Thread regarding Oracle Corp. layoffs

"Duh, the opening statement about the lack of accuracy of recent predictions completely contradicts with the rest of the post"

Maybe you should read the post. The whole post. All the way to "Just thought I'd share why I haven't been posting rumors". There is no contradiction here. Others have been making wildly inaccurate guesses, not the OP.

However, you are correct that those that keep predicting massive layoffs are messed up trolls. Between those stories, Confucius quotes and the Progressive Bowel Report, someone not only has far too much time on their hands, but is very imbalanced.

Even when executive leadership succession planning is prioritized, you can still end up with a new exec team whose vision either destroys or severely cripples the organization. You could argue that is how SUNW became an Oracle product, and how Oracle will end up.

Duh, the opening statement about the lack of accuracy of recent predictions completely contradicts with the rest of the post about how the predictor's sources in GVPs no longer able recieve insider information. If GVPs were the sources and they have no info to share then why is there an asssshole making those baseless layoff predictions in the first place? The facts are clear in that predictions were made and they are inaccurate. While This post attempt to find excuses for the inaccuracy, it also admits that predictions were still made in the absense of information. In other words, this post admitted the predictions were baseless . One can only conclude that the predictor has malicious intent.

@1dba (grey haired Sun guy)

Glad your story ended well. I am a grey haired O guy. The path of the company changed a lot with the move from a development company to an acquisition company. “Leaders” like TK accelerated the downfall. LE never had a proper succession planning strategy. He should have handed the reins over to a real leader many years ago. Instead he created a competition between three wannabe leaders, none of which would have been qualified to lead the company. And now that one is gone, chaos will ensue as TK’s empire is in shambles.

I always loved to use Sun products (my first desktop machine at O was a Sparc station), and every former Sun employee I met after the acquisition was first class.

Assuming no layoffs in my org, I will pull the plug at the end of the year. Life is too short to ride this ship into the unavoidable fatal storm.

What a dumb@$$. Can't you read. He explained how the GVPs made the decisions and how that has changed. Hence the lack of current visibility. God some of you trolls are dumb. I object....those who can't read are dopes

I got let go by recorded concall on 9/1/17. I still read here because while I hope my friends do well, I harbor no good will to executive management. Prosecution would make me happy. I am one of those grey haired old Sun people who many of you consider to be useless. Someday not too far off, your beard will grey.

My story ends well, I landed in a equal or better situation. Not all do.

Severance packages are no longer guaranteed,

Any sources to back this up or are you just starting rumors?

As far as I know, severance is always guaranteed as a way to allow you to sign away your rights to sue the company for chopping you.

GVP had info... now they don't. Dur.

Objection! There is a serious contradiction in your statement.

If your sources have zero info, then why did you make those predictions in the first place? Either your sources give you random info when they have none, or you make random predictions when you have no sources.

Of course, your predictions have 0 precision 0 recalls and 0 sources.

Are you simply insane or are you a professional troll.