Thread regarding Oracle Corp. layoffs

Thanks for the "bonus" Oracle

Got my paperwork a few weeks ago, and after a few days of thinking about things, I can't say I disliked my time at Oracle, but neither did I like it. They destroyed the technology I have worked on for the last 8 years, and left a great team of developers jobless... in Tucson,AZ. I knew I should have gotten out last year, but thought we could make something good, despite the need to send more tasks to offshore programmers that couldn't need spell storage.

The good news, is a successful interview, so I am benched for only a week or two, which effectively gets me double pay through the period of the package. So a large "bonus" thanks to Oracle!

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Get the impression "the hungry market" are just as bad as Oracle.

Out of the frying pan and into the fire seems to be the order of the moment.

They're (the employers) all the same out there - they can't understand the technical aspects of computing so they delude themselves into thinking 'anyone can do it'.

Bucket loads of English speaking graduates in Turkmenistan - yes please, we'll go for that. it shouldn't take them too long to master the complexities of this 'stuff' - should it ?

Still, things will change.

Technical careers in companies with the same pedigree as Oracle - no thanks, I think I'll pass on that.

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Post ID: @6tcd+NZhYMTt

Congrats. Thats the dream.

Id like to get a pay off so id have time to spend on my own projects.

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Post ID: @2cvg+NZhYMTt

Worked out great for me too, congrats and best of luck!

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Post ID: @1drx+NZhYMTt

In the end its only Oracle who will pay for the incredibly bad decisions being made. Its hard to find good tech people and Oracle is just giving good people to the hungry market.

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Post ID: @1rfl+NZhYMTt

Congratulations! It's nice to see something positive come out of an initially negative situation.

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