from large tech companies helped trigger the move Investors are increasingly worried that the AI sector may be forming a bubble The... — read more
O wants to scale down.
Laid off as well, interesting package and settlement. The invite is indeed business update confidential blabla. My manager was so nervous, she had to read the message from her screen.I calmed her down a bit and then the word came out: due to... — read more
Any Aconex Layoffs?
Any info with facts about any layoffs in Aconex on various teams?
Layoffs Spain
Why do the Works Council in BCN keep saying that everything is confidential? Of course they have the list of names to check possible irregularities. It's part of the report provided by the company. The law doesn't make any mention to a... — read more