Meta laid off 11,000 people today. Oracle will probably approach that number at some point, but you can't help and notice the humanity the rest of the market has. While LJE surfs on Lanai and Safra hangs out in her spreadsheets looking to find ways... — read more 

somewhere not human being

Meta laid off 11,000 people this morning. Zuckerberg took the blame, wrote a letter, and offered 16 weeks severance + 2 weeks/year of service. That's two to three more things than SC/LJE ever did when it came to reduction in force. This is how you... — read more 

Keep sanity when posting comments. After all world is flat now.

Seems like changes won’t occur until after the holidays? NACT has to re-org again at some point, just a gut feeling…

Growth through amputation!

Oracle Corp. is the latest company to seize the moment in a credit market recovery, bringing a $7 billion bond sale to help fund its acquisition of medical-records systems provider Cerner... — read more 

Stop saying you're hoping to be laid off, or you are pi---d you weren't laid off, or any and all variations of that. There are people who were laid off who come here and have to read the insensitive comments that I doubt are even true in the majority... — read more 

https://world.hey.com/dhh/why-we-re-leaving-the-cloud-654b47e0 “We've seen all the cloud has to offer, and tried most of it. It's finally time to conclude: Renting computers is (mostly) a bad deal for medium-sized companies like ours with stable... — read more 

What really interests me is whether the leadership really thinks that a cheaper workforce will solve all the problems that this company has. Because that's how it seems now, as if all the disadvantages of a cheaper workforce are being ignored!?... — read more 

I wish I had been laid off in one of the recent rounds. I'm not in the camp of those who can't wait to leave - unlike them I need this job. But being laid off up until this point still gives people a fighting chance in finding a new job relatively... — read more 

Those making the decisions to lay people off, not for performance issues, but just because … Remember the words Jedi Master Qui-Gon, “There’s always a bigger fish”. What you do to others today, will be visited upon you tomorrow. Someone close... — read more 

Hey all, Trying to get a pay increase. What’s the best way. Took over manager responsibilities due to him leaving. My team is running very thin now as we still haven’t been able to hire another due to the freeze. I’m only asking to get up to the max... — read more 

Happy Sunday evening, Oraclers! Time is the theme of the week—you get one hour more today, a few hours to vote on Tuesday (perhaps for Larry's interests?), and an entire day off Friday for Veterans Day. What will you spend it doing—fearing the... — read more 

Noticed a few CX reps and presales leaving Oracle CX in the UK. Have they dropped the axe on the region??

They are always willing to swat worker bees, but who is checking on them? They go on quarter after quarter, year after year, and all they have to do is make sure that the org changes enough so that accounting can never do a proper year over year... — read more 

Oracle hasn’t communicated layoffs, whereas Twitter just gutted half of the company with Elon Musk gloating all the way. Which is worse? Considering Elon and LJE are friends, I wonder if they are competing for a race to the bottom.

Why is hiring still happening amid mass layoffs? How can those in power justify cutting hundreds or maybe even thousands of people while at the same time advertising for jobs, sometimes in those same groups??? Am I crazy or is there something... — read more 

After all the investment and chest bumping and exaggerations by LE and CM, we are still not a leader. This is what happens when you deny cloud for years. Did you count how many times LE mentioned AWS in his keynote? Embarrassing. Watch AWS... — read more 

Yesterday I attended an all hands meeting in the lobby of our Austin building. There our EVP held, what I can only describe as a pep rally, with shouts of joy and revelry. Immediately after, I was on a call with two long time servers who are... — read more 

I worked in Oracle and I was a senior manager. I stayed with Oracle for looong time, and the time came for me to leave. There are various challenges I had to take after this. Working odd hours: I used to switch between office and home due to... — read more 

I have been with this company for a long time and never before have I heard so many people wishing to be cut. What are the reasons why there are more of them now than ever? That should be a thing of concern to any true leader.

I was working in a product development team for three years under a thank less greedy selfish Manager. When I was leaving he requested me to stay back, but I decided to move away from the toxic workplace. After two months of my departure I came to... — read more 

Constant stress and worry about cuts hanging over ours heads is not worth it. I don't know anyone who is happy and relaxed at O. Most of us are on the verge of burnout and extremely anxious. Our mental health is suffering, which is priceless. I... — read more 

It's going to be worse. Apple and Amazon already announced about less hiring till September 2023. Oracle has more plans to shed as it has more headcount and will become lean. People who struggled with Oracle, this might be your last exit.

In Larry Ellison’s keynote at Cloud World, he laid out an ambitious plan for developing a national – if not global – electronic health records databases so patients and providers can go to one place to access all of their health records. Oracle’s... — read more 

Anybody else?

Team Oracle, If you've watched the news around the technology industry over the past few quarters, it hasn't been pretty. Rising interest rates, persistent inflation, and global uncertainty have created turbulent markets that have led to layoffs... — read more 

https://www.channelfutures.com/business-models/reported-layoffs-at-oracle-cloud-come-as-no-surprise

How does it work in terms of returning equipment and paperwork? Is there a deadline? Will severance payout be affected if paperwork is not returned in time?

Sadly, it's not too early to start thinking about the next round. We know that we're nowhere close to the number of laid off employees the leadership wants to see. I'm just wondering if they'll let us breathe for a while and not have any more layoffs... — read more 

I've been looking for a new job for a few months but I never put any real energy into it. That's going to change starting right now.

But no one is posting here. It's a chance to give your personal perspective on how things were handled and help others prepare. Was it a 15 minute meeting with your manager?

https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/oracle-close-2-cerner-campuses-kansas-city

Something that says that you can't ever again work at Oracle if you are laid off? I know few people would want to return, but having the option would be nice. I work with a guy who was laid off a decade ago and then returned a few years later. You... — read more 

Can someone tell me what roles from CX are being eliminated this time?

Read Gartner’s comments about Oracle. They brutally blunt. https://www-theregister-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.theregister.com/AMP/2022/11/01/gartner_cloud_magic_quadrant_2022/?amp_js_v=0.1#webview=1&cap=swipe