I have received a business update meeting invite for today in UK. The expectation is clear. Do I need to take any specific steps before join the call?

UK invites are already going out. Anyone know when other countries will follow? Please share whatever you're hearing.

Word is that Anthropic Claude has successfully hacked Oracle DB, Internet Explorer and Outlook codes with ease. Dinosaur Bones are vulnerable. Corporate Messaging to start by end of the week.

My son graduated last year with good grades and two internships. He can't get a single interview for entry level roles. Every job he applies for has hundreds of applicants. My guess is half of them are people who were laid off from senior roles... — read more 

As of April 2026, Oracle finalized a $16.3 billion financing deal for its massive data center campus in Saline Township, Michigan. This transaction is widely recognized as the largest single-facility technology debt package in history.

I have just checked Slack, and the current number is 154,780 people. I will review it again once I begin my workday.

"Restructuring proposal which may affect several roles in Ireland, provisionally including yours" Does anyone know how much was the redundancy last time?

After the layoffs rounds how the daily routine looks like especially regarding direct mngr? Do you still have as usual 1:1? Are the layoff questions brought up on th meetings or mgnrs behave like nothing happened?

Nothing yet. Had ANYONE got an HR meeting tomorrow yet? I've heard nothing.

Any fresh news about EMEA countries for coming week?

Sales has always been more of a face to face type of job even for remote meetings. Do you really think Larry would try to replace us with AI or cut down on us? Less sales less profits.

Is it likely they will lay some of us off once the sales season closes out?

The return box for my laptop came Thurs. I packed it up and brought it to Fedex yesterday. They scanned it, I got a receipt and that was that. Retired. By the time I got back in my car, 6 months of pay had been dropped into my checking account. No... — read more 

Something coming for H1b. Just under debate. H1b extensions will also be cut down drastically. Reducing the annual H-1B cap from 65,000 to 25,000 and eliminating existing exemptions Requiring employers to certify they cannot find a qualified... — read more 

Here's the link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_vR0dZaYDg Budget cut is the explanation

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/24/tech/microsoft-voluntary-buyouts-us-employees Voluntary buyouts offered to workers with seniority, thus saving jobs for younger workers.

Anyone know the plan ?

Wonder what is the valid reason they going to give...

We've been working under a regime of cuts and layoffs for so long, with no follow-through, no plan, that it feels like we've finally hit the breaking point. Not that I care anymore. When your own odds of getting cut in the near future are that high... — read more 

Microsoft Offers BuyOut and Plans more layoff after that Meta plans layoff. Market in total chaos. Holding to the current position.

My wife's company used NetSuite as its accounting system. They paid the yearly software subscription fee, plus the technical support fee. Now it's coming time to renew, and NetSuite wanted to charge 25% more than last year, with no support. They... — read more 

Our org is now a complete mess , and the workload is becoming insane, they are running everywhere without a clear plan and throw it all on IC workers , what about you how is it going ? never seen this before

To make matters worst, California admits their high speed rail to nowhere has always been a vapor con to raise taxes. You all should quit your Oracle job before they get around and fire you. Then you can hop on a Greyhound bus to Chicago, Detroit or... — read more 

In the early days of cloud i used to hear everywhere mainly coming from Amazon. The folks who came to oracle from Amazon in the early days has only one saying in every town hall, calls at oracle- "Customer obsession". I am not hearing it anymore. ... — read more 

This can only be seen in the 10Q report Here is the link to the report https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI_7D7T83TQ&t=33s

CFO got a $26 million bonus after layoffs. Doesn't that negate the loss of a whole bunch of jobs?

If it's true there will be a round next week.

Layoffs incoming !!!! Time for managers to count their favorites and retain the ego strokers.

Based on my rough calculations (and acknowledging there are likely different data sources), Aria showed approximately 178K employees at the start of August. As of today, Oracle General slack channel count indicates just under 155K employees. This... — read more 

Anyone have insight? I saw Germany was announced today.

Rumour mill to confirmed that managers M2/M3 are being asked to drop to IC level. Rumor from my M5 level buddy is that the plan is to PIP these folks quickly and work them out without severance. The belief is that most won't be able to show value... — read more 

When can I start applying for Unemployment Benefits from California? If WARN ends on 6/1/2026, can I start applying for it now? Or do I need to wait till get the lump sum payment after 6/1?

https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/oracle-layoff-reports-put-ai-140359566.html

The next round of layoffs in Germany was announced today. The plan is to cut 300 of the current 1,400 positions. Since Europe, and Germany in particular, has strong employment protection laws, Oracle will now negotiate the measures with the works... — read more 

They finalized my layoff on my birthday. Some gift. That tells you exactly how much they value people.

And the guys "happened to be" Indians https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/h-1b-visa-fraud-two-indian-origin-men-plead-guilty-in-california-hired-people-for-non-existent-posts/amp_articleshow/130370083.cms

The document says only laptop, power adapter, and Yubi keys need to be returned. Nothing else, right?