It is not so much being RIF'd. It is also how its done. The people who are treated wrong will someday likely end up customers. How long do you think they will keep Oracle in their company when they have an alternative. One reason the market is so tough. Most companies I visited wanted nothing to do with Oracle based on sales, audits, etc. People formerly working for Oracle have to detox if they've been there long term and all mention the culture is what they could not wait to get away from. There are some good people at Oracle. I met a few. Most have left during my time there and before me. I am out and would never go back. Why? No raises even when making lots of money for them. Small bonuses for most. Two factors they use to have you leave on your own. No career advancement for 90% of more which is why some leave and then comeback for some reason. Good luck to all. Unfortunately, most will not be treated with the dignity they deserve.
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Knowing how they treat their sales, support and development teams, I would tell customers to avoid the place entirely. They neglect their own products and let many of them rot on the vine. Expensive products, overpriced and underserved support. And let's not forget those lovely audits.
I would never buy from Oracle unless I wanted vendor lock in. If you want a database, go Snowflake. If you want office applications, Workday, Salesforce, and even Larry’s favorite whipping boy SAP will do.
As a former employee I would definitely definitely run as fast as possible from anything oracle.
@pcb+1mbkqD5K most of the market than can are moving away from Oracle regardless on its own merit. Too many new cloud first applications and database options are there. Not sure what logic is behind a laid off employee that was done in a bad way wanting to have anything to do with Oracle. They would be on board with going a different direction and might recommend it.
they don't form customers. They might form customer's team. So its not their decision alone.
In another way, the laidoff employee will go to new place and buy the product he is familiar with (In this case Oracle product). So this is another way of marketing your product.