I got an offer for an ic5 role. Base : $210k 2000 RSU Shall I accept the offer. I can work either in Seattle or sfo Bay Area? The over compensation is slightly more than my current current compensation? I want to know whether this offer is in... — read more 

Who hired these kids??? I got off a call and apparently the training was “you don’t need to know the product. Just call. It’s a numbers game”. These recruiters and sales trainers are id–ts perpetuating the problem. They all fake calls. They come to... — read more 

Recently Oracle selected a new mail service from Microsoft. Today, we invited the provider of our old Email system, who is advocating for OCI, to speak to us. Someone who is dedicated to OUR products was rejected in favour of Microsoft. He was... — read more 

Anyone know if TTD is hiring? Asking for a friend(s).

Stocking rising. Coincidence?

Do we even have one? I know some people will say Oracle is too big to fail, but it has happened before to bigger companies.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/22/oracle-stock-jumps-as-investors-take-a-new-look-at-its-cloud-story.html

All the sales directors are gone and the reps are leaving in throves. Bad management or downsizing due to poor products? Or bad management? Only Salesforce.com knows I guess. Most of the people quitting end up there.

A Snowflake message board?

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/22/oracle-stock-jumps-as-investors-take-a-new-look-at-its-cloud-story.html

Per the title of this thread you should get the gist of this next effort from Oracle to RIF without RIF-fing. Oracle is so frigging cheap they are doing everything they can to come up with ways to get rid of staff without any form of severance... — read more 

Does anyone with Aria access know the total employee headcount these days? Trying to ascertain the true impact of these seemingly perpetual RIFs.

Sticking a knife in the back is unfortunately an integral part of Oracle’s corporate culture. Understand, if you are doing good work, you may not be getting credit for it up the chain of command. I had two managers lie together to give a patent... — read more 

$65 per share now up 5%+ today. I'm planning to refi my home to invest in ORCL as they're the future of the cloud.

https://theintercept.com/2021/02/18/oracle-china-police-surveillance/

Do you think the severance package was fair in the latest layoff? I got into an argument with a coworker because I was going off on the company and he said that at least the severance was more than fair and will provide the people who were laid off... — read more 

Honestly, not a shred of good news has been reported about Oracle recently. Sure, some false PR around cloud deals that turned out to be vapor has scummed its way into the news, but this train wreck is real and it’s impossible to look away.

The irony is rich. No state tax = POS infrastructure Too funny

Hello, I have recently received a message from my manager saying that I could take at my convenience a day per week for Self-Learning time, which means that I will not be receiving new requests on that day. This comes in a time when we don't have a... — read more 

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/oracle-announces-cloud-customer-experience-updates-301225676.html It's about time. There's no longer anything preventing Oracle from taking over the #1 spot in the cloud market! Woo hoooo!!!!

I can't decide if that's just TK doing what he has always done best or he has been planted there to sabotage Google Cloud. Just joking, the latter option would require more brains than available in Oracle. Article link:... — read more 

cloud engineering is a mess group with no clear direction and processes in place. There is a re-org everyday and i think VK and MH are under the pressure to show revenue which is not happening. There hasnt been a successful project that has gone live... — read more 

What is it going to bring ? More layoffs or just structural change ?

The clock's run out on TikTok: "TikTok’s forced sale to Oracle is put on hold" https://techcrunch.com/2021/02/10/tiktoks-forced-sale-to-oracle-is-put-on-hold/ "Oracle’s TikTok acquisition reportedly “shelved”... — read more 

Most of the time, people who get laid off from Oracle are being done a favor. They'll end up getting a better job, with better pay elsewhere. The only exceptions are those who are doing nothing and being sheltered/protected by the cronies above them... — read more 

Have any of the former employees tried applying for any of the opening at Oracle right now? I'm still in touch with a former coworker who was laid off three years ago. He has recently lost his replacement job and has tried applying for a few openings... — read more 

So many people are wondering if they can find a job past a certain age and stressing unnecessarily over it. There are jobs out there and there are jobs for people in our age group. There are plenty of companies that value and welcome experience if... — read more 

aka managers(l1, l2, director, etc) who has been working for this company 5-8 years. They are the root cause of our business. Get ride of them.

There is a significant reorganization and layoff coming to OCI in the coming weeks. The revenue and utilization growth that was forecast and promised by top OCI leadership to LE and SC has not materialized. Things are growing at around 25-35% of the... — read more 

Feeling motivated? If you haven't read between the lines, last week's message was "get out while you still can". It's only about saving money on redundancy payouts, and now everybody is officially "notified" after they're being sued for not notifying... — read more 

Long time OCIer here, 5+ years in Seattle with that group. One of the OCI OG’s. I’ve seen the handwriting on the wall for OCI. Yes it is a business that JUST hit a $1B run rate. It is growing, but slowly. I’m in the final stages of... — read more 

I divide managers into four classes—the clever, the lazy, the stupid and the industrious. Each manager possesses at least two of these qualities. Those who are clever and industrious are fitted for the high appointments. Use can be made of those who... — read more 

Heard OCI is demoting the IC4s and IC5s they got from OCI-C, citing performance reasons to IC3 and IC4s. Also, they are trying to decrease the pay. In the process, they lost many OCI-C engineers and OCI-C projects are now in trouble. What the f– is... — read more 

CW top 10 Cloud War's February 2021 Cloud top 10 ranking has been updated... https://cloudwars.co/cloud-wars-top-10-vendors-world/ Microsoft Amazon Google Cloud Salesforce SAP Oracle ServiceNow Workday IBM Adobe

As most of the latest posts are 6-8 days without an update,, and the rate of new posts has declined significantly, I can only assume that the chances of layoffs right now are low. That, or the people in the know are not taking!. Watch. After I... — read more 

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Oracle, after announcing in December that it would move its Corporate Headquarters from Redwood City in Silicon Valley to its campus in Austin, Texas, and after putting its 17-story office tower in San Jose up for sale, thereby becoming part of the... — read more 

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2021/01/21/oracle-corp-life-science-redwood-city-belmont.html Not long from “Redwood Shores is overflowing” to cutting back on real estate at HQ.