Why they can’t attract talent to come to Oracle? Well, wonder no more! Oracle will ‘pay’ for these layoffs with more than just dollars for severance. With more than the loss of experience and customer relationships. They are paying with brand... — read more 

Any impact on folks in Cambridge and/or Belfast?

Can we have one positive thread for a change. Are there any people reading this board who left Oracle and found the grass to be much greener? I think a story or two like this would be inspirational for all folks who have been traumatized with layoffs... — read more 

Taken from the HCM product website… How do you prove that your employee experience initiatives are working? According to Jason Averbook, co-founder and CEO of Leapgen, "Employee experience suffers when organizations lack the foundational belief... — read more 

Hi Guys , I am from Bangalore , today I got impacted , the service impacted is responsys , Taleo ,cx, OCI. Just came out of the HR's meeting along with manager. be careful if your manager is setup a 1:1 with x subject line

Is it decent enough to allow for proper time to find new employment without stressing?

It feels like it'll never end. And there are still two days to go. I'll be so severely lacking sleep by Saturday that I think I'll just sleep through the whole weekend. The fact that there's a realistic chance that layoffs will continue throughout... — read more 

Is CEGBU affected?

Is Oracle healthcare unit is affected ?

Just no communication. I don't know if that means more layoffs or what.

Has always been a traditional day for layoffs! What will Thursday bring? Hearing rumours about OCI, but others say Aug 15th. Your thoughts?

Don't be discouraged by those who say that it is very difficult to find a job now because there is a hiring freeze in many companies. Yes, that's right, some companies have a hiring freeze now, but still there are ways out of here. It is not as... — read more 

Curious how far up the chain folks are "in the know" before the axe drops...

I haven’t heard any impact to employees in Europe just yet. I’m assuming this is to do with differing employment laws (Germany make is particularly difficult to get rid of staff without due reason).

A note on OCI. LE believes he can win the cloud race with superior cloud software. SC believes that its not wise to invest billions in infrastructure in the hopes that customers may adopt Oracle Cloud. So you will continue to have what you have... — read more 

Those laid off should think twice about going back into Oracle. Oracle is a dying company with no prospects and more layoffs looming on the horizon. It might seem like the simplest thing to do right now, but some work to find a better company now... — read more 

No one can deny the most folks laid off are in US and their positions will be backfilled in India.

Morale was already very low and I wonder what it will be like after these layoffs... Probably zero?

I feel sorry for everyone who is affected. I hope that I will manage to find a new job before they show me the door. Unfortunately, many stayed here longer than they should have, and I believe that many would have left voluntarily in the very near... — read more 

thread on which product and dev teams were most impacted. We know lots of SEs, Marketing and Sales let go but curious around PM and engineers. This may tell you which products will be ki---d sooner than later. What I’ve seen impacted: Commerce (big... — read more 

Like every year, long time Oracle people know layoffs are mainly coming every June. It doesn't matter how good you are. Especially when you are stuck selling a product or service nobody wants. YOU will be held responsible and let go. Most OCI... — read more 

RSU docs seem to say RSU vesting is void even during the 2 week notice period, not based on final date of employment. So Oracle rushed to terminate 10,000+ workers 2 days before this year's vesting date. How ethical is that? Please confirm or... — read more 

We have vague info so far on where this is happening. Has it started in the IDC yet?

I know some states have WARN policies, if we live in those states are we able to sue?

A smug as----e I know who kept telling everybody willing to listen how he's not worried about cuts because he knows his value but also made sure to tell everybody to "prepare" because apparently, we're not as valuable as he is gone. I know he was... — read more 

I know people are speculating on whether this will end this week, or next, or next month, but I know I won't feel safe much longer than that. With as little transparency that surrounded this process, I can't trust this management not to do something... — read more 

I made the post about June layoffs (as that was traditionally the time for mass layoffs) and I was wrong about the dates. Also was not certain where the layoffs would occur. I was going off the latest 10K and 10Q to make a prediction. Also taking... — read more 

How many people are impacted? is there any e-mail fron CEO/CTO regarding the number or percetage of RIF.

Please post the org and location where there has been a layoff.

I offered to help. My company isn’t even doing great but I offered.

Apart from all the knowledge and experience we are cutting. Apart from all of the customer relationships. Apart from all the money invested in education and training for certifications, there remains the question of who will do the work?

From what I can see and find online, today wasn't half as bad as Monday. That gives me hope that the brunt of it might be behind us already and we'll just hear about more sporadic cuts for the remainder of the week before it's finally over. Unless... — read more 

I'm assuming the answer is no, but has anyone negotiated a better severance? I've been in the workforce 20+ years. I left a job that I was at for 7+ years to come to Oracle but I joined Oracle LESS than a year ago. I have a spouse and kids. Am I... — read more 

Layoffs are going on, rumors and gossip in (social) media everywhere. But no communication from the 'leadership' team of Oracle, leaving Oracle's workforce globally in limbo about the bigger plan behind this and Oracle's future strategy. Lesson #1 in... — read more 

Some of my colleagues were cut, and I am surprised that they were cut, given that they were perhaps the best people in our team, top experts. There are many feelings right now, but in talking with them, almost all of them are confident that they will... — read more 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/oracle-cuts-workers-us-customer-211601584.html ====== Bloomberg) -- Oracle Corp. cut jobs in marketing and the US customer experience division, signaling a pullback in customer analytics and advertising services.... — read more 

I'd like to say I'm absolutely shocked that some generic talentless generic straight white males that add no value are still employed. But I'm not. For a company that likes to harp on about it's diversity and other meaningless platitudes it's no... — read more 

Survived and got 2 hours of sleep. Now wide awake: thinking about colleagues let go today, how long I have until I’m in their position, and what questions I need to ask over the next few weeks to determine if I have anywhere between 3-12 months of... — read more