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If you are in europe and you are being terminated, here are advices
couples of weeks ago I got notified that my position is being terminated. Here is my take and advice for you. In most European countries it is not a notification of termination but rather an agreement on the termination. So you need to agree as well on the term offered to you.
Do not sing the document HR is sending you. Wait, dont rush, dont give in to the pressure.
Read the local regulation around reductions, you may even not need signing it if you feel like staying at oracle
If the country/oracle sub is a union member, make sure you talk to union before signing
If the oracle sub is not a union member and you are, make sure you talk to union before signing
If you are not member of a union and oracle does not have collective agreement, then talk to people who know the laws around the subject before signing any document.
Do not agree on anything on an email thread, you only need to agree on your termination document. Dont give any indication over emails on what you may agree on.
Worst case scenario if there is no union membership involved (from company or you as individual), double whatever they are offering you and start negotiating.
The HR department at oracle is NOT on your side even if they try to portray that, they are at ORACLE's side or their own side :-). Dont trust the BS they will spill about the agreement to entice you into signing it.
Job market is very good but that does not mean your skill is going to be topping other possible candidates unless you are working in some cutting edge department. So, as soon as you got the notice start your job hunting if you have not started it before.
Do not send your old resume anywhere, if you have a resume you created 5 years ago, throw it out and re-write it entirely. Do not add another paragraph about your current job and start sending it out. Re-write and ensure you spend days on doing that re-write, dont be stingy on time being spent on the resume. Each sentence matters, so use them wisely.
I hope this help anyone who is going to be terminated. It will be hard and a blow, since salary means paid bills and so on, but it wont be end of the world.
ORACLE is trying to be agile and do the make or break restructuring this year and next. But they dont know exactly how, so there will be try and error and lots of people are going to be impacted. This is a very very large wheel which when turning does not really see who is going under it. I wish you luck and better days ahead.