how do you track layoff totals real-time?
the easiest proxy I found is #watercooler slack channel. it was over 40k participants at the start of the day.
it's 39662 now. so it reflects ~1% global workforce reduction in 8 hours
any better ways to track it?
#general Oracle One had 161k in March 2023. It was 178k on 8/28/25 and now at 169k
you know why we should join a union? because fu-k Larry that's why
nothing would pi-s them off more if we all joined a union. nothing would frustrate them more scare them more even
they need us to do the actual work, and if we all just go on strike then I think we could probably get our point across
how fu---d would they be if we all quit right now
https://youtu.be/CXskNwIstGw
yes tracking members of #general is the way to go
#watercooler numbers can go up or down as other slack orgs add the channel for people to announce they are gone!
3430 for the past 24 hours based on #general participants count change
I check and now #watercooler is 38537. ups
Please keep posting current numbers from slack here. I was impacted today, so I am one of them, but my access was restricted today. Sad to see so many of us good people impacted like this.
@a3 Yep. I worked on OCI and we're behind schedule but they let me go anyway.
Agree - seemed to be 3-4k today
#general started from 172796 starting today.
So far 3k jobs were lost today alone
@a3 they had there’s two weeks ago
Is OCI impacted ?
The best way is via the #general channel which was about 172k a few hours ago and now it's under 170k.
#general oracle one had 173k and now 169k