Thread regarding Oracle Corp. layoffs

Milking a dying cash cow... don't stick around

I was laid off in 2017, I quickly found a new job and have been doing great. I saw the writing on the wall and skilled up. Just about every company is hiring and having trouble finding talent. It is a great time to start interviewing. You probably wont see any layoffs at Oracle and you certainly wont see any raises either.

Larry Ellison laid out his plan here:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/oracle/2019/06/24/larry-ellison-oracle-is-focused-on-our-star-products/?sh=37b104c7cbb7

"We’re focused on our star products ... And you have these other businesses that are melting away, and we just don’t care."

Basically the article spells it out. If you are not part of the autonomous database cloud team.. you are on the "melting away, and we just don’t care" team. No raises for you, just potential pay cuts and the occasional layoffs to keep in line with the support revenue stream. As the revenue stream declines so does the employee compensation base.

If you like just drawing a paycheck with no future keep doing what you are doing. If you want a raise take the opportunity to draw a paycheck while you get some entry level certifications in any of the cloud providers. Or learn a modern database tech like MongoDB. Or learn something thats is in string demand like Apache Kafka. Take this time to skill up and start looking while the market is on fire.

https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-cloud-practitioner/
https://www.udemy.com/course/aws-certified-cloud-practitioner-practice-test/

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/az-900
https://www.udemy.com/course/az-900-microsoft-azure-fundamentals-certification/

You can get these certifications in a bout a weeks time.
$20.00 udemy course and $100 for the exam.

Do it and be happy. Have a bright future. It worked for me.

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It’s not a cow, it’s a horse and it is in the middle of the river sucking water up its nose. Keep whipping it, keep on riding. The software requires major surgery but we will bandage the old hor just a little more.

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Post ID: @pksi+1cbxGGYI

It’s not a cow, it’s a horse and it is in the middle of the river sucking water up its nose. Keep whipping it, keep on riding. The software requires major surgery but we will bandage the old hor just a little more.

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Post ID: @pkkk+1cbxGGYI

Dying cow?
Forget the milk. Let’s have steak!

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Post ID: @ozzv+1cbxGGYI

everyone I know who got a job did it with connections or wasn’t in California.

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Post ID: @6rhi+1cbxGGYI

You just motivated the heck out of me. Things are surely terrible and you’re right, no raises. The fat rats are taking all the money.

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Post ID: @1rdh+1cbxGGYI

I heard the same story today!

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Post ID: @1gso+1cbxGGYI

I can’t count the number of times I have heard, I am going to X-X. Told my manager, and he wanted me to stay, but he couldn’t come anywhere near the base salary, let alone the on target bonus and signing bonus! All my manager could do is wish me luck (some, the good ones, email their resume, and ask to be remembered)

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Post ID: @ifk+1cbxGGYI

The entry level certification in AWS and Azure cloud is basically an entry level vocabulary test. It is basically a core concept with the terminology of the cloud provider. My son in high school and I both past the certifications after studying the udemy practice tests in one weekend. It looks great on a resume and a linked in profile and the terminology and understanding of the concepts helps during the interview process.

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