Topics regarding layoffs at Oracle Corp.

Topics regarding layoffs at Oracle Corp.

How it is done

I spent 20 years with Sun/Oracle. When the hammer came down they called all engineering staff into the board room and we were told at 9:05 am. “Your jobs as you know then no longer exist”. We were then given our paperwork. Told to be at an hr... — read more 

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Post ID: @OP+YfnpR8c

Another round in May

Many OCI colleagues were shown the door last week, soon after DJ sent a ridicolous mail saying how great and shiny we are, and that we are the future of Oracle Corp. Overall, looking at Aria, more than 500 people got rifed. Have heard from my manager... — read more 

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Who will do the work?

Now that they cut even more people from our team, I'm just wondering who'll do all the work they still expect to be done. Do they think we're going to pick up even more responsibilities with no extra pay? Will we be expected to now do the work of... — read more 

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| 2700 views | | 8 replies (last March 26, 2019)
Post ID: @OP+YfvKLVn

Any rumors about this week?

As Monday comes anxiety and stress are growing, at least in my case. I would feel a little better if I know are they planning layoffs this week and is there any word on when will they be performing them, more precisely. So, Anything rumored about... — read more 

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| 2950 views | | 4 replies (last March 25, 2019)
Post ID: @OP+YfbSMrO

Anyone knows the layoff criteria behind 03/21.

Wanted to know the layoff criteria behind 03/21, How does the individual engineers selected from the teams ? I already know the poor performances guys are still there and higher (above) performance guys laid off...

OCI org is safe?

Is OCI org safe for now in Oracle? Has there been any cuts in OCI so far?

Is Oracle headed into a death-spiral?

Legacy software platforms are all facing terminal decline, and all Larry has are pathetic, empty boasts about his cloud platform vs AWS. But Oracle does not break out cloud revenues in their earns. They spend $30b on stock buybacks instead of needed... — read more 

Unifficial official layoff report 3/24/2019

Well, as the saying goes: you can fool some people some of the time, but even then only for so long. Oracle pretended it had a cloud business and growing EPS for a while but everybody has not cought on to the impact of massive share buybacks and... — read more 

panic

737 Max 8 or Mother Oracle Ship (MOS)

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EMEA and JAPAC layoffs

In EMEA and JAPAC, Sales overlay and Presales scheduled for 15% headcount cut. Redundant and non-essential VP roles targeted for 25%.

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Post ID: @OP+YeJYowR

What is the criteria for layoff ?

Based on what criteria they are choosing people for layoff ? In some team I could see 20% people are kept. They seem to be randomly choosen. My manager says this time its not in his. So how the upper management is deciding whom to keep whom to let go... — read more 

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| 2850 views | | 5 replies (last March 25, 2019)
Post ID: @OP+YeTIRrJ

Shares Outstanding updated for the quarter

https://www.sharesoutstandinghistory.com/orcl/ 3/15/2018 4.08B 6/15/2018 3.98B -- 100 million shares 9/13/2018 3.79B -- 200 million shares 12/14/2018 3.59B -- 200 million shares 3/13/2019 3.42B -- 170 million shares Don't know what the actual value... — read more 

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Oracle +2.5% on analyst optimism after conference

Cowen's J. Derrick Wood cites enthusiasm from ORCL partners NetSuite and Fusion ERP as evidence of Oracle's continuing strong growth. Wood notes "incremental positive commentary" on Autonomous Database products

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| 960 views | | 5 replies (last March 24, 2019)
Post ID: @OP+Yedfybg

It's too late...

the issue is Oracle is too late in the game .. where as AWS has already bagged the 1st position. I know loads of customers using AWS, and moving away from the Damn Oracle DB to use AWS managed DBs liek Aurora etc. AWS Engineers already have the... — read more 

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| 2490 views | | 7 replies (last March 24, 2019)
Post ID: @OP+Ydw0r2d

Oracle OMC

Our VP was asked to do the layoff and he had dignity, he resigned. I would work for him again any day. OMC is the best monitoring platform for enterprise. Just need to point at your WLS servers, and we can provide complete monitoring. Competition... — read more 

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Post ID: @OP+YdpkWyA

Oracle CDC

CDC is going to be shutdown completely. This is not rumor and not news either. Corporate decision.

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Post ID: @OP+YdYknda

Interesting comments

There are a lot of people that are upset at the prospect of being let go and that's understandable. But the reality is that no company is loyal to their employees and no employees are loyal to a company. The company is going to look for people to... — read more 

2 senior advanced marketing operations managers

2 senior advanced marketing operations managers were laid off last week. They belonged to Oracle's Demand Center. The worst thing is that their managers weren't aware of this situation until this 2 people got the notification from HR. One of them was... — read more 

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| 1560 views | | 1 reply (March 24, 2019)
Post ID: @OP+YdtVjVw

As you move on from Oracle

Not easy to start a job search... Especially if you've been at a position for 10+ years. I left the company over a year ago, but I keep tabs on this company because I've got a lot of friends that still work here. When building your resume, you need... — read more 

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| 2401 views | | 4 replies (last March 25, 2019)
Post ID: @OP+YdfDejv

The best thing to do is ...

I think one should do following to be safe and peaceful: Brush up interview skills Upgrade skills - learn new tech, discuss in a group, knowledge share Explore options for side hustle e.g mobile apps, web services startup, coffee shop.. Good... — read more 

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| 1371 views | | 2 replies (last March 23, 2019)
Post ID: @OP+YdK7loo

Sixty days notice vs. one day noticen / WARN act

Some people received 60 days notice - I assume due to the WARN act. Some people received 1 days notice - I assume because they work at a "site" with fewer layoffs than where the WARN act applies. If an employee's group (including their manager) work... — read more 

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Post ID: @OP+YdH5BHP

Lay-off numbers

Between 2500-5000 worldwide with two more rounds to go. Buckle up kids.

Seattle office layoffs?

Did people in OCI Seattle get let go? What is going to happen to interviews happening in that team?

Any news on the GBU's?

I still have former co-workers that work(ed) in the GBU's: HGBU, TUGBU, FSGBU. Have they been impacted in this latest layoff round? I was RIF'ed, but enjoyed my time at big O because of the people that I worked WITH; our teams were a family until... — read more 

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| 2280 views | | 4 replies (last March 24, 2019)
Post ID: @OP+Yd7nqqF

OCI-C Layoffs Mainly?

The layoffs that happened in the past 15 to 20 days, Are they mainly related to OCI-C org and it's products?

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Post ID: @OP+YdyrhYf

Oracle is broken..

Spent 25+ years with Oracle, 3 stints as an employee. Company is broken, dual CEO model doesn’t work. Then you’ve got pockets of power who make poor decisions. Too much focus on protecting support revenue too, with c-ap products being released in a... — read more 

Oracle killed their greatest cloud product in 2010

When Oracle bought Sun they were staring right at the future: Sun Cloud. Yet they killed it there and then but if they had've funded it then Oracle would now be the biggest company in the world and Larry the richest. Scott McNealy was a visionary who... — read more 

Backup everything just in case...

I don't work at Oracle but this is a general advice, I would recommend everyone to back up everything they think are useful for their next job just in case. Source code, scripts ...etc. If you use company's laptop or phone then remove all personal... — read more 

10% Laid Off?

So are we saying 14,000 people out of the 140,000 global? Is that enough to convince the market that we are a cloud company? We keep hearing that if you are not aligned with the core mission of Cloud, Autonomous DB, and SaaS then you are at risk... — read more 

DJ's Email to OCI Org

There you go: Team, I wanted to share with you context for the organizational restructuring happening today. Over the past several years we've seen progressive change as Oracle has evolved into a cloud services company at its core. This is a giant... — read more 

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| 4600 views | | 4 replies (last March 26, 2019)
Post ID: @OP+YcSC0ZG

View Active Posts

This is useful - I took this from SAP's board here @XZweznt https://www.thelayoff.com/t/XZweznt See only active posts (big blue button)! For new folks here, there is an "ACTIVE" button right above the first thread - you can use it to see what posts... — read more 

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Post ID: @OP+Ycl9Wlf

Broomfield Legacy Tape?

Oracle/STK tape development has been coming to a grinding halt. Did this legacy group survive this go-around?

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