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 Cloud@Customer. OCI is now at the heart... — read more 

In the end, it will be SC and LE left, like cowboys staring at each other to make the final layoff...

Here are some of Oracle's recent hires in Florida based on 31 approved visas for the state and how much they're paid: Software developer: $129,000 to $212,000 Master principal sales consultant: $122,000 to $199,000 Applications... — read more 

My neighbor's kid is a big user of Tik Tok and thought it was cool I worked for Oracle. Apparently this deal has made Oracle trendy with the Tik Tok user base and has generated a renewed interest in the company. I've had another person ask me about... — read more 

Anybody else feels like this whole TikTok thing has been blown out of proportion and that there is really very little to earn from this deal? Quite the opposite? Kind of reminds me of Verizon and Tumblr... Just google it if you don't know what I'm... — read more 

and put it out of its misery.

Oracle Analytics is growing and hiring aggressively every month. If you are a top notch developer in another doom and gloom department in Oracle, come and join this dynamic and growing team. We have added scores of people in last two quarters.

https://cloudwars.co/oracle/oracle-ceo-safra-catz-surge-to-oracle-cloud-has-begun/

My friend got laid off there after a long stint there....ACS is a toxic environment with favoritism and tribalism all over the place. Maybe its all of Oracle..if your director likes you are good, otherwise watch out. Great place for women managers... — read more