https://www.businessinsider.com/tech-layoffs-allow-workers-learn-how-to-unionize-2023-3 Layoffs inspire interest in unionizing. Google’s layoffs did two things, my teammate Paayal Zaveri writes. They shattered the utopian illusion of working at a... — read more 

Just saying... And some solid RSUs...

We can all breath a little easier by about noon on the 7th.

We all know that LJE is the original Musk, cutting people with no regard for life. It sounds like LJE’s former protege Marc Benioff—whom the Oracle founder himself encouraged to start Salesforce—is coming around to be LJE Jr. Benioff is learning... — read more 

Interesting

It looks like "Kings Way" is clearly "The Way". But, not at all sure what Kings Way is. See, here is Kings Way... Looking forward truth revealed. The lies stealing & cheating need to be revealed as well as. Follow the money. During layoffs... — read more 

Dear admin, Shall we frown upon posts that reference a specific date for RIF’s with ZERO clarification? Sincerely, The concerned majority

Google & others announe cutting higher salaries - and it's like uhhh you mean we can do that? It's like they are so out of touch they forget who pays the bills. The habit of laying off employees is all they seem to know. The rest of the world knows... — read more 

You never know what the management will do next. They are watching your every move. Looking towards the next round of layoffs. You can’t trust anyone these days. It’s hard to tell whose in and whose out.

We have a management that is scared of trying anything new. This has become a place where modern ideas and proposals go to die. We're stuck in the past while everybody else is moving forward. Instead of offering a better product, we're bullying our... — read more 

Oracle earnings coming up soon. Will there be a hit or a miss on revenue and profit? How much more money is left over to cut employees? How is Oracle handling Cerner and the VA boondoggle? How is SC and her spreadsheets approaching the... — read more 

Just curious. Marketing genius or another useless and title-inflated VP?

Are there going to be any big layoffs in Q4?

My management was so odd, so strange. I didn't quite get everything they were doing. But, I see it more clearly now. The run-on sentences followed by the DO NOTHING command tone. It worked, sort of, but it always looked a bit odd to me, and I was... — read more 

subordination noun The act of subordinating, subjecting, or placing in a lower order, rank, or position, or in proper degrees of rank; also, the state of being subordinate or inferior; inferiority of rank or dignity. So here we are once... — read more 

“Companies can no longer offer severance agreements that prevent employees from making disparaging remarks about their former employer, the National Labor Relations Board ruled Tuesday. The big picture: The federal agency said these agreements... — read more 

Should we mark ourselves safe from layoff.

What frustrates me the most is that all the work of Oracle's leadership boils down to layoffs. Instead of actually managing the company with well-developed plans and vision, layoffs are their preferred response to all the obstacles and issues... — read more 

I am surprised at how quiet the board is.

Another Travis Kalanick legacy is disappearing from Uber. The ride-hailing and food-delivery firm revealed on Monday that it was shifting most of its computing work off its own data centers to the public cloud, reversing an Uber policy that has been... — read more 

https://www.abortretry.fail/p/the-network-is-the-computer

Oracle’s logo is red It’s beat up employees are blue Layoffs are imminent And likely will affect you LE enjoys Lanai SC rolls in the (spread) sheets JM guts his organization Employees with full of (pink slip) treats It’s not your father’s... — read more 

When they say I love you in their own unique way, just like they said Merry Christmas.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickmoorhead/2023/02/08/oracle-cloudmaking-all-the-right-moves-in-2022/

Just minor corrections, but interesting. Surprise!

I got an offer for IC4 in ops. Any details I’ve found about this level is IC4 in engineering. Can anyone explain more about this level? Is it considered senior-level in Oracle? Mid-level manager? Entry with experience? Typical salary range would be... — read more 

Folks at Salesforce are gone today!

Paywalled: https://www.businessinsider.com/oracle-don-johnson-larry-ellison-org-chart-2023-1 Paywall Removed: https://archive.is/Dmd2A Title: Leaked Oracle org chart shows the top execs reporting to Larry Ellison after cloud leader Don Johnson's... — read more 

Why Is OCI not selling this q???

I have recently noticed a VP promotion in MS ASE organization. We were told by our managers that there would not be any mid year promotions in the ASE org due to budget constraints. We’re there any other promotions in the ASE org.

It has been a good month. I hope we can say that at the end of February, wit both Valentines Day and the start of Lent coming up!

ADP tells me my login is managed by Oracle, which would be really great if I actually, you know, worked at Oracle and had an Oracle login.

Termination/RIF date was last week, trying to determine whether the final payslip is processed 1/31?

Asked by someone in the comment and wanted to start a thread. Based on what I see on LinkedIn, it seems very disorganized still. And while JM is not AK spending money on Red Bull Racing and quoting “Who Moved My Cheese,” I imagine morale is still... — read more 

# Cloud division: Total cost 283 (C&L) => Expecting cost around 120. Payrange 250-800 The severance pay is less here as lots of new joiners. So easy to mass layoff and reduce cost. But expecting some top directors/managers to be thrown... — read more 

I understand H1B gives a threat to US Citizens. But they are less threat compared to Offshoring projects completely. So what challenges these H1B's face. They are slaves to Citizens, they are slaves to offshore teams. There are good technical people... — read more 

Did he resign or get let go? Is this indicative of a deeper issue with the Cerner integration?

They don't need to lay off people in my area; All they need to do is to maintain the hiring freeze that has been in place for the past 8 months; attrition will take care of the rest. Exactly. It is surprising how many of my colleagues are leaving... — read more