Thread regarding Oracle Corp. layoffs

If the product is not viable after having so many product managers, what are they doing ?

I pity CX customers

With poor strategy and vision only hard working employees are sla-ghtered in the name of PERFORMANCE. Who talks stays, who works is kicked OUT

Sounds like a sh-t show there. Be prepared.

I’d recommend updating one or more versions of your resume. One for each role you may seek. Maybe float a few applications to see how it fares.

Add or modernize your skills. Pick up some relevant certs for the roles you might seek.

Review your finances and war game layoff scenarios. What expenses can you reduce quick, what’s your savings runway look like, etc.

Reach out to your network in advance of a potential layoff. Don’t underestimate the value of relationships.

True for most business in Oracle. Near zero career/monetary growth in US for 90%.

CX and OCI strategy has been to get business from existing Oracle customers from past many years. New customers do not even consider it as viable product. Existing customers are lured by heavy discounts just to keep it floating. Its a dead division. Do NOT ever join.

HR surprised they still exist at Oracle, they only come out when needed. I once called my HR rep about my dental, and she slacked me and said “I do not take calls, you can communicate via slack.. Geesh, peace and love

After many years of firing in CX, profits are not increasing. Its obvious but so called smart people with inflated titles are not able to figure it out at Oracle. LOL

Its a known fact from many years now. Every year they have RIFd many people. As rightly mentioned in other post, ignore the negatives and focus on your growth. It's nothing new in corporate world that few people get ahead by licking ba--s.

Too many mid level layers. They’ll cut the fat soon & get rid of the cancerous corruption. AI can identify malignant tumor for extraction/prosecution. Which will send message that accountability is the responsibility of those in positions of responsibility. Not doing what you want because you can? That’s immaturity.

Getting promoted the way he did, it only makes sense. He can’t handle it. He thinks the world was made for him. It’s not. He’ll find out soon enough.
It’s shame he has done harm to so many people, so many lives..

it is 10/90 rule. 10% do the work for the 90%. Join the 90% to survive. This org is sick and is lucky they have IDC to try to keep the water out until the ships sinks. If you are in US and survived the layoff, the workload will ki-l you.

There is a development senior director I know personally who has no idea of anything about development but she is very smooth at talking

depends. my line manager in CX - senior director, knows everything, he regularly goes on production servers to troubleshoot customer issues, participates in code reviews, knows in details everything all engineers do. so naturally it looks like they are going to cut him by the end of this year.

Well said. The VPs have truly mastered the art of HR process to get their titles changed every year. The coders are just too busy to figure this out.