How can governments provide support to those who are laid off? One method would be to impose new taxation, similar to how companies raise revenue. Perhaps a percentage of both usage and storage charged to clients. Any other thoughts?
this sounds like what is really happening at Oracle
I am sure most of you know this. just thought i would share. wow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP-qmffUNHQ
Oracle Spain: 171 people laid off announced
We regret to inform you that this morning the company confirmed to us that a collective restructuring will indeed take place. The information we have at this time is: • Number of people affected: 171 • By entity: • Oracle Ibérica: 103 • Madrid: 49 •... — read more
Weird…let go let go 2 months ago. Now they contact looking for workers!
Got letter saying there are openings to apply for. Did they let too many of us go?
Oracle's True Core is Infra and not Data - Think twice before you plan for long stay
Was chatting with some guys from another company, and this is the deal: Oracle is data-starved. It doesn't hoard any data. They're just a database/infra, not a data goldmine like Amazon, Meta, Google, Apple or LinkedIn. Our engineering needs are... — read more
Manager Comments
1 on 1 with my manager today and he made 2 comments: Confirmed another round of US cuts the first week of December. No input on who will be cut from the lower levels - higher execs making the decisions based on whatever metrics they see (which... — read more
There's something happening here.... But what it is ain't exactly clear
things are happening: 1) update talent profile 2) interactions totals 3) use the specialist/ pipeline accelerate guessing stack rankings
Termination agreement
Have any of the folks laid off on September 3rd and covered by WARN 60 days notification period received anything today? I have been checking my email and haven't seen anything (although the final payroll payment showed on my bank account this... — read more
400 people in Romania
On 3 Nov approx 400 people across multiple functions and lines of business were laid off
Layoffs almost never happen on a Monday
It'll happen Tuesday or Wednesday, if it's going to happen at all.
Are you ready for Nov 3rd?
Payslips downloaded? Contacts and needed docs saved? Be strong.
Getting down
People complaining on reddit that during exam session on the MyLearn courses it crashes down. Will AI be supportive to resolve issues?
Laidoff Directors, VP's, EVP's can start new companies
This is perfect moment for axed leaders to spin up their own ventures. They do have cash & stability compared to IC's. With this brutal job market it would be a better opportunity for people to join hands for a new venture. You can reach out to... — read more
Accrued Vacation Hours Payout
I was wondering if anyone who joined Oracle before 2018 and were on the accrued vacation hours system before the switch to Flex PTO, is aware that Oracle deducts accrued vacation hours each year during the company-wide Winter Break. What this means... — read more
SC take CM out to the shed
So let me get this straight. When the analysts are citing CM and his sale of stock as a reason for downgrading and selling stock, and lowering the outlook, under already existing pressure about future revenue, you have to wonder. All the layoffs... — read more
More Reorg to come
The market expects almost doubled Earnings from Oracle, putting intense pressure on the company to deliver rapid growth and justify these numbers. Leaders/Engineers with stock holdings will be trimmed more. Due to the company's high profitability... — read more
Oracle AI Agent
I see some people internally are taking Oracle AI Agent course. Is there any sense to take it if I plan to move from O? Anybody using it globally or it's just only internal tool and it's a waste of time?
Layoff running totals based on Slack
Tracking participants count #general Slack channel in Oracle One workspace, as the fastest available proxy indication of ongoing layoffs. oct01-oct29: 1950 layoffs, 1689 additions (based on Slack regular tracking) sep02-sep30: 6275 layoffs, 861... — read more
Rough Estimated Remaining Layoff Count
For what it’s worth, based on the 10-Q of $1.6B the approximate 10000 layoffs that have occurred, an approximated cost of termination from historical digging of similar layoffs, the very rough range for number of layoffs left is between 1000 and 5000... — read more
Amazon is planning to cut nearly 10% of its corporate workforce beginning Tuesday 10-28-25
Amazon to cut nearly 30K corporate jobs in largest layoff in company history Interesting !
Layoff in Dubai and Riyadh
Been out with our hr guy who normally is very quiet, yet he said about planned layoffs in our region, he said something 30-50 ppl, mostly from tech part. Can't confirm, but he said that he himself was not hired for such a role, but... you know. So... — read more
Don't use AI tools internally. You are tracked for next
Your position is checked for potential removal based on your usage of internal AI tools. Use wisely.
Decide whether to leave or stay?
I work as a support engineer in Business Intelligence and have already been affected by recent layoffs in my team. Currently, there is no growth in our team; it feels saturated. I received a job offer from a midsize company for a position as a... — read more
Any RIF induced sueys ?
With so many long term people who have been there 20+ years getting axed, have there been any RIF induced sueys that anyone has heard of?? I reached out to someone who was still employed there just to see what has been going on but didn’t directly... — read more
Broomfield why?
What do all these people do?
Benefits open enrollment flyer
Adding insult to injury, got the benefits open enrollment flyer today on the mail.
Happy Oracle AI World 2025!
Happy Oracle AI World 2025! https://www.oracle.com/ai-world/
Slack status update
Hey you nice man, are you still there to count disappearing employees?
Major layoff on Nov 3rd
It is almost certain a new wave of layoffs coming. Put all you got here on this thread. HR, EVPs, SVPs, VPs busy…
Time To Make Noise
Soon company ( I think Nov 18,2025) will have its Annual Stockholder virtual meeting. You are more than welcome to ask tough questions to uncle L, aunt SC & rest of the old horses.
Have you trained your co-worker's replacement yet?
If not you better get on it because you can bet they are busy right now training AI to replace you! It should go without saying that they will try to hide this from you by saying they are "swamped with work" after the last RIF, or that they "have... — read more
Layoffs Spain 2
The previous thread is getting buried by new ones. When will the layoffs be communicated? There's some conflicting info: next week, November, February. Collective layoff (ERE) or individual dismissals? Will there be differences based on the fiscal... — read more
It seems like Oracle JPAC is safe , am I wrong ?
As far as I know , no news about layoffs in Australia , Singapore
Return to home as senior director
Happy to see one of my colleague who was pmts in visa in US, returned to his home as a D. It’s a hope that even you lose something to gain something better. All the best for job seekers. O is not your destination. It’s just a stone in your career... — read more
Layoffs nov 2025
Any one know the date for nov layoffs?
What if I don't return the laptop?
Got the severance payment. What if I don't return the laptop & keep it? Can they come after me? Lets just say its not a brick/locked out.
Why is everyone so certain there'll be no more layoffs this year?
It's not as if we haven't been lied to by the leadership before.
how long before OCI has a outage like AWS today?
I'm kind of thinking it happens soon. Oracle is laid off so many talented smart people, they've terrified the remaining people with talk about how AI is going to replace them or they're going to get laid off, and they're driving away any kind of... — read more
Another day, another Oracle breach. So many cloudy days at O
Dozens of Oracle customers impacted by Clop data theft for extortion campaign: Researchers said malicious activity dates back to early July and active exploitation was observed two months ago. Clop, the notorious ransomware group, began targeting... — read more