Perhaps it is because there are no layoffs at Oracle, or perhaps it is over enthusiastic moderators removing posts, but when the latest responses are days old on threads, something is not going on.
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Yes. The overall sales/client activity within the organization is minuscule, at best. As a former sales guy, the storm is only going to get worse for an organization that has no internal values when it comes to its employees. Persistent arrogance has blinded the leadership who can no longer avoid the rocks and shoals. Just look at the Titanic.
"Oracle has a way of sliding under the radar when it comes to layoffs."
Yeah, it's called having small layoff numbers. The last time they were big enough to trigger the California WARN act was during the SUN layoff in 2017.
Go ahead and down vote this all you want. It doesn't change the fact that all of the predictions here of huge layoffs have been wrong. The current one predicting shrinking the company to a 100K headcount will also be wrong.
Personally I think you are looking at a company in a long, slow decline. Lots of people will be employed at Oracle for a long time.
Yup. Just look at HP, they've been in a long slow decline since CF was the CEO, and they don't even have a flagship product anymore, yet HPE and HP Inc. will be around for many years.
Oracle has a way of sliding under the radar when it comes to layoffs. They skirt the state requirements to report, by cutting here and there, again and again... as separate re-org and downsize events. They do this to protect the stock holders, of course.
@enh+13qe1T13 people are posting here and including people's names. Can't do that, initials or titles only.
Don't post personally identifiable information because it will be removed. They can't even post PII in the service requests at O unless it's in an activity that gets automatically deleted when the ticket is closed.
Why are you expecting dramatic threads? There's little sign of strong growth anywhere within Oracle but there is a large customer base who find going to alternative providers difficult.
Personally I think you are looking at a company in a long, slow decline. Lots of people will be employed at Oracle for a long time. Sure OCI might never go anywhere, customers will select other databases but things like EBS will have a loyal (because what are the alternatives?) customers base for many years to comes.
For people with long memories Novell carried on until 2010 long after the world had moved on.
It's calm before the storm. Lots of posting about what SC might be going to do, but the expectations are at this point that that will be happening in March/April. Possibly some at end of February.
They just had their big meetings, I'm sure all the guys at the top have their directions. They are thinking about what to do. Something is coming. SC needs to have her spreadsheets all lined up.
Now is the time to be looking for something else or brushing up on you interviewing skills.
Was told 10 percent of work force was laid off at Oracle.
Who told you that? That would have been 13,000 people, It would have made the news.
The RIF happen in January. Last day for employment was January 31 2020. Was told 10 percent of work force was laid off at Oracle. I was included in that RIF.
There's rif's in my org! NA cloud sales is letting people go and not making announcements but definitely the rif' s haven't stopped. I think the moderators are deleting posts although why? what's the point of an anonymous blog when you can't post!!!