DaNoob was let go recently after 5+ worthless years at Oracle. Caught up in the massive marketing layoff. Years later than he should have.

The word is the last of library/tape will be cut mid-November. The ACSLS group will be eliminated as well.

What are your thoughts? I can say that on the apps side of things it's gotten far more strict and cutthroat for metrics and KPIs with more PIPs as well. Where do you see the Class Of program going?

This week, Oracle Spain just expanded their 2020 layoffs to more than 200. We are in a continuous state of layoffs. What is Oracle's end goal? Oracle is willing to invest in TikTok but not in its employees.

Oracle S.U.C.K.S!!!!!!!!!

I joined 19 months ago and every month I hear about layoffs here or there? Why is that? Can we organize a large layoff and get over with it? This does not help with the morale at all.

Does Oracle enforce it? What’s the best way to handle it? Anyone who went to competition can share their experience?

Looking to work at Oracle. Interviewing for a account manager A&F position. Anything I should know ? Unrealistic quotas? Constants quiet layoffs? Anyone brave enough to tell me the salary base ranges

It's the north side of 60$ so I'm wondering if I should use my severance to buy ORCL?

Curious to hear any feedback from the folks who work with our partners... What are they saying about reduced channel discounts on OCI and the move to more direct biz a la Java?

Anyone hearing news that major ISG layoff coming in November? TT has lead the team into a ditch and AK will be taking over. Time to explore new options.

Oracle Consulting (OCS) layoffs are happening now, across all pillars. The bench clears from 176 to 73 in one week. Take a guess why folks are magically disappearing...mature consultants at levels 6 and above. ... and yet they are able to still... —  read more 

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/palashbiswas_oracle-oraclecloud-oraclecloudinfrastructure-activity-6721555570853232640-BWiT Any ideas what this is about?

Larry made suspicious political donation, not that anybody is surprised. I can hear the legal/political drumbeat already. https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/17/21520356/oracle-tiktok-larry-ellison-lindsey-graham-super-pac-donation-jaime-harrison —  read more 

Heard enterprise OD in cloud tech has 33% on PIP w/ 60k quota to hit before end of quarter. Midmarket cloud tech not hiring. Anyone else know of downsizing sales orgs? It's a shame as OD makes sense organizationally, we've just filled it with... —  read more 

and if so, who will be expected to fulfill this post-sales role going forward ?

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4378788-oracle-is-becoming-prominent-again Summary While the company has been in the news for TikTok, we think Oracle presents a robust long-term play. In addition to OCI becoming accepted by the industry, the... —  read more 

Anyone knows when is next wave scheduled?

Are we hiring people during the pandemic? Or are these interviews only pro forma? Whichever of these two options it is, it shouldn't be happening. There should be no hiring when we are laying people off left and right. And we certainly shouldn't be... —  read more 

The problem for Google on the copyrightability front is that "compilations" of non-copyrightable items can be copyrightable even if the underlying items themselves are not, if the "selection, coordination, or arrangement" of those items involves... —  read more 

Looks like Oracle is set to win and pocket billions of dollars. Estimated to be at least 15 plus. Go Larry Go

I'm a looser ORCL ex-employee and want to know when the RIFs start.

Like Marketing yesterday. For as long as COVID-19 is disrupting the economy, it's giving companies a perfect excuse to lay off as many people as they want whenever they want. Not as if somebody is going to question the need for it, because, you know... —  read more 

I work in Marketing at Oracle and we just had a big RIF yesterday, not sure about other departments. Why did it happen? We do have some new executives in Marketing, was it deliberate to replace low performers or forceful because of company not doing... —  read more 

I’m changing jobs and wondering about what to do to keep the same cell number I have. I know phone is paid by employees but plan is still under Oracle.

I alwys want to work for Oracle and Larry but don't know how to get a job there. What can I do to get a job with Larry?

No transparency and CEs are taking a big hit with their pay.

your org or department is not conducting performance reviews, that's an indicator that layoffs are coming. Brush up your resumes and apply to other companies immediately. You are more marketable when employed than unemployed. Good luck... —  read more 

Left Oracle early in the year. Now interviewing data and cloud people left and right, and a consistent theme is that companies are migrating off of Oracle databases to Azure or AWS services (Google who? Sorry, Kurian). We did interview ONE guy who... —  read more 

I remember when Oracle was a relevant cutting edge technology corporation. That was 10 years ago. Today after a decade of cost cutting and replacing veteran sales and technical people with college grads, Oracle only survives on its large support... —  read more 

Are the October RIFs still scheduled for Oct/next week?

to burst Anyone else think that the pressure is building?

Oracle’s Most Expensive Cloud Sale Yet Software company looks to TikTok to cement its cloud reputation, but politics muddles story Spending money to make money is a long established game in the cloud. Oracle’s deal with TikTok takes that to... —  read more 

Does Oracle share anything else besides title, hire/termination date? Do they share people you managed etc?

It is so high, in fact, that they spend their time here on layoffs.com instead of selling. LOL

I know India employees got one month for every year of service plus about 4 months so it seemed like a relatively generous package (though at an awful time). Since I'm in the US, I'm curious as to what US employees got as their package?

Source Link below (cloudwars): Autonomous Database. Ellison has made the former star of the show—Autonomous Database—now an appendage of OCI, which is the new center of the Oracle universe [email protected] OCI is now at the heart... —  read more