With all corporations this is the strategy and Oracle will not be left out. You'll see consolidations and all kinds of reductions. So far LE has been able to appease the gullible investors but not this round of earnings report. Based on that and if... — read more 

Any updates here? The worst is over?

http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/opinions/editorials/local-downsizing-poorly-handled-by-oracle/article_ada17d79-3909-58fb-a63f-4bfd3dee189f.html

Post more confirmations so people are not caught off guard.

http://reviewfortune.com/2016/09/13/the-insider-activity-dont-lie-oracle-corporation-nyseorcl-5/

Numbers are unknown.

Microsoft won a big contract with hp for big crm cloud deal. Expecting more customers to flee oracle and salesforce.

87 employees laid off in order to have cheaper wages in Texas.

I think this would solve the hardware profit decline and loss of customers.

Oracle is surviving by selling their crappy database product with 1990s level tools that are expensive but stupid and incompetent decision makers in some companies are dumb enough to buy this stuff and force others to use it and ruin their career. My... — read more 

Earnings report in a few weeks should be telling.

Donatelli has been leading the non-performing hardware business and will now be trusted to lead the cloud business? Can anyone shed light on this guys history? Will he be a conduit for MH to conduct reorganizing and restricting i.e. massive... — read more 

I'm getting the axe tomorrow - I am not supposed to know but my manager isn't old school Oracle (still has a shell of a heart) and alerted me so I could get a jump on something else. I'm told they are cutting three positions but have read they do the... — read more 

One of our major problems is that Oracle and other legacy IT companies have relied on selling on high-end, high-margin software and hardware tied to big up-front purchases. Now that we have a huge Cloud revolution, which spread payments out over time... — read more 

I used to work in BDC in Dublin. Though a great school for junior sales, it was incredibly stupid as a job. People would create fake, million dollar opportunity, pipeline was a joke and the job was a joke too. You would be made to call clients just... — read more 

We see regular RIFs in different departments. We're underpaid compared to the rest of the tech industry. Our customers looking at alternatives that are cheaper and that don't lock them in. I wonder where the internal PR team finds these people with... — read more 

The Class Of program is to replace experienced sales reps. Currently Oracle is in motion to ilminate expensive senior reps by making a third in Quarter (Q1) compensation plan change cutting commission rates in half, only being credited pay on 80% to... — read more 

What's the layoff criteria?

http://www.pcworld.com/article/3086249/fujitsu-drops-sparc-turns-to-arm-for-post-k-supercomputer.html

2016 Layoffs Predictions - Global Equities Rresearch, Trip Chowdhry EMC: Global Employee Count: 70,000: Layoffs: ~ 15% to 20% layoffs = ~10,000 and 14,000 workers to be laid off F5 Networks: Global Employee Count: 4,500: Layoffs: ~10% layoffs = ~450... — read more 

Anymore news on the supposed layoffs and restructuring? Austin, Burlington, Redwood city etc? I heard they are walking people out in ones and twos under the radar again.

Written by a smart investor regarding Oracle: To understand the hyperbole of the Oracle management team, go back 3 years to 2013 and listen to what Ellison said about "engineered systems" in the Q4 press release: “Exadata, Exalogic, Exalytics, SPARC... — read more 

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2016/01/19/3-reasons-oracle-corporation-stock-could-fall.aspx

Any updates here? I left in 2014 but I am hearing they are cutting again.

It is the customers who will suffer, as productivity drops through the floor, with low morale and people jumping ship. Product features will be slower to come out, and support will weaken, due to good people leaving, and remaining people not only... — read more 

Today is the last day of the huge riff in North America. Good luck to those who were unable to land somewhere else. The job market is still red hot.