Thread regarding Oracle Corp. layoffs

The criteria for layoffs and what to do

At least 45 people were laid off in the Apps teams all over, that I know in the past 2 weeks:

  1. The criteria for layoffs is decided on the product that you were working for and your performance solely from you manager/senior manager's/and above's eyes.

  2. If your working in Bangalore and get a meeting invite followed by a phone call from the HR to attend a meeting or conf in their new office in outer ring road, then you can be 100% sure that you have been targeted.

  3. All of the layoffs have been initiated with the consent of the upper management, manager levels M4 and above would have to approve the layoff. If they start behaving different with you, giving you less work or ignoring you. Then your mostly in line for a layoff.

  4. There is a rumor that there is an open window till end of April 2019 for managers at M4 and above to further layoff reportees in their team. I saw one team which had 2 cycles of layoffs.

What you should do:

1.Laptops, personal PC's, Oracle Call confs and e-mails are being monitored actively. Do not keep anything personal, pirated or copyright material in them.

  1. If you report to someone with M4 designation and above, treat them like God for the next 1 month till the end of April. Say yes Sir to everything do not get into arguments with them. Be nice to them and do whatever it takes to keep them happy. Work in the weekends till April end. Give them status updates and try showing your working hard. All it takes is a though in your superiors head to get fired.

Bumped this from @YmwzIYN-bwg

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Everyone should be concerned for layoffs since Oracle's products have not been received well in the market place.

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those are some mo--nic suggestions. if layoffs are performance based and you are on the radar, your performance over the next month will have little to do with any outcome. layoffs are not necessarily performance based. so what's your sage advice in that case? if products are being targeted, its a combination of many factors and it may not even by up to the M4 or M5. the truth is few people actually know how it works and sometimes there is little you do. In the meantime, add value because that's always a good thing to do - it no guarantee but if you are not adding value, you are a target.

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Resumes should always be up to date, along with LinkedIn and contacts.

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I heard the Taleo product is in trouble. A dev manager implied changes are in the works.

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In other words, since all of oracle’s products are outdated and way behind competition and nobody wants to do business with O, everybody is on the chopping block!!!

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1 is your criteria. Look at the product you're working with and ask yourself, does it make $ for Oracle. If not then it's time to update your resume.

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