and falling... LE drops in forbes list..painful LE

Ppl on this blog are wondering why there are not so much recent layoffs at Oracle... There is a good reason, In fact, expect the opposite to happen: a hiring spree. Not because Oracle needs more people, but to fill in the spots that are now, and are... — read more 

Usually the views go up when layoffs are coming. So, seems no rumors circulating. No layoffs coming up. Did enough people really leave this last year that no layoffs were needed? What are the estimates of how many people left? How many... — read more 

OCI is woefully underfunded, and their nearest competitors, Google and Microsoft, outspend Oracle 11 to 1 on infrastructure. (Look at capex in the earnings reports.) They need to spend $28 bil on data centers and network capabilities to be... — read more 

I don't know if it's a coincidence or not, but when I look at all the colleagues who got cut and those who left because of the enormous pressure (which Oracle often uses to get rid of unwanted people), I come to a conclusion that this company loves... — read more 

Today, Inflation is pegged at 7% annually. Your raise is pegged at X%. How much richer are you?

LE’s management philosophy: “You’ve got to be good at intellectual intimidation and rhetorical bullying.” Softwar: An intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle by Matthew Symonds. Apparently, LE later disavowed this strategy as “inexperienced... — read more 

The last two quarters have provided ample evidence of that. The dreamers set the goals so high you have no chance, but they are willing to pay you $5,000 to bring a friend into this mess. All I can say is ‘make him pay’ for it.

I spent 10+ years at oracle. I had zero formal training besides those God awful compliance cartoons. I’m at a new company now. On my 2nd and 3rd days of my first week of my company I had more formal training (real in job training) than I did in 10+... — read more 

I have never had a positive experience with HR in this company. I'm interested in how these people get to the HR position in the first place. I know that they are not there to protect the interests of employees, primarily the company, but the... — read more 

the worthless Cr-p is falling...like a rock... = https://www.marketwatch.com/story/oracles-stock-falls-toward-record-long-losing-streak-in-wake-of-cerner-buyout-deal-2021-12-31?siteid=yhoof2&yptr=yahoo

This is how Oracle treats employees from acquired companies: they send you a fedex to say whether you are in or out. they try to adopt the same culture as the acquired company and as time goes by, it completely fades and merges to the... — read more 

2021 was my last year at Oracle. All I can say. I had a nice laugh with a current employee about how much of a joke our old manager is. These are my top 10 observations. Since I’m no longer an employee, I will come back on occasion for laughs. Good... — read more 

Director, Senior Director, VP, GVP, AVP, SVP, EVP. They make up titles just to please you. Don’t be flattered if you have a VP title, especially at NetSuite GBU

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/oracle-cerner-liar-cloud-211541212.html ....Critics call Oracle’s products a “fake cloud.” Oracle’s proprietary tools are still embedded in it. Ellison calls it an “autonomous cloud.” This has created a form of... — read more 

Got a nice holiday email a couple days ago from one of the absolute clown directors in my group stating the following: "You are so important for us. Merry Christmas" Notice he said FOR us, rather than TO us. I don't think he actually did that on... — read more 

Honestly, I did a lot of extra work because I didn’t want to lose my job. I thought I would lose my job quickly if I didn't do everything they told me. Now, however, I see that the situation is reversed. It seems that those who do not want to do... — read more 

If you lose members of your team and then have to do take over their work until replacements are hired, don't hold your breath that it will happen any time soon. We've lost three team members in the last month and we're still waiting for ONE... — read more 

Oracle's stock has reached a plateau with 89's. There were some gimmicks during the last earnings call to boost the stock price. But it didn't last long. With the new Cerner acquisition, Oracle stock might fall to its pitfall from 89-> 87->82 or... — read more 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/oracle-cerner-purchase-prompts-trio-192133677.html But Oracle’s “aggressive use of cash” to fund shareholder returns and acquisitions is pushing the company to the cusp of junk, according to Bloomberg Intelligence... — read more 

I came here from a company that has a very different culture. Let’s just say I wasn’t paid there as much as I wanted to, but the culture was great. I'm paid better here, but I can't get used to the dynamics and the environment. I worked in several... — read more 

For many years I blamed myself for not getting certain jobs at Oracle. In my unit, a mostly irrelevant GBU, jobs the last 10 years went to people who were part of a certain acquisition or part of some “in” crowd. As time passed, I saw colleagues at... — read more 

How many are usually laid off off the bat? I know there'll be some layoffs for sure, but I'm just trying to assess how bad it'll get in case that these acquisition talks pen out. Should I start looking for a new job as soon as we know for sure or... — read more 

I saw one IC5 at OCI joined Twitter as a staff engineer. I know he was a star at OCI. Does a staff engineer at twitters get better pay than IC5 at OCI?

A notice to people who are moving into new positions. You simply can’t trust people when money is involved at oracle. Get a clear designation that the role is going to be a promotion versus a mgmt transfer. Oracle loves their people so much, they are... — read more 

https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/oracle-talks-buy-cerner-wsj-2021-12-16/

With stock at an all time high and LE again among the 5 richest people in the world, there must be a lot of high-5s and pats on the back among the top leaders. Why change something that's not broken?

https://www.drucker.institute/2021-drucker-institute-company-ranking/

Sales Engineers and their roles are changing. We are now designated as hunters, but what does this mean for sales reps?

Is the apps org in a better place after the leadership change? Was that a layoff or voluntary?

HW revenue down 10% year over year... AGAIN!. The hw platform is a POS - a boat anchor dragging the company down since its acquisition from Schwartz/McSqueely. Take it behind the woodshed and put it out of its misery - PLEASE!

Oracle is pathetic. I got promoted and got a 2% raise after exceeding expectations in my role for a number of years, while that was happening I was interviewing elsewhere because I had enough and accepted and signed without even considering oracles... — read more 

https://m-economictimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/m.economictimes.com/news/international/business/google-to-give-additional-1600-staff-bonus-globally-this-year/amp_articleshow/88176833.cms Google gives an additional bonus!

Better fired people via Zoom??? Guess the media doesn't know that Oracle usually does it just before holidays using conference calls. https://www.yahoo.com/news/fired-better-com-employees-email-111323345.html Do you have a story to share about... — read more 

And your raise this year will be _____ (fill in the blank). Therefore your net salary will be raise - 6.2. Good luck

I don't understand all the negative sentiment on this board. Is Oracle that bad of a company to work for? I mean, gosh, you people sound like taking a job there is like working for the devil himself. People can't suck that that much there can they?... — read more 

If the goal for every reorg is to improve this company, I see exactly the opposite happening. After each reorg it gets worse.

Load up on this stock and enjoy the ride. Worth $500-600 per share within the next twelve months.

They did it again! Another reorg! One day we are talking about the survey that identified too much change, and the next day our response is generate more change! I’m glad their listening.