Are laid-off folks offered a chance to land another role within Oracle in a set time frame? When I was laid off from my previous company last year, I had 60 days to apply for internal openings (spoiler: I didn’t get anything). I’m wondering if Oracle has a similar process or not.
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My understanding is Bay area and Seattle is going for a massive churn and in turn replaced with Nashville and Texas recruits.
Prior to about 3 years ago, the standard was that most layoffs happened after June 1, everyone knew they could be hit. They were given 30 days notice and quickly scrambled to find new roles in Oracle. In my estimation it seemed about half of them would find something new. Some of those individuals had a lot of success in the years after that.
Then about 2 or 3 years ago, it started to be 2 weeks notice. Then one of my friends from another group who was really excellent was laid off. She found a new role but when the hiring manager submitted it, the VP refused it. She is very successful outside Oracle now. Anyway that incident shocked me because it used to be very doable to find a new role right away but now seems almost impossible.
How about the RSUs for those close to retirement age? Do they let you keep those?
Even if you are re-hired, don't expect same salary.
I was laid off last year from a GBU. You have the duration of your notice period to find another position in the company without losing employment under the Oracle umbrella. If you cannot land something in that timeframe, you'll have to apply as an outsider as someone else mentioned. I wasn't able to land any either internally (I had 2 weeks) during my notice period. But I did land a couple interviews after that that didn't go anywhere at the time, so the good news is that I am eligible for rehire.
Looking at the Oracle Careers page, anything related to sales, business ops, etc is pretty much frozen at the moment unless you have 10+ years experience. Even SDE and engineering jobs are dead in the water compared to last year and before for anything under IC4.
@ac Last week some got the layoffs notices with (2) months of severance til October 13, 2025. After that you can come back as 'contractor' starting April 2026 and Full time you can start applying until October 13, 2026 to apply. You can apply one month before October 2026 like maybe September 2026 (apply, selection process, interviews take about more than a month). Remain positive and open minded. Start applying at other companies and be flexible.
@ab Correct, they have to apply as outsiders.
In my experienced if you are laid off you are considered damaged goods and are shunned by hiring managers, and not just at Oracle.
Now, if a hiring manager already knows you and that you are a good worker, you might have a chance, assuming all hiring isn't frozen, which I expect it would be. They are trying to reduce headcount, after all. I've heard of other companies putting a "do not rehire" flag in people's files (HP did that once).
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sometime they do, sometime they don't
with this erratic and global firing spree, I highly doubt it is viable now