Tomorrow is the big day where CSMs in RB org will be told their new comp plan for FY19. Rumor is they are taking away their bonus and leaving them with just base pay or slightly more. Is this possible? Basically a demotion? What things have you guys... — read more
Cloud UX Butchered Today
JU org lost 20+ employees from the VP and directors all the way down the ranks. Most were just waiting for it to happen.
Where’s the layoffs announcement ?
Anyone seen the announcement from oracle about today’s layoffs ? Oh, I get it, as usual oracle is pretending it didn’t happen, so there was no public announcement. The three stooges being 5 year olds again - layoffs, what layoffs? You know anything... — read more
7/30 layoffs - which groups and locations?
How many by group and location ? Please share the info you have so we can get and share the full picture since oracle won’t as usual
confirmed layoff 7/30/2018
It looks like it affects a lot of employees.
confirmed layoffs today
in progress https://www.thelayoff.com/t/UnHpPWk
ACS HW field engineers downgrade
for all those still doubtful about the future of all HW org (and I mean all... including ES) here is a fact: all the HW field eng in EMEA/APAC with a grade IC3 or IC4 have been downgraded to IC2. the roll out will depend on specific countriy's rules... — read more
Length of non-solicit agreement
Could someone let me know what’s the length of the NSA after leaving Oracle in CA? I tried to find it but was not successful. Also, if layed off with a package, does it still start on the last date in the company? Thanks!
Unofficial official layoff report 7/29/2018
No major layoffs reported this past week. Total since 6/1/2016 remains at 19,595. Good luck all!
interesting security related news story
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyber-secrets-sap-se-oracle/study-warns-of-rising-hacker-threats-to-sap-oracle-business-management-software-idUSKBN1KF1G8
ODC shakeup
ODC org reorg, VP biz dev leaving or left already, 3 others gone. Fact. Rumor - this is the beginning of the larger reorg and rifs planned for August under TK.
Something happeneing Mon. 7/30 - legacy dev support - PeopleSoft?
One-on-one meetings are scheduled for PeopleSoft PE&O dev support on Monday. Anyone have any news about this?
impact of today's INTC news?
Any thoughts on what the INTC delays will mean for our systems group? See https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/27/intel-plunges-on-competition-concerns-product-delays.html There were rumors posted on other threads about eliminating hardware development in... — read more
The pressure in on for Q1 earnings
With the tremendous cloud growth and earnings reports from AMZN, MSFT and GOOG, as well as the last two disappointing earnings reports by ORCL, the pressure is on ORCL to deliver on Q1 earnings. AMZN had an amazing 49% growth in AWS, which already... — read more
Physical blows exchanged @ India Public sector Sales planning meet
Yes this is real... Physical blows were exchanged with verbal abuse during Sales planning meeting @India public sector. Wow what a scene it was.....@hotel in Lutyens area of India's Capital. Long live Oracle lol lol
Pentagon opens competition for $10 billion cloud contract..
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/pentagon-opens-competition-10-billion-175917693.html ======== July 26 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Defense opened the competition for its highly anticipated $10 billion cloud computing services contract on... — read more
HR phone number
Hi: I was laid off last October. My new employer needs a letter stating my termination date with Oracle. Where can I get such a letter from Oracle? What is the HR phone number? Thanks. Todd
Why I work for Oracle
I had offers from lots of places but Oracle is the soul company with an ability to do on-prem cloud way more than any other company. On-prem cloud is the future of tech once the external cloud is no more and no other company can match Oracle's... — read more
The real question is why did LE hire MH?
A: Tennis. And, he needed a friend, so he bought himself one.
Why everyone is leaving Oracle, FY19 the year of reckoning.
The wheels finally came off the Oracle bus. The attrition of top talent reached a tipping point globally. A futile record long strike has not made a difference for Oracle Korea. http://www.theinvestor.co.kr/view.php?ud=20180710000573 The union claims... — read more
Interesting read
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/25/oracles_cloudy_cash_dash_could_fall_flat_insiders_warn/
Customer Success Dismantling?
Can someone explain what’s going on in Success? I heard it’s a paid service and free is just Care team? So we are making customer pay for Success now? That seems troubling.
intersting Oracle story
https://www.quora.com/What-was-it-like-to-be-a-software-engineer-at-NeXT-Did-workers-interact-with-Steve-Jobs/answer/Paul-King-2
Trillion dollar race
One is for sure, it’s not going to be oracle getting to $1Tr market cap, not 1st, or 2nd, or 3rd, or ever. You’re a loser LE! Eat your heart out!
What mythical companies are these?
I see several people talking about companies that are willing to employ people over 50 and pay them appropriately for their experience and I keep wondering what these mythical companies are? I certainly haven't been able to find one and trust me when... — read more
This is really sad
Saying youre the 5th largest cloud is like saying youre the 5th largest fast food restaurant. Its not so much as an accomplishment as a plaintive cry of desperation. No one is proud of working at Stuckeys on Route 28 in rural Tennessee. They do it... — read more
Interviewed by Huffinton Post
A former colleague recommended me to a reporter who is doing an article about the corruption of businesses today. I spoke with her about what I witnessed during my tenure. Age discrimination, unethical sales, inaccurate financial reporting, etc. We... — read more
Unofficial official layoff report 8/22/2018
Looks like about 150 people got laid off this week, including in cloud. That brings the total number of people laid off since 6/1/2016 to 19,595. Get out ASAP, there is no future at oracle!
The value of the two CEOs
With oracle’s stock going nowhere while competition MSFT, AWS doing great I have a simple question: what value are the two CEOs adding? Is there the possibility that their contributions could be negative, even before you take into account their... — read more
Get Out of Oracle
The thing to realize is that the culture is going to go very quickly from bad to worse. As the cloud numbers don't improve, the layoffs will continue. Each group will be working to make sure someone else is laid off, not them. And within each group a... — read more
Wanna do our own stack ranking?
We have all heard they have us ranked. Spreadsheets galore and now secondary ones too. Feel free to name your department and location and rank your highest or lowest. Just be descriptive which one you are ranking. Feel free to call out the best of... — read more
Over 40 and 50 bias at Oracle
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/over-40-interviewing-have-things-happened-you-jo-weech Unfortunately this is happening here at Oracle. I was interviewing for spots on my team and wanted at least one person with seniority among all the college... — read more
MSFT kicks oracle’s butt
MSFT at an all time high; oracle not so much. Could it be than one competent ceo is a heck of a lot better than 3 incompetent stooges and 2 overpaid incompetent CEOs? Just asking!
Things will get bad
The thing to realize is that the culture is going to go very quickly from bad to worse. As the cloud numbers don't improve, the layoffs will continue. Each group will be working to make sure someone else is laid off, not them. And within each group a... — read more
Oracle is still one of the Top Five cloud providers
We can be proud of this fact.
Exodus of seasoned employees
Anybody noticed how many of seasoned employees are leaving Oracle on their own lately? I think everybody realized there is no future here for anybody in their fifties, so they are taking a proactive approach to it. I am just wondering how Oracle will... — read more
Oracle Data Cloud lays off 100 on Monday 7/16/2018
Oracle Data Cloud laid off more than 100 on Monday 7/16 including folks from Moat. Complete new org structure.
Is this posting for real?
Hoping to get some insight. Feel like a noodge applying for stuff that is just fluff disguised as a company trying to look like it is still relevant. Technical Analyst 1-Support Oracle • Burlington, MA
European Workers Council in EMEA and Cloud "seeding".
Lovely email the workers got in EMEA. Comes from EWC, European Workers Council. In it, workers show their concern about Cloud "seeding", its impact into the traditional business and into not being any longer capable of telling real business from... — read more
Severance question
If you get fired do you get severance?