Even if I survive these layoffs, I will do my best to leave Oracle as soon as possible. Because it will be terrible for the survivors. I already know what awaits them - more work than ever, more stress than ever. This has become a place where careers go to die. Where can hard work take you in this company? Nowhere.
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“Lay offs are NOT happening “everywhere”. That is false. And defeatist.”.
Correct. Just in CA, TX, OR, DC. Or “anywhere there is an Oracle presence. “. Which will be a whole lot less of “everywhere” when this set of RIF’s are completed.
Wake up and smell time coffee.
You are just a number and you need to treat oracle with the contempt they show their employees.
Some great companies out there. Get from oracle what you want, but no payrises with promotions, small % of people getting bonuses and rises.
Lay offs are NOT happening “everywhere”. That is false. And defeatist.
I expect there will be promotions, maybe not immediately, but at some point. Holes will appear in the structure and some people will be promoted into them. That always seems to happen.
It will get you exactly nowhere
No? Difficult to tell right now.
Do not trust to hope; it has forsaken these lands.
No, those products don't recover. It's a zombie walking until the end of the last contract.
But where to go when layoffs are happening everywhere.
Out of curiosity, can someone name an example of an underperforming corporate product suite re-emerging to find success after laying off more than 50% of its staff?
In my experience, this means survivors “keep the light on” for 6-12 months until management pulls the plug, but I’m also looking for stories of hope.
I think the best approach from here is to just pretend that today never happened.