"Layoffs are based on your manager. If you have a good relationship and do a decent job, you will be safe Use Oracle as a tool to further your career if you still young, if you are old and a few years from retirement, just do what Oracle wants...metrics, metrics, metrics and you'll be alright."
You are joking, right ?
Last week a CSM colleague was layed off in EMEA. HRs informed him he had to leave. He called his manager, and his manager was not aware about what what happening.
Also I had several colleagues having a rate of 5 during their performance appraisal.
They were layed off and replaced by junior romanian employees.
So replace "a good relationship and do a decent job" by "if you are working in a cheap country".
Seriously, where are you coming from ?
Oracle management (le, sc, mh) don't care about talented employees, it is all about money and cheap employees.
"That's not true. You'd not get an offer if you weren't joining."
haha ...
you are an HR employee, right ?