Had speaks with someone in the know on the HW layoffs. Next round is in September, the list has been compiled and lips are sealed. HW SCs are the main ones impacted with the next round of layoffs. Many field reps will be let go as well. That's the end of his confirmed information, what is below is what he has heard across the board outside of HW.
Managers were not consulted for an interesting reason. SC managers across the board are no longer in the loop. SC managers do not do reviews, they have no say in the layoff, they don't have any say in how the organization is run, they aren't even asked what they think of the team they manage in most cases. Mid level field sales and support managers are driftwood in Oracle. Hardware and pillar SC managers have a very short life expectancy at Oracle. They serve no purpose any longer.
Except one... notification of the layoffs. After they notify the Hardware SCs, the managers giving notice will be given notice by the SVP. Field sales is getting a very flat organization. Hardware is first, followed by the pillars. The pillars will be hit hardest in November but a few (bottom 20%) will go with hardware in September.
SVPs have a ranking and its cross referenced against SCTA and other tools. They look to see who signed in to mandatory meetings, badge swipes and VPN sign in count, and location, as well as expenses and OT requests. If you bill any OT and you log into the VPN from home 80% of the time or not at all, you are gone. They want to see activity at customer sites, not the office. Too many swipes at the office and you are not at the customer site. Don't be home, and don't be at the office. And be sure to connect to the VPN and access your email. Instead of talking to you or your manager they have their own tricks to determine who is working and where. People are starting to work from Starbucks and hang out at the customer site, long after a meeting is over.
The SVPs are not evil, they are carrying out the orders they have to shrink the field sales organization by 40% by Q3. Thats the biggest news. A great number of the mid level managers in field sales will be gone by the end of Q2. The new mangers with direct contact will be SVPs, as they will have 40% less reporting into them. It will be a very, very flat org chart. Sadly some of the biggest layoffs start rolling out in Q2 right through Thanksgiving. If you last till December you get a small breather.
ECAs will shrink naturally by quota attrition. If they miss the quota they will have to find a new role. I did a quick look at Hamidu's organization of over 500 employees. Trying to figure out if this means at least 200 people are going to be let go in sales consulting by December or if that means 200 by the end of Q3. "40% of field sales by Q3" could mean February... 40% is a big number but a total of 200+ over 6 months wont really trip any warn levels. Again that number or percentage is not confirmed... total rumor.