It's oh so quiet Shh shh It's oh so still Shh shh You're all alone Shh shh And so peaceful until You just make a bunch of junk up and get a bunch of demoralized s---ers to buy it.

HD blames his directs running the ECA org for why he did not deliver in Q4. He has committed to move "the majority" of ECA roles to hubs. This will force out higher paid ECAs and bring costs more inline. This will not be one big move, but instead... — read more 

UK support got axed on May 31 as they are not directly associated with revenue. Major layoffs in sales do not occur until the first week of June as you want to get in as many deals as you can before the fiscal year ends on May 31. Last year, some... — read more 

I don't work in sales but received this corporate wide mail today-- describing the so called FY19 sales pillars, etc.. there are 6 or 7..half are preaching to move customers to cloud, if they are 'ready'/willing..but surprisingly the move to... — read more 

That's how you lead... In the cloud...

While Management is hammering the "Acceptance" request to the employee workforce, resistance is happening in EMEA. Why shall we jump towards FY19 conditions when FY18 gates have proven so challenging ? Depending on your local laws you might resist... — read more 

Looks like about 200 people were laid off in the US, Europe and China. That brings the total to 9,200 for FY18, and 19,200 since 6/1/2016. More to come, all the best to you all!

Folks it will really happen this time, trust me on this.

OCI hires get RSUs as a significant portion of their compensation in order to match other cloud companies like AWS and Azure. They're therefore interested in seeing the ORCL stock rise like AMZN and MSFT. Of course, long-timers know that ORCL stock... — read more 

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4178206-ibm-oracle-separating-clowns-clouds Excerpts: That red line you may mistake for the x-axis is Oracle’s CAPEX spending. While they have finally separated themselves from the axis in the last couple years... — read more 

Trust me, it will REALLY happen this time.

After all the hoopla, was even one person laid off this week or no?

All layoff terrorists where are you now? it's 1st June and we are all here i see

https://www.theregister.co.uk/AMP/2018/05/31/rise_of_the_open_source_data_strategies/

I love looking at the linkedin profiles of some of the rats left behind. The VP who proudly proclaimed that he was responsible for an acquistion..... ..... then later removed that statement, must not have gone well. The director who was in charge of... — read more 

Posted on INDEED on May 30 (yesterday): Senior Performance Tester Oracle - Cambridge, MA No Visa Sponsorship is available for this position. Preferred Qualifications QA Analyst 3, Commerce Load you will also play an important role in ensuring feature... — read more 

If you got a FedEx alert, or a meeting invite, say something here

How does Oracle do layoffs? When does it start usually? As soon as people get into the office or sometime later in the day? I'm just wondering when will we finally know if today was just about a rumor gone wild or not. I truly hope this does not drag... — read more 

After reading countless posts, I have surmised that Oracle culture is not modeled for people who are driven by technology and innovation and the desire for excellence (Grade A). These good people are shown the door or leave on their own soon after... — read more 

This is always the most exciting time of the year for me. Can't wait to see what happens! It's like Survivor but with real stakes. If I survive, I want to see what improvements the new FY brings. If I don't survive, I am excited to see what's In... — read more 

I realized that stressing over possible layoffs has become dangerous to my health. My blood pressure is through the roof right now. The fact that I barely got any sleep is certainly not helping. The sooner this gets done, the better for all of us... — read more 

It looks like inside sales is growing and outside sales may see some good people leave in Q1 due to lousy bonus plans, but not massive layoffs like a lot of people predicted would inevitably happen at the end of Q4. There is some realignment though... — read more 

Then post it on Dropbox or some such. We can compare scripts with the ES con-call mass layoff of 9/1/17.

I'm willing to bet that tomorrow will come and go without any major layoffs at Oracle. I just feel sorry for the people who got all worried and anxious when we have no indication that May 31 rumors are anything but exactly that, rumors. Save your... — read more 

Overheard some colleagues mentioning that folks in the UK will get the axe tomorrow. Being tomorrow is the last day of the fiscal year, I wouldn't be surprised.

Based in EMEA, we're gathering employee concerns world wide. Follow us here https://twitter.com/OracleCfdt This sales target processing has been implemented for years within Oracle and other companies (http://insidespin.com/sales-compensation.php)... — read more 

Oracle sometimes uses high-pressure sales tactics to sell its cloud IaaS offerings, including software audits or threatening to dramatically raise the cost of database licenses if the customer chooses another cloud provider. Customers should be... — read more 

Whats with all the rumors about today - You would think with results and analyst views like this: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/29/gartner_2018_magic_quadrant_for_infrastructure_as_a_service/ That Oracle would be investing like mad to move... — read more 

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/gartner-reveals-one-big-reason-oracles-cloud-hasnt-caught-on/ A few interesting excerpts: "Yet, despite Oracle's longstanding database dominance, OCI "has limited enterprise customer traction," Gartner noted. The... — read more 

Now THIS is rich...MH rhapsodizing on LinkedIn about the virtues of new grads (i.e., millennials) and doing his darndest to tell them why they should come work at ORCL. Read between the lines and you’ll have a very entertaining read indeed. He did... — read more 

There were predictions of massive layoffs that would kick off warn, but those folks have backed down and will soon be issuing a new date for the BIG RIF. Does anyone have any inside information as to what, if anything, is in store for this Thursday... — read more 

Looks like about 100 people were let go this past week. That brings the YTD FY18 total to 9,000, and the total since 6/1/2016 to 19,000. Big week coming up, be well all!

Managed to find this article mentioned in another thread without paywall blocking it and I thought other people would like to read it as well. It's well worth a few minutes of your time... — read more 

Does anyone know who are Oracle's top hardware clients? Who buys the most servers from them?

I left oracle 2 years ago, before being laid off. I was BDE Engineer and was knowing very well the DB products, with lots of contacts with Dev team. I was hired by a company who knew me and also knew about my base dev contacts. Our csts know me very... — read more 

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/oracles-aggressive-sales-tactics-are-backfiring-with-customers Oddly enough, Oracle customers don't like being threatened and treated list sh-- - particularly when they have a choice.

https://www.forbes.com/best-employers/list/

We might get some layoffs, as we have been getting for the past few weeks and months, but we have never had a huge layoff without any indication beforehand. If there was going to be a huge layoffs, we would have known something about it by now... — read more 

Will this be the BIG one that folks on this board have been predicting, or simply another small RIF of the deadwood. Does anyone have any inside information on what is coming up next Thursday? Also, what locations and divisions will be hit?