Thread regarding Oracle Corp. layoffs

"Why are you complaining, the extra responsibility guarantees your position. You must have learned by now, it's DB, size of SGA, are the disks spinning? how does memory look, JAVA, can the middle tier even communicate with the DB, Garbage collection tuning, the the apps. And last but not least can you figure out which patch is required."

Lovely. Another junior clown in training.

Not so simple as above. My area of support is in HOW THE APPS ACTUALLY WORK FOR CUSTOMERS THAT HAVE URGENT ISSUES. These customers expect, and quite frankly deserve to have the help of an expert.
Getting told that I suddenly am the designated expert on that subject matter without training or actual experience is a predictable clusterfuch at best.

Please go back to your mgmt training program.

Such a mess. Oracle is the dumpster of tech. Time for everyone to get out. Don't wait for a package, everyone is leaving, no one to layoff.

Why are you complaining, the extra responsibility guarantees your position. You must have learned by now, it's DB, size of SGA, are the disks spinning? how does memory look, JAVA, can the middle tier even communicate with the DB, Garbage collection tuning, the the apps. And last but not least can you figure out which patch is required.

I am in the same boat.

I have expertise in one product. They added another product where I had no experience whatsoever, and they gave me no training other than whatever training I can find on the public internet. They did this three more times. Now I am an "expert" in four products that I can barely spell in addition to the one product where I'm truly an expert.

I know just enough about those products to BS my way through most scenarios. Seems to be the Oracle way. No wonder customers don't trust Oracle -- Customers know we're all just BS'ing them.

What general groups are you in? Seems to be a common theme across lines of business in conversations I've had with peers.

My org's leadership has has turned over 4 times in the past 2 years and I personally have had 5 different managers. Executive leadership has zero idea of how to run support or what customers need from the team. We pivot the support model every 6 months.

Maybe a layoff will save me at this point, because nothing can save Oracle!

I am in a similar boat!

They moved me from one product area where I was a specialist, to a new role where I had no experience, and they gave me no training other than demanding certification. Into the lake and see if you can swim!

I'm in the same sinking boat of a situation unfortunately.

Seems so silly that all I'm asking from the company is for training when I get signed up for new technical responsibility at their discretion. It's not like I came here and faked having a skillset that I didn't have. They assign me new expertise, but don't actually provide a means to attain it or even give me time to teach myself. Crazy. Just crazy.

Clowns indeed.