Something that says that you can't ever again work at Oracle if you are laid off? I know few people would want to return, but having the option would be nice. I work with a guy who was laid off a decade ago and then returned a few years later. You never know what life might bring.
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Yes, you can come back. And as others said, you can also get a pay raise and promotion. I had a job offer with a pay raise and promotion from Oracle within 2 months of being laid off by Oracle.
Generally, the layoffs are driven by the powers that are way above the management team. Once the layoffs are over and the management team can hire people, they will want to hire people with proven ability. If they liked you before, they will hire you back. And they can probably offer you more money, since the money they can pay people goes up every year, but as an employee you probably didn't get pay raises every year (or ever).
Never, ever go back to O after layoff. They didn’t appreciate me before and their tech is disinteresting. Management is in name only. Training? Horrid if it even existed. Professional development? Nope. OCI?! BORING! old school databases?! SO 1990’s!!
You can absolutely go back, and it's the best way to move up a level as Oracle rarely promotes, and virtually prohibits bumps in level when changing positions.
I got RIFed in 2017 and rejoined a different team a year later. It's worked out for me well enough, and I'll ride it as far as I can while maintaining a decent work/life balance.
It's important to remember that these RIFs are not generally personal. Oracle doesn't look bad on a resume (with certain exceptions), and in my experience the severance packages are better than average.
Of course, if it is personal and you've cheesed off someone enough to disliking you to the point of putting you at the top of the list, they may check off the "do not rehire" box on the HR form, but that's on you.
Managers often tell employees that if they leave Oracle, they can never return. This is similar to the "abusive relationship" comparison by another poster. If you look like you might leave, they try to make you stay. Not by raise/bonus/praise, but with the classic "you're not pretty enough, no one else will have you, if you leave you can never return". It's all a ploy. If it makes good business sense to hire you back, then they will. Just don't burn your bridges. Oracle is a huge company. You can totally hate one area and truly love another area. Sometimes the only way to move to a better team is to leave the company and then come back.
When I got hit, I was told I could apply for any job and return at any time. Of course I never did. I was in a good position when I left and I knew that would never happen twice.
You really can't go back and expect things to be the same.
Not all big tech. Just the poorly managed companies lead by megamaniacs like Larry and Elon.
Don’t get your hopes about Oracle.
The fat lady is singing…
Tech layoffs are across the board & industry is not expected to recover for some time. Article t in “Information”
(Publication) today. Will post shortly
Think about looking at a small private company. Big Tech is in trouble.
Benefits might not be great
if it’s a group in safe industry that has
potential you can do well & be away from
O managers.
Nobody wants a former O manager.
Why would someone return to a place that abused them? It is like people that cannot leave a relationship. Oracle broke up or divorced you. Move on with your life and prosper Grasshopper. ;)
Knowing where Oracle is going and how they have treated the workforce, returning sounds like a gamble and asking to be tortured. Good to know though, that if Oracle was the last remaining employer on Earth, that I do have options. Yay!
One thing to consider is you have to give back your severance pay if you return before 6 months. (Of course, the other thing to consider is how secure is your return. I know 3 people that returned after being laid off in previous years that got axed again in the August purge.)
There is a check box that you can check when you lay someone off that they are not "Eligible for re-hire". However, HR will call you and ask for supporting evidence if you check it. Its very rare for them allowing the "Not eligible for rehire" to stand. Most often they uncheck it and allow most folks to come back. Its very rare for them to allow the check mark to stay, as it requires lots of documentation. So while no "clause" there is a check mark in the workflow screens, but its rare for it to stand.