It does seem like, on average, older more experienced people were laid off. Anyone else notice this? Our group is half gone, and it's ALL the older folks - I'm not talking really old, just over 40.
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@an my husband. 60 years old. 22 years with Oracle . And excellent evaluations all years. Any recourse ideas?
Having been through numerous lawsuits and performed many mass layoffs, Oracle is well-versed in ensuring that there is a bell curve in the layoff age bracket distribution. They are pro's at this.
@am That's clearly not true in my group.
Older impacted workers will get an ADEA packet that lays out the age/job description of people impacted in their org. I got mine in September.
@ad Really appreciate being called a fool right now, so thanks for that.
@ap Not saying it's hard to figure out. I'm saying it's wrong. Those are different things.
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Yep. In fact, they’ll run all of this by lawyers to make sure it isn’t even accidentally exposing them to a potential lawsuit. Before Oracle I had seen many companies add undeserving young, white, males to teams just to fix the optics. Promise.
More senior, long-term, & older employees tend to have higher salaries. Oracle needs money for data centers. It's not hard to figure out.
@OP im in my mid 20s and i was laid off too
There were just as many people laid off under the age of 40 as there were over the age of 40.
Where does it say you would be employed for life. In the AI revolution, only a fool believes that.
Well, there isn't much anyone can do cause they always seek someone in their 20's, 30's, 40's, black, latin, indian, chinese, etc. into the mix of those laidoff to cover it from a legal angle.
Still waiting patiently...