What is the future of RGBU and especially Retek products like RMS, RPM, SIM, RPAS etc? Is anyone still buying these? Have they successfully transitioned to cloud services? These teams have always enjoyed a lot of independence from oracle, do they... — read more 

Just a footnote to say that the golden goose still generates fat profits for ORCL and is destined to for many years to come. The Sun business is a license to print money.

Will there be any package if someone gets laidoff due to he was put in Performance Improvement Plan.

cratered with Hawaii's March lockdown, Lanai's 3,000 residents escaped massive layoffs thanks to Ellison, who owns 98 percent of the idyllic... — read more 

This is a generic discussion thread to capture comments about potential Oracle Layoffs 2021? Any news or rumors?

There is obviously an attrition issue across the customer success space at Oracle. Does the O do last chance saves to try and keep talent?

Oracle cloud is here to stay. Few years back when i moved to splunk, i used to hear Oracle 1 out of 10 customers. These days I see at least 2-3 customers. Enterprises are adopting hybrid, or multi cloud vendor. Those who say no are ‘L O S E R... — read more 

Just imagine where we could be if our ELT put half as much energy into winning business as they do into cost cutting (or to be more precise, layoffs.) But no, why try to do the logical thing that might even remove the need for layoffs and improve... — read more 

In protest of the layoff of 55 out of 62 opera singers, singers from the Israel Opera Choir gathered outside the Opera House to perform the Aria of the Hebrew... https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/opera-singers-sing-to-protest-layoffs-649488 — read more 

Layoffs are generally a reduction in force. This could be just one employee or many employees at one time... https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/15913-lay-off-new-hires.html

Thoughts?

Surrounding applications & tools that support Oracle or SAP follow suite in layoffs. IE Redwood Software. It evolution products Cronacle automated scheduler for Oracle as well as CPS & BPA Redwood product in and sold by SAP being dropped by SAP. They... — read more 

Weird activities and meetings being scheduled. Any info on active layoffs?

I'm a SVP of AWS and have massive stock options for AMAZ stock. But I want to work on Oracle Cloud as it's the up and coming cloud vendor. Help me get a job at Oracle?

https://www.theregister.com/2020/11/10/mariadb_migration/ For Oracle employee now working for a large bank and this is definitely a trend. We are trying to move off Oracle DB as well. This does not bode well for Oracle.

How do I get a job elsewhere in the industry when Oracle tech skills are no longer marketable/relevant/valued?

I currently work for NASA but want to work with the best of the best. How do I go about getting a job in Oracle Cloud?

Is it real, or fake news?

I have job interview at Oracle for Sales position in Burlington Massachusetts. Any advise for me?

I just graduate from 4 year university with electric engineers degree with Oracle consider me for employment his from India?

I am about to graduate from an Ivy League college top of my class. I got offers from every Ivy League school but chose Stanford. I heard Oracle is a cool company and big in cloud so I want to work there. How can I work there?

Rumour has it that a number of SC’s were released this week, with no mention on this site. Go figure.

In the article I just read, the author asked if the momentum of Amazon’s e-commerce and grocery businesses (with AWS no longer being the primary engine of company's growth) could be an impetus to spin out the AWS cloud unit in an IPO next... — read more 

Tell oracle you have a bunch of $$$ budgeted for cloud services, and that you want a quote for bare-metal OCI cpus so that you can run Oracle's own DB on it. Hint: the reaction won't be unlike stirring up an anthill with a stick, as they spend... — read more 

https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/aws-takes-aim-at-oracle-by-hiring-new-americas-sales-leader Amazon is really dragging the bottom of the bucket hiring RG. It was a major win for O to get rid of him, because he was an impediment. He will be a net... — read more 

Oracle talks about autonomous DB as if it's the cure for world hunger. Is anyone actually paying for this service? The cost is astronomical. I mean, it's just a bunch of Oracle DBAs running around behind the scenes trying to keep it up and running.

DaNoob was let go recently after 5+ worthless years at Oracle. Caught up in the massive marketing layoff. Years later than he should have.

The word is the last of library/tape will be cut mid-November. The ACSLS group will be eliminated as well.

What are your thoughts? I can say that on the apps side of things it's gotten far more strict and cutthroat for metrics and KPIs with more PIPs as well. Where do you see the Class Of program going?

This week, Oracle Spain just expanded their 2020 layoffs to more than 200. We are in a continuous state of layoffs. What is Oracle's end goal? Oracle is willing to invest in TikTok but not in its employees.

Oracle S.U.C.K.S!!!!!!!!!

I joined 19 months ago and every month I hear about layoffs here or there? Why is that? Can we organize a large layoff and get over with it? This does not help with the morale at all.

Does Oracle enforce it? What’s the best way to handle it? Anyone who went to competition can share their experience?

Looking to work at Oracle. Interviewing for a account manager A&F position. Anything I should know ? Unrealistic quotas? Constants quiet layoffs? Anyone brave enough to tell me the salary base ranges

It's the north side of 60$ so I'm wondering if I should use my severance to buy ORCL?