How does Oracle layoffs mostly go unreported while other corporations are picked up by the news media almost immediately?
The Kansas City Business Journal reports "A number of Oracle Cerner employees posted about the layoffs on social media. Even though it appeared widespread, the layoffs didn’t trigger a Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification Act filing."
It’s pretty easy to avoid the warn act.
Fire remote workers. They don’t count.
Layoff less than 50 at a single location.
Stagger the dates.
States and the fed need to update the legislation for the modern workforce.
Hope you are doing well, Sorry for your experience.
Oracle has deep insight to the ages and locations of their current employee base. They know exactly how many in what business unit in what location will trigger any state labor board notification. Management has not acknowledged many of the layoffs from the past for very specific reasons. In rare cases over the past 15 years has there been accurate and responsible reporting of layoff events. I personally was targeted in 2022, and other than my communication with HR and the infamous exit team, there was not any publicly or internally generated announcement. One basically finds out with phone calls to friends or team co-workers. Sad.
We all know Oracle's number one core value is not "Be ethical" but rather "Snitches get stitches".
Oracle is well practiced at avoiding the WARN act.
Because it was done in small numbers which would not trigger WARN. Very sad they way things are happening. My heart goes out to all that have been asked to leave.