The company had a position in Oracle for a single quarter. From: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/14/oracle-stock-falls-after-berkshire-dissolves-its-stake.html

O yea peons, now you know where your raises went.

No major layoffs reported this past week. Total since 6-1-2016 remains 20,396. Likelihood of layoffs after the earnings call looks ominous. Keep looking while they economy is still going strong!

“In the document, the Labor Department also claims that Oracle strongly prefers hiring Asians with student visas for certain roles because they are “dependent upon Oracle for sponsorship in order to remain in the United States,” so the company can... read more

We are coming up again on the end of the quarter. How were sales this quarter? Was there a massive recovery? Have customers started to flock to Oracle in droves to buy into the Oracle cloud? Or was WB right to get out?

https://www.sharesoutstandinghistory.com/orcl/ Looks like they've been reducing since 2012 or so. But the downward curve is steeper in the last year.

This is all that you need to know about this company.

Anyone could update on it ?i see their org boss has been changed

At Oracle women earn 13,000 less than male counter parts, 13% less in bonuses, 33% less in stock value. They also represent less than 13% of the executive workforce. Lets face it Oracle does not like women. They need some serious help with diversity... read more

Oracle engineering is made up of psychos and freaks!! Get the hell out!! The ship is going down, MH is beached on the shore, thrashing his tail. Every other thrash takes out a deck on the ship! Engineering rats, leaches, thugs and freaks gnaw on the... read more

I have observed that there have been a number of town hall meetings lately for different teams. Usually these are few and infrequent. Is this a new drive for more openness or a broad effort across the organisation to get them in before re-org so that... read more

A good post: Always thinking of leaving but never leaving because I'm too afraid to leave. I'm over 50 and working from home and being isolated and being in my role has destroyed my career. some of that destruction through a conscious choice to be... read more

https://www.theregister.co.uk/AMP/2019/02/13/oracle_cloud_sales/

Anyone hearing when the next round is coming? What orgs and areas?

I'm not a VP of anything and I haven't gotten a raise for over 7 years. Nothing no bonus, no raise but I did get 2 "promotions" with no salary increase. I'm at the mid-point of the fake salary ranges and the explanation is that I'm being compensated... read more

What is the plan of doing OOW all over the world ? Is it loosing it’s value, popularity and participation from the customers and the partners?

If they have some genius idea about the implementation of AI into Oracle’s businesses and a clear idea of how to do it, then they have me on their side on this, but I highly doubt it. I get it that in this day and age it’s s-xy to talk about AI and... read more

5 years away from 80...

How can anybody be so dumb that they still own oracle stock? Mind boggling! Oracle cloud offerings s---, customers hate oracle, cloud revenues are pure fiction, and management, especially the 3 stooges, are grotesquely overpaid baboons. If you have... read more

No major layoffs this past week. Total since 6/1/2016 remains at 20,396. Do not get lulled into believing that there are not more layoffs coming, there are.

KT's org decided to hide a TON of knowledge articles without even giving us the heads up. Ergo, I cannot give customers km notes to fix their problems, ergo I get bad csat scores, ergo I get laid off.

https://www.propublica.org/article/older-workers-united-states-pushed-out-of-work-forced-retirement ProPublica and the Urban Institute, a Washington think tank, analyzed data from the Health and Retirement Study, or HRS, the premier source of... read more

Morally what Oracle does is very questionable. As an employee - if you honestly give your all to Oracle - work hard and to the best of your ability - put in your 8-10 hours a day - take weekend and out of hours calls with good grace - keep yourself... read more

Hi all, I've been hearing that the UK has a decent package etc, but does anyone know how much is it etc? Also, do you guys know what happens to a consultant that at some point decides that can't travel anymore (and there are no other positions... read more

voluntary retirement would be the best option for the employees above 10 years of experience in oracle who no longer willing to work and waiting for the company to layoff them.

See https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-06/oracle-didn-t-see-the-data-reckoning-coming

A Quick Poll - Who's Thinking of Leaving? Are you thinking about leaving the company right now? If so, upvote this post please. What would stop you from leaving the company? Is the writing on the wall or is the company going to come back, stronger... read more

Just wanted to support DOL's allegation that people on visas get underpaid. I am being underpaid almost 10% than the market standard. and 8% below the prevailing wage set by DOL. I have been underpaid for the last two years.

Should I stay or look outside?

No major layoffs reported this week. Total since 6/1/2016 remains at 20,396. Keep looking my friends!

The Organization has more number of Managers then the Individual contributors. Most of the Manager [ around 90% of them ] stop contributing once they promoted from IC to Manager level. Reporting hierarchy should be made minimal. Make all the manager... read more

Stop wasting your life. Life has to be good.

Not only did Redwood City software titan Oracle favor hiring Asians for key departments, it favored non-citizen Asian graduates of U.S. colleges over American graduates, the federal government claimed in a lawsuit. The Department of Labor alleges in... read more

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danwoods/2019/01/31/oracles-newest-audit-tactic-focusing-on-java/amp/

Post any information about potential or actual Oracle Layoffs in 2019?

Lot of talk in this group about moving out of Oracle. What are suggestions for someone who has spent 10-15-20 years in Oracle working on legacy technologies. Which skills are more desired in new cloud technologies that could fetch you a new job?... read more

I am very fond of layoffs. I have had experiences with 6 layoffs. Each one gave me an opportunity to explore another company in the world. I wish I get my 7th one soon and happily seek something outside Oracle.

Do we have or could we start an Oracle Alumni group that offers mentor ship, guidance, references to helps people wishing to move out of Oracle or within. In most companies outside, there are always big observable number of Oracle Alumni working... read more

I am wiping my eyes, as we got a video today from management encouraging us not to include in contracts Cloud credits customer does not require. This comes straight from management. Are they crazy?. Are they joking?. We have all levels of management... read more