VP for our org is based in India and has used these layoffs as pretext to totally decimate US employees.
He treats few remaining US employees as contractors and not part of his team.
IDC employees as "us" and US employees as "them" .
The product was incepted by the US employees when the VP never existed and slowly over time most of the US employees have been laid with systemic knowledge transfer.
Now the product has become a Sh-t show.
Unusual number of US employees in 50s were laid off.
Does not sound good for lawsuits.
In Jdewards teams US employees were purged in in favor of Indians. Every one can guess why. Next round they willl get me too.
It's not a bug, its a feature. Telling too much truth is not allowed.
Does the site have some bugs. Comments are getting deleted.
That’s believable. Indian work culture is nasty. The regular conversations are altercations.
Shrinking expensive US workforce means there is no innovation and commoditized jobs are transferred overseas; this is exactly what Oracle is
Sounds like Oracle needs a new labor lawsuit
So many downvotes in middle of the nite for IDC ?
All EVPs, SVPs, GVPs, VPs, AVPs are downvoting in US time.
US employees "contractors" to train IDC employees once and end the contract.
Sounds fair.
Oracle is an Indian company, but they don’t actively prefer Indians. They prefer people on VISA they can control, which just happens to be Indians.
The run of the mill playbook is, a manager will promise the world to you, for going above, and beyond. Treating you as a high value asset, especially if the work you are on directly impacts their visibility. The moment you fu-k up or check out, you will get a we-ponized letter of expectations. The bait is a promotion, support for VISA/greencard sponsorship.
The trade off? You will be doing work 1-3 levels above your paygrade, while still being expected to deliver at your current level, at a high throughput. You will be expected to join any sudden meeting on a moment’s notice. You can never take a small break to visit a coffee shop. You will get pinged at any time, any hour. Scheduled meetings are a suggestion, they will reschedule on a whim at anytime.
I highly recommend only joining for interesting work, then bailing out immediately. Or just simply, not joining at all.
The majority of the hires, I would never refer personally, not even at a downlevel. I’m not even sure how they passed the interviews. I’m sure my interview was many times more difficult than what they got.
@OP VP of AGI is coming...
Anyone knows where I can apply for Cyber Army positions to help spread false rumors everywhere on the internet? What is the typical earning potential? ;0);0);0);0);0)
@OP
No great loss. US based employee salaries are not helping increase shareholder value. That's the cold, hard truth of the matter. Oracle is not a charity for american schlubs, no matter how entitled they may feel.
Beware of layoffs if you train your own replacement in India