#morale

Are we done with rifs yet??? Kept hearing final rounds but it just goes on and on

Based on my team and what I’ve heard so far it feels like half the people I work with took the opt out. Lot of big hitters and people who have been around a while. And they’re only the ones I know about. Wondering if this is similar across the company or I’m just in a department where people can’t wait to leave.

This week so far has been a Charlie Foxtrot. Leaders aren’t ready for their new team. In Service Division, our schedules are a mess, huddles are scheduled where there shouldn’t be one, 1:1s not taking place with new leaders, etc. Who thought this was a good idea?

Please get a real head of HR. The real HR professionals are about to revolt.

The data is reported by VP/SVP, so it’s not entirely anonymous if reporting lines are thin. I’m hoping not to get too candid, and nothing changes anyway, so what’s the point? Suggestions?

I'm a long service employee and have seen a few RIFs in my time - in fact someone from HR told me that the most common reason for leaving Oracle is being laid off. So we know it comes with the territory.

Sadly we also know that there are people queueing up to join Oracle - it is a good thing to have on your resume. Or at least it was.

Reading a lot of the recent posts, it's indiscriminate - teams across the whole company. People who have had great performance reviews (for what they're worth IMHO). I've seen some really great people get laid off in the past, just because they happened to be in the wrong area at that point in time - although this time it feels like pretty much any area of the company could be the "wrong area"

But the bit that I can't fathom is what the expectation is going forward for our customers. Again, a lot of people have stated how they're committed to delivering quality support to our customers - someone even got laid off and was unable to join a scheduled support call with a customer as they lost their access immediately upon being informed. What message does that give?

I'll tell you what it says - the leadership and shareholders don't give a cr-p about the customer experience (even less about the employee experience). They're after the next big buck - which this time around is AI.

With the pipeline deals recently announced surely there is funding for both the required AI footprint AND continue to offer quality support to our customers.

It's a theme - when Oracle buys a company (e.g. Cerner) yes their product suite is nice to own , but it's the customer base that's the prize. And we always lay off the technical experts from those companies 2-3 years in. Always

Many times I've seen people with no product knowledge trying to support a customer with an issue. Might as well ask someone on he street.

To sum up, quality support isn't a priority - they'll probably claim that AI/chatbots can provide that support. Personally I don't think they can and a lot of support issues can get quite complicated.

Clearly as long as we're delivering stellar results the customer experience doesn't matter at all

There’s no break from the tension. I can barely focus at work, and I can’t really rest once I’m home. This could drag on for weeks, maybe months. No one can function anywhere near normal under these circumstances.

Especially in this economy. The mix of defeat and dread overshadows everything, even the fear of not finding another job or the financial mess that might follow. The worst part is that there’s no payoff to look forward to, no source of motivation to offset the grind. Just the constant likelihood that you’ll lose your job anyway.

Disclaimer: The individuals I am talking about is not the SD/VP/SVP... of Nike

It's just heartbreaking to see laid-off/open to work posts from such talented individuals of Nike, I am so sorry and sad that we are going through this !!

It feels like every solution is just let people go. There are so many smarter ways to boost profits without wrecking the team or morale. Leadership keeps doubling down on layoffs instead of thinking creatively, which just ends up proving their overall incompetence.

This used to be an amazing place to work. Now, you can feel the fear every day. People whisper, avoid eye contact, and no one wants to stick their neck out. It’s exhausting just being around it. I think full RTO would cause me to quit just so I can avoid having to deal with that throughout the whole week. Could be just my location, though.

I hate it here so much that job hunting actually feels like relief instead of a chore. It takes a lot for that to be true for a procrastinator like me.

Can you even picture a leadership team less inspiring than the bunch we’re stuck with? Because I can’t. Every time they open their mouths, morale drops another inch.

With the way they’re handling this, the damage is going to last long after it’s over. Nobody here trusts leadership anymore. Nobody believes in them or their ability to steer the ship. I don’t think they grasp how bad it is for a company to completely lose employee trust, but they’re about to find out the hard way.

In two years I had to deal with more cr-p than during ten years at my old job.

Not literally, but it sure feels like it. I can’t sleep the night before, my blood pressure is through the roof all day, and the stress makes productive work impossible. I know I’m not the only one who’s less than productive on these days. Instead of dragging it out and losing productivity constantly, why not have one major round every six months and let us work normally the rest of the time?

Just heard that unless you land a placed positions through the wave 1 or wave 2 selection events at a higher PSG, there will be no promotions this year.

Great news all around. 4 days in office, and no merit based promotions. Really makes things motivating around here.

I hear that Q3 progress check-ins managers are given a strict guidelines not to exceed 4.0 rating . I hear people getting rating from 3.1 . If this is the case then the people are near the axe for cut ? It doesn’t give a good vibe given how situations have been and now this

Is the bs they are telling claims. Even the wfh employees that they are needed. But no promotions or openings for wfh, only in hubs. Very suspicious. Appears as if they are moving jobs to the hub but with 40% of the workforce being fully wfh how would they ever get it all into the hubs? Everyone is miserable and praying for the exit offer.

Lol I feel like we complete this back in June and we used to review details in team meetings but I've yet to see anything aside of that X amount of people responded to it. I'd like to see it this year for sure. I bet it's pretty bad which is why the details have not been shared. We also used to pretend (lol) to create an "action plan" based on what the team wanted to focus on yet no follow through has ever been done.

So from what we can tell, John Stankey lives right near Highland Park, which is basically the Beverly Hills of Dallas, TX. He gets driven to the Dallas Downtown HQ, which is a 15 min drive for him - but typically 45+ min for his employees. He gets the closest covered parking available at the firm - but most employees either have to take public transportation or pay for parking further from the building and either take a shuttle or walk amongst the homeless.

If you have ever wandered onto the 4th floor where the executive team works, the floor looks instantly and noticeable different than the 34+ floors in Whitacre tower. The floors are covered in artisan Italian tiles. The walls are outfitted with art deco paintings. Chairs, couches, and flooring are plush leather and carpeting. While there are no public pictures of Stankey's office, he did an interview with Sal of Khan Academy from his office during COVID - which shows a rare view of his office. He even mentions towards the end of the interview the importance of setting healthy boundaries with work in order to be successful and tend to all the areas of your life such as relationships, family, and health.

As you would expect, his office has a sleek executive desk, plush leather chairs, floor to ceiling windows, and even an own lobby for his office! Yet, we are thrown to work on the rest of the floors that look like they are straight out of a 1990s Manhattan skyscraper - economical carpeting, average desks, plastic ergonomic chairs, old computer peripherals, and paint peeling off the walls.

Guys - always remember - this guy only cares about himself. Only the best that money can buy for himself. Nothing but the worse for everyone else.

Look out everyone, orgs are now monitoring everyone's AI usage to fit with our glorious leadership's new decrees that we are now an AI-first company. If you aren't shoehorning AI into every part of your daily workflow, you are considered a bad employee and will soon be replaced by someone who is better at kissing a-s and BS'ing about how much they've multiplied their productivity by using the custom cr-p tools from the Copilot suite. Dadlani's posts asking everyone about how AI has improved their work experience are always met by shameless a--kissing from offshore managers about how their team is 3x faster than before and getting head pats for it while level headed managers who are pointing out how AI is not a magic one-size-fits-all panacea to this company's tech debt and other core issues are being completely ignored.

You've been warned, this company's headless leadership pivoting towards AI and making it a priority is not an idle threat. They genuinely believe that if everyone, even the janitors, are not using AI, then they are replaceable. Absolutely clueless and out of touch people forcing managers to choose who to fire based on unrelated criteria to their work.

Its 4days a week RTO. Where is everyone?

Used to be proud to say I worked for waters, now feel more ashamed. The morale and life has been su-ked out of everyone

The building was empty today and parking lot was less than half full.

Doubt it, but I guess we’re supposed to “hope”.

The worst part is knowing this won’t be quick. It’ll drag on and put everyone more on edge by the day. Most of us are just clinging to the hope of keeping our jobs, because opportunities out there are slim to none. That alone will fuel frustration and anxiety. I’m not looking forward to it, neither for myself, nor for all of us who’ll be stuck in a horrible atmosphere that could last a long time.

There’s a heavy feeling of dread and uncertainty in the fraud call center. Employees are posting out to other jobs or going out on leave. Directors and upper leadership are silent but we know they must notice what’s going on too. I hate to feed into a rumor but the silence is loud.

If you take the base salary you make in field sales, no bonus, and divide it by the hours you work, you’d make more flipping burgers and be treated better! Figure it out! The bonuses were great and with a little work they were easy to earn! We’ve pi---d off ever account with our poor service so incremental displays are a joke. Any connection to the customer is impossible with mission 1, way too much ground to cover!
Now ask yourself, is it worth it? No way!!! Same pay for less aggravation? No brainer!

Any other teams just kind of hitting a wall? No one on my team is really motivated, and I think everyone is just burnt out. No hiring, but layoffs and zero company loyalty will quickly destroy whatever pieces are left of this place.

How many of you who have left State Farm or have retired from State Farm would go back to work for State Farm today? How many believe State Farm is a better company today compared to what it was 50 years ago?

You thought that this was a one hit wonder, now you find out that the hits just keep coming. Not delivering number one hit on the chart puts these brilliant people into the land of constant layoffs. I just wonder what the leadership team thinks about their no hit wonders, lack of empathy and inability to drive growth? Not a lot, sure they sleep well knowing that they have laid off hundreds of folks and will continue to do so to save their own skin. They will continue to keep firing people to get their bonuses (if that's even possible at this point) and save a job that they are so very desperate to hold on to, knowing that their track record won't get them hired anywhere else. They all want to be board members, I would not even hire them to play a board game.

It was the place, you know? Now everyone I talk to here sounds drained and bitter. It’s wild how fast a reputation can flip when leadership stops caring about quality.

It’s such a weird feeling lately. Every two weeks we’re all looking over our shoulders. I’m still here but it feels temporary, like I’m standing on a trapdoor.

Poor results, no real leadership, and ethics that seem completely absent make it hard to feel proud of my work. It’s exhausting to try and make a difference when nobody seems to give a damn about anything long term. It's all about now and how can we make it cheaper. A real solid strategy we have going on right now... /s

Have worked here for the past 8 years. Employee moral has been way down since the death of one of our colleagues. This Friday it continued when they abruptly laid off 4 of the most senior employees. Tariffs and incredibly poor management hitting us hard. The TRUMP economy in action!

I was going out to meet some friends this weekend for drinks and took an Uber. The driver stated he ditched his corporate gig about 2 years ago and has been doing Uber ever since and would never go back to a corporate sh-t hole. He asked me what I did for a living and I told him I work for SF. (I was embarrassed) I told him about all the cr-p that SF puts people through, how they treat their employees and how horrible the service is. He said I was the 3rd person he had heard that from lately that worked for SF. He said he was cancelling his auto policy and would let all the other Uber drivers know. He agreed and said it sounds like a total living h-ll hole. Go Progressive!

The company's completely silent. Management was told to just hold the status quo, no new plans. Honestly, I'm just going through the motions now that my VP is gone. We talked about all my career goals, and now he's not around. I'm really not sure what's next with the new leadership; it feels like I'm back at square one.

On top of that, Oracle is tagging everything with "cloud" and "AI." I'm not sure what that means for raises or promotions for us in middleware and other fusion roles. I'm in a tough spot and can't really look for another job. Even if I did, recruiters would probably just see me as one of the recent layoff victims. They barely reach out to Oracle employees as it is, and with these latest layoffs, I doubt they'd even look at my resume.

Should I take off for a week or ten days ?

We’ve all just learned to live with it, while leadership couldn’t care less. Endless reorgs and layoffs have made one thing crystal clear - hard work and loyalty mean nothing here. At this point, I show up expecting nothing but a layoff notice, while being pushed every day to work like a mule. Sorry, but that’s not happening anymore. And from what I see, the vast majority share the same attitude.