Welp, looks like it’s happening today. Seems to be mostly in OCI / Mark Hura’s org.
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So the shine is off this penny. Seems Cerner is the newest shiny penny in which to be occupied. How long before that one tarnishes?
How many acquisitions have gone splat in the last 10 years?
So revenue generating positions are being whacked? That’s a bad sign. Usually you don’t bite the hand that feeds you.
That was:
"Selling it as a rep or tech\architect is like having your nails removed with pliers."
Its been a long day. ;)
The writing was on the wall. Nobody wants OCI. Just being honest. Selling it as a rep or tech\architect is like having your nails removed with plyers. Most customers are ready to slam the door in your face. The only saving grace you have is if they like you personally - they will appease you. Despite the marketing and empty words, it was a matter of time. They started years ago giving the architects ridiculous responsibilities as they laid off people in integration and security sales. That was phase 1. Phase 2 was starting to replace people with the centers with young people who really know nothing about enterprise challenges or company challenges even. Then they got rid of those and brought them directly in with architects. Even though they might know a fraction of what an experienced person would because it takes time. If it is only a technology question they were capable. If it was really finding the answers to business solutions given the environment, they would fall short. However, once all these things happened and with the demand for OCI not being much in reality, it was only a matter of time and I think it is going to get worse.
All this multi-cloud talk from Oracle is nothing but admitting that they failed at gaining real market share. That is the truth. Now Oracle is spinning it as if they had an epiphany when in reality it is the proverbial white flag.
80 people in Business Development org, BDCs, Managers and Directors.
Nothing but empty promises. Yes, it is true.
confirmed
Sounds pretty widespread in VK org
I don’t know how to find the amount affected, I can say that it’s widespread in the BDC org and I know of at least five teams affected org wide.
How many being hit?
The fact that it's now OCI shows that the wheels are really off.
Confirmed in VK’s org.