#stress

TS so stressful

Starting tomorrow at 8:00 AM ET, I will be executing a significant organizational restructuring involving a 20% headcount reduction across our team of 400. Following directives to stack-rank based on organizational impact, I am responsible for conducting the separation calls for approximately 80 personnel, many of whom are close peers and long-time collaborators. This transition comes at a critical juncture, as my org is currently managing a large volume of high-vis projects while operating at maximum capacity. Ugh. Such is life. I fought with myself long and hard before coming here to post this but felt the need to further validate what’s going down. :( good luck to all you brave souls, I wish you all nothing but the best

We really need some break between batches. It's constant anxiety, always expecting the axe to fall. A guessing game because they never tell us what's coming or when. Then peak stress around the start days, of course not knowing when it'll end. It’s impossible to function like this. The toll on health is huge.

I was hired last September straight of undergrad and was pretty happy. But oh boy this wasn't how I wanted my adult life to start but here I am worried on a Saturday morning. FML seriously. I feel like an id--t for saying yes. Everyone in my team is just so stressed.

What are some good jobs for nurses? I work at a busy hospital and am really stressed out and a friend told me to check out insurance jobs.

Are they really expecting each PC to handle ALL the financials for every customer going forward starting next month? I’m drowning with one as it is. A job isn’t worth this much stress.

The constant fear of layoffs has ruined my weekends. I'm not even happy it's Friday, since I spend the whole time dreading Monday morning. I need to know if we'll ever get back to a normal work environment without this constant stress hanging over us. Enough is enough.

I just can't do this anymore. I'd take anything else at this point, even something that pays less. I know the market is rough, I know the odds. But I've got savings, severance would buy me some time, and I'll figure it out. There will be other jobs. Putting aside the constant uncertainty and the overall sense of decline, both of which have been deeply demoralizing, I think I'm just personally burnt out. Not the best time for a major change, but it is what it is.

No offense intended to any recent layoffs or anyone that might be affected in the future.

I am a long term high performer. As a result of a recent reorg, bringing our team into IT that shouldn't be in IT, they put me in a brand new role I'm horrible at and I hate, and are overworking me to death. Not only does my leadership have no fu--ing clue what they're doing, they are extremely thin skinned, and not open to feedback. So fu-k it, maybe they're right, I'm not equipped for a role in their stupid bullsh-t org. I think they're going to fu-k up royally and cost the company a lot of money, but let them own it.

I am now begging, pleading with everyone I know internally to try to find a life raft. I don't even care if I have to take a pay hit, this stress is taking years off my life and will be very damaging to my career. But if I can't find something, externally or internally, I think I just need to quit. This is the d-mbest sh-t in the universe, and I really am the atlas holding a bunch up, so fu-k it, let them deal with the consequences of their stupid choices and yes men bullsh-t. They're about to do something very stupid that's going to pi-s a LOT of people off and make tons of enemies.

If the next date is really March 31, why wait? Why not do it right now? Why put us through more stress? I honest to goodness don't get it.

Layoffs are not even properly over and I'm already thinking about the next round. I can't even relax for a single day because things have been for so long that this is now the norm. We don't hate this company enough.

People talk like it's the most important thing, but nobody talks about what it costs you. The sleepless nights, the constant knot in your stomach, the way you carry the weight of this place into every part of your life. So yes, having a job is good, but don't tell me I should be grateful for something that's making me miserable.

They eliminated my position and moved me into something completely different with zero training or support. No one ever explained what success looked like, no one checked in to see if I was managing. It feels less like a reassignment and more like they were setting me up to fail from day one. Six months later, I'm exhausted just trying to keep my head above water.

I left a while ago, but oh my God did the stress not stop when I did. Working there, I stopped sleeping, stopped taking care of myself. Almost a year later and I'm still working to feel normal again, even with a much better and less toxic job. Ford leaves a mark.

I was laid off and stupid enough to come back to just go through a reorganization 6 years later and realized I was going to be let go again. I was smart enough the second time to get out before it happened. It doesn't matter what group you work for or how important your position is at Oracle, upper management doesn't care. I was in management and your manager will be informed there is a reorganization. They might have an HR meeting to discuss how the layoff will work but they don't have names until the day of the event. This is how Oracle works. You are just a piece of toilet paper on a roll. There are thousands of rolls and when Oracle decides to take a dump, well you might be the end result of being wiped and flushed. Your used up and it doesn't matter how good, valuable or whatever you are. I have seen smart, creative, intelligent people let go by Oracle and wondered what were they thinking. Wiped and flushed. Putting yourself through stress and anxiety will be your life at Oracle if you let them control you. When you accept the fact that your just toilet paper on the roll, they will need to take a dump and you could be the next sheet to be wiped and flushed. Its just the Oracle way. Good luck. Keep the resume updated and never turn down an opportunity to interview.

Is anyone enjoying their breaks?

They did pilot layoff on Tuesday on OCI support organisation, and that's it.. radio silence... They are rumours by end of March... Does management spread this rumor.. or directors spreading this rumor... The wait is ki-ling... Constant thinking... I may get diabetes or what...

Most of the time when we are in the office everyone is just talking about the layoffs or speculating. Quite literally every single project we have worked on over the last 6 months has been halted, changed, changed again, and re-structured. So it’s hard to develop and close business when the target keeps moving. F*ck it. Genuinely hard to work in these types of conditions of constant fear and changes. I refuse to accept the whole “well that’s just Oracle!” Yes, changes at massive companies like this are inevitable. He-l - I used to work at another major competitor. This is not my first rodeo. But THIS level of volatility is breathtaking and staggering! I feel guilty that my productivity has slowed down, but not really.

The job is so stressful, the pressure so relentless, that I can never unplug. Workdays are write-offs. I just exist until the weekend, hoping to finally decompress. And it never happens. Seriously, how is everyone else coping with this?

I'm out right now because of this place. The stress got to me. Pressure every day, more tasks piling on, never knowing if I'll be laid off. I already deal with depression and anxiety and this job pushed me past what I could handle. My blood pressure hit over 170. Chest pains started. Other physical stuff I won't list. It's real. If you've never felt it, I'm glad for you. Just be kind to those of us who have.

Not anymore. This place has seeped into everything. I wake up dreading the day, carry it home with me, dream about it at night. It's making me hate existing. That's not an exaggeration.

Who else pivoted from being terrified of layoffs to hoping to be laid off just to get out of this mess in the last couple of months or so?

And it's hard to live with the awareness that you can be out of a job anytime. I know I'm not saying anything new, but it's really depressing. It doesn't matter anymore how good you are, or how much you've invested in being even better. The way people are being discarded these days is unlike anything I've ever experienced, and it seems to be getting worse. A job occupies too much space in our lives to be such a negative, stressful experience. It directly affects your confidence and sense of self-worth. And what's the point of a system set up to make both us and our clients deeply unsatisfied and fearful?

I wonder how many people were RIF’d today. :( we can’t keep living like this. It’s too stressful.

Not anymore. We've been through round after round of layoffs, always knowing worse was coming. I care more about my sanity than this job, and definitely more than this miserable company.

I'm tired of pretending to be okay all day but also can't unload on someone just trying to be polite. The question just forces you to either lie or be the person who always seems in a bad mood. I'd rather just skip the small talk and work.

Is everyone store high stress, bad vibes, toxic energy?

Let’s avoid spreading rumors about layoffs- it can be really demotivating and stressful for everyone.

So whoever has been doing this for past few days- please stop!

The grass is always greener on the other side. Those of you still employed at this soul succubus better enjoy the paycheck while it comes because this job market is a dumpster fire from he-l. This is not the market of 5 years ago. If you haven’t been in it, you have no idea what you’re up against at the moment.

If there was a class on destroying mental health, this place would teach it. They've got every technique down. The pressure, the uncertainty, the constant moving targets. It's impressive in a horrible way.

I swear I am. I cannot take this psychological torture anymore. People are not built to carry this much stress day after day. At this point, I would almost rather be laid off. I know jobs are scarce, but I would rather stay sane and search for something else for a while than slowly lose my mind here.

I sit in my car at lunch just to have five minutes where no one talks to me.

The problem is the limit doesn't matter because the mortgage doesn't care. The kids' school supplies don't care. The car payment doesn't care. I have to make a specific number each month or things fall apart. So I keep coming back even though I hate it. Even though I'm exhausted before I even walk in the door. The worst part is knowing I'm close to breaking. I've never been someone who loses their temper at work. I'm the steady one. The reliable one. But lately I feel this rage building. A manager will give feedback and I want to walk out. I'm scared one day I won't hold it in. I'll say exactly what I think and then I'll be gone anyway, just with no paycheck. I don't know how much longer I can do this.

This week is going to be very stressful. I almost wish I was part of last round so it be over by now

So much hangs in the air. It's all driving me insane.

My laptop turned off and lost all access instantly. This is getting crazy.

Stockholm syndrome is a psychological response where a victim begins to identify with, develop positive feelings toward, or even defend their captor. It’s one of those paradoxical quirks of the human brain—essentially a survival mechanism triggered by extreme stress and power imbalances.

I absolutely hate when layoffs get announced and then dragged out for weeks before anything actually happens. It feels like mind games designed to crush morale and get people to quit on their own. Leaving everyone to stress and worry every day is inhumane. Just get it over with so people can move on, for goodness sake.

Please tell me why she’s sticking it to us even more with this ecard? It’s employee unappreciation day here. We all feel stressed, abused and unappreciated. Thanks, Gunjan for nothing and for no merit increase. Ugh!