Oct09 4am UTC - Oct10 12pm UTC totals: 746 additions. October totals: 832 layoffs, and 971 additions. Methodology and day-by-day breakdown is in comments. Early October so far, additions exceeded layoff floor estimate.
Layoffs Spain
When will the Work Councils announce the layoffs to employees?
Signed Severance Package 3 Days Back
HW returned already. What's the ETA of final settlement ?
Everyone on my team is running the business as usual; no one is talking about layoffs, weird...
Currently, I'm a tech support engineer for a Fusion team that supports an Oracle product for our customers. I don't want to go into too much detail, but no one seems to be worried, why??????? Are they stupid or is it just me that is realizing its... — read more
Why Are Widespread Layoffs Happening in the USA?
Source below... According to the Challenger layoff report, US hiring is at its lowest since the Great Recession, with nearly 1 million layoffs this year. AI gets the blame, but the deeper cause is decades of offshoring, financial engineering, and... — read more
Rehire after layoff
Is there a cool down period after layoff at Oracle. If I got terminated and collected my severance , how long before I get rehired ?
Each layoff reduces my productivity
After each round of cuts I stopped doing something, whether it's the overtime or the extra polishing that used to matter to me. At first I fought to keep standards up, then I realized it was nothing but self punishment. Now I guard my time and try... — read more
No time to die
I have long seen a strong resemblance between James Bond and our job as Account Executives. The mission is tough, failure can strike at any time, yet, like James, we rely on special skills and talent to survive. Mission after mission, year after... — read more
Real Reason - Must Watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEA7vQKJ8aQ
Eye Infection
Signed up for COBRA today, after Oracle delayed for too long sending the details on that. They said technically I don't have insurance until the provider is notified that I have signed up, and that can take up to a week (retroactively I am covered)... — read more
Hurt but not down
Was let go along with a few of my colleagues. I was not expecting anything different from management. Sent my stupid worthless laptop they think is more precious than people. Hope everyone is doing well. I have 2 kids and it hurts me to see them in... — read more
CL’s All Hands
Was his message: We did a few layoffs to invest in ai, but it was not performance based AND our focus for the next 6 months is to integrate AI in all our code so that they can more easily get rid of us?
Oracle GRC - EOL
Will the layoffs hit the GRC staff? I remember on May 2025 they announced the support will no longer be delivered to customers, so it switches on user’s responsibility. Is GRC employees included in layoffs plan?
More layoffs before the end of the year
Is that a certainty by now?
Time for Spain or CZ?
Both counties seen quite calm still. Any piece of news on the room?
RIF’d - let’s here what group you were in…
Anyone feeling comfortable sharing what org and group they were just laid off from? 😬😬 They’ve really done a number on Deal Managers, Deal Specialists, SalesHelp, Deal Desk in the last couple years, but the last two rounds of layoffs I’m shocked... — read more
The layoff mystery
I still can’t figure out for the life of me how they pick who stays and who goes when it's time for cuts. Some of the best people I’ve ever worked with got cut while the dead weight’s is still around, completely unbothered. Throwing names in a hat... — read more
Any news of UK layoffs?
Have there been any? Seems odd we have been spared so far.
Where are you ?
Oracle’s strategy is firmly established from its earnings notice, with a clear commitment to continuing as a leader in the infrastructure space. The key upcoming changes include: Expanding headcount in data centers and OCI (Oracle Cloud... — read more
Enough with layoffs!
People are drowning in work! We can’t get to half of the things we need to be doing because so many have already been laid off that it’s physically impossible for the rest of us to get it all done, and yet I keep hearing about more layoffs all the... — read more
OCI layoffs - Do they layoff new SDEs who joined recently?
Heard there would be layoffs again in OCI in November:( To the folks who have been witnessing the November layoffs , do the let go of recently joined IC2s? Like 4 to 5 months in? No end in sight !:(
Severance credited. Laptop not returned yet
US, separation date 9/22/25. My severance pay got credited to my bank account yesterday. I haven't returned the laptop yet 😳 Anyone else get their pay? Credited amount is ~25% less than severance amount mentioned in the separation agreement. I... — read more
Harsh Career Truths
Your boss is not your friend Who you know beats what you know (building a network and nurturing it consistently is critical to success You are REPLACEABLE at Work NOT home (In 20 years the only people who will REMEMBER you worked late are... — read more
The Truth Is Out
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/oracle-investigating-hacks-customers-e-214339029.html Previously, ORCL never acknowledge a security breach !
Managers do list names
My manager reportedly gave me up. Stupid as a box of rocks. Or else I’m being fed lies. Prob both.
Cobra coverage
The separation letter says that Oracle will pay for 1 month of Cobra insurance and that's retroactive to the termination date. Does anybody know if that includes dental and vision as well?
reviews
How has everyones reviews gone? Seems a blanket no pay rise/promo/share situation even though its one of the best years we have had which is just disrespectful in my opinion.
Severance
Do employees in the U.S. typically receive severance packages when they are laid off, such as X weeks of pay per year of service?
Disconnect from the immediately!!
Sorry I didn't post this before more layoffs. While your manager is giving you the news, disconnect immediately from the internet. They can't scramble your laptop if they can't get to it. I was laid off on September 3rd. I've had access to my files... — read more
I hope none of you ever work hard again
that's what this company is taught us: never work hard for them, never go the extra mile, absolutely do not try hard. only do the bare minimum because they're going to lay you off no matter what
Layoffs in WA coming in November
According to warntracker.com
can't print out the legal document from the sep 22 email.
i noticed somehow they rigged it so you can't print out the legal document or forward the email. Nice. I would love to know how they set that up. So if one wants to have a lawyer look at it (probably futile). its Shakey, this packet has... — read more
Teams that already got the beating can be hit again?
I’ve heard of several cases. I guess they just want to make sure we don’t get a single night of sleep for months.
Scam jobs on Linked-In and Indeed are so frustrating!
It's crazy how many scammers are on Indeed and Linked-in. Is there a safer way to apply for jobs? The only way I can think of is to go directly to employer websites or via word of mouth from folks in your network. What are others finding out... — read more
PSA: how to check if you're on the RIF chopping block
I can confirm a method to see if your role is impacted in an imminent RIF: Go to your HCM Service Apps > Personal Info > My Compensation and look at your "Effective Period." If it has changed from "Ongoing" to a specific future date (a week or 5 days... — read more
10/13 - 11/3
I'm sure some other state will be affected. Overall this is not good! https://www.warntracker.com/?company=oracle-america&year=2025
H1b employment
With O moving towards Government projects does it needs to reduce the number of H1b workers / employment ?
October layoffs running total
Oct01 4am UTC - Oct02 4am UTC totals: 241 layoffs, 44 additions. Methodology and day-by-day breakdown is in comments. Few next days will be added in comments as they pass, to avoid starting new threads.
Time to lay off LE?
We have a gasilian CEO's waiting in the wings. We have left enough old people go, why not one more?