For those people who come here who have moved on to other companies. Do you sometimes experience something that happened at your new company that is similar to something at Oracle and you just get kinda negative or go down a wormhole thinking? I find myself having to shake stuff off and say “Ok Mr….it’s not Oracle so don’t even think like that….”
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OP here. I am in my 40's and have saved 1 million. I would go on disability or early retirement before I go back.
The only thing worse than experiencing one of the Déjà Vu moments is to be actually facing the reality of going back to work at Oracle!
The rats are stuck in a revolving door going in and out of Oracle.
The rest of us feel we have escaped and will not be going back!
OP…agree 100% with last posts. Only a matter of time.
The young kids get it right! They have not been around long enough to know what Oracle could be like. They do not stay out of some misplaced loyalty, they just leave for money!
That is the reality of the devolved Oracle!
Yeah disbelief is common. I find myself pretty much telling everyone what I experienced at Oracle. I talk about things done to me and things done to people around me. Disbelief is a common theme. Oracle is out of control internally. Something really bad is going to happen at some point. We already have seen this su----e but I suspect this will end very badly.
OP here. Thanks for the feedback. I guess we can all say that while Oracle scarred us, it did not ki-l us. We are survivors. We will continue to go forward and grow. We were good people in a bad situation. Period.
I finally got out … it took me a long time to make that decision, but I finally did it. I am capable and have good skills for my specific discipline, which are recognised by my new employer and appreciated. I am now in a positive environment where they actually care about people. When I occasionally describe my horrendous experiences at Oracle, the disbelief and dismay from normal humans reminds me what an important decision I finally made.
The only thing worse than experiencing one of the Déjà Vu moments is to be actually facing the reality of going back to work at Oracle!
Yes indeed. I try very hard to stop myself when old thinking patterns threaten to interrupt my workflow. Or my assumptions of something that was said by a leader or an action a colleague made.
You cannot spend time in a dysfunctional system without it affecting your thought process. Be aware and allow new patterns to replace the old ones.
One thing about working at a pit like O. You have lots of stories to regale your new workmates with. Good stuff, funny stuff, infuriating, sad… the place is a soap opera.
Yeah, I experience it. It’s called trauma.