Just accepted a job working with Oracle HCM Cloud on the sales/pre-sales side. I've been told by current employees in that area is pretty safe. They had a layoff round impact the org in January, but it sounds like only senior management was... — read more 

What’s the future like for this group of Sun Micro refugees? How many more years?

Oracle is shutting down many unprofitable cost centers and money losing divisions while it milks its support revenue from its large customer base. It is a time to redefine Oracle as a smaller more nimble company. ... — read more 

Good times ahead.

https://www.cnet.com/news/tiktok-acquisition-race-now-reportedly-includes-oracle/

There has been some recent discussion as to the "demotion" of OIT/GIT given its insertion under CM, as well as the associated drastic cuts to Oracle's IT organization as a whole. I can assure everyone that these cuts are necessary and long overdue... — read more 

I had a Sr leader tell me that this week where more than half of the folks will be gone in some OCI - OIT teams. The news is from first hand source who had no choice but to pick and choose team members she/he had worked for many years in GIT Support... — read more 

Six-year Oracle veteran Clay Magouyrk is the new executive vice president in charge of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, based in Seattle, reporting to co-founder Larry Ellison, executive chairman and chief technology officer. Not so bright move, but it... — read more 

Market uncertainty, inefficiency, layoffs, time cards, backstabbing, cronyism, exploitative salary and OT practices and poor management aren’t even on the typical Oracle employee’s radar. The reason is that when you work at Oracle you have high job... — read more 

Holiday? or simply the ability to get all managers into alignment for the RIF? bloodbath to occur starting in 3...2...

What many people don’t seem to realize is that when working at Oracle compensation, management, and job security are of secondary importance compared to the high job satisfaction, sense of accomplishment, and privilege one has while working for LE in... — read more 

"U.S. Labor Department leadership is moving to reassign its top West Coast litigator, Janet Herold, who spearheaded a series of employment discrimination lawsuits against Silicon Valley tech giants, including a pending case against Oracle... — read more 

Poll: It a good idea to cash out your Oracle stocks? Vote by clicking the up and down on the lower right. Cheers!

About to get an official offer from Oracle and am curious how safe it is for a new employee joining? I've always been told "first in, first out." But from everything I've heard, most layoffs are coming at the senior management level? I'd be coming in... — read more 

Hey everyone. I was just offered a position as an HCM Solution Engineer in Austin, TX for Oracle. The recruiter was super sketchy through the whole process and I didn't find out that it was an hourly position until my final interview. It seems like... — read more 

Most stuff I’m reading here is regarding US or APAC layoffs — anyone has info regarding EMEA region? Or are they done after the massive March cull? Asking for a friend.

I’m reading through these posts and preparing for lay-offs any day now. Hearing from folks who have spent so much time at the company and seem to have such higher level positions than mine, even working database and development jobs, it seems like a... — read more 

I have seen many negative comments on this site and disagree with them. The recent actions by the Oracle leadership team have positioned the company for success this fiscal year, and will catapult us back to market leadership. This is why: *... — read more 

Frank O’Dowd! Nightmare guy

Dozens of employees cut in OCCS yesterday/today. Cambridge office taking a big hit. Europe to be hit next week, Reading and Belfast in the firing line

Here is an interesting thing to ponder. Why after all these years as a nobody at AWs to his super fast track to SVP in an area he knows nothing about . The one thing he does know is American companies being where the comp and opportunities are which... — read more 

Please verify info that I got from a recruiter: Software Engineer  IC-2  - median: $181k IC-3  - median: $201k IC-4  - median: $257k IC-5  - median: $324k IC-6  - median: $434k Software Engineering Manager  M2  - median:... — read more 

Oracle for 18 years - 6 years to retirement !

Layed off in DB org after 2 years at HQ. Anyone else?

Anyone seeing any pay decreases being put in place / discussed / put in place some time ago already? I've seen a few comments in other threads over time but never saw much more info about it. Anyone able to weigh in?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/google-clouds-3-billion-quarter-235431797.html

Non Lay-off post here, management is using flex time (if you work 1 hour late to support demand, then start work 1 hour late the next day), as a way to avoid paying overtime eligible employees. Every quarter end we work long hours to support Sales... — read more 

It’s happened in Australia (Sydney). HR scheduled meetings exactly 5 weeks before the end of Oracle Q2 (Oracle’s notice period is 5 weeks) on Tuesday of this week. Sales reps, managers, and SCs.

I recall a list of tech companies in the bay area that may be actively hiring now. Do you have as well a list of head hunters too?

New leadership has come in and today they have shaken everything up. People are getting new roles and new managers. Moving to a more specialized model to better compete with Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. If you are a database guy, you are in the... — read more 

What a sham. I’m ready to leave. Everyone’s interactions are fake and nothing is real. People are getting paid on a fake stats. The director has no clue what she is doing and everyone including management talks bad about her behind her back. How... — read more 

Hi all – looking to talk with some people who were impacted by layoffs (or those who know more specific numbers/departments). Can reach out to me at alandis at newsy dot com or on Twitter at @_AustinLandis. Thank you!

I realize this is a naive question for an anonymous forum, but couldn't we all be a bit more kind and respectful on this forum? I've been reading through the posts today to understand what's happening, and I've been shocked with how mean... — read more 

Layoffs in Australia are coming, meetings are being scheduled with HR right now. This comes despite being advised of Oracle's global policy of zero redundancies during global times of crisis. This clearly was a lie and once again shareholders are... — read more 

OracleDumpsterFire.gif https://gfycat.com/blackandwhitesmugdragon Too freaking funny. Share w/ your buddies in tech. I get the warm fuzzies knowing that Oracle employees have figured out how to remain productive in these trying times.

It took me about 1 year to get out of O, but I got out. After 6 years at O, working for my hero, Larry Ellison, I felt so dirty. Everything was such a scam, lying and cheating and audits. I would never do this to any of my customers, but everyone... — read more 

Everyone keeps saying the biggest Oracle layoffs of all time are coming in August, how bad is it? any particular LOBs or countries affected?