Thread regarding Oracle Corp. layoffs

@OP You can give notice to quit with little notice and your employer can do the same.

Employer loyalty is long gone, just like the double digit career with a single employer.

Why stay if your compensation keeps falling year upon year ?

It’s heartbreaking to read how Oracle treat their employees since last weeks. I was working there 10 years and last year I decided to end it up because I felt it was getting worse - toxic atmosphere, unreal expectations, my direct manager was most of the time not professional showing too much negative emotions to us instead of clearly dispatching and managing tasks. I felt that good times are gone, I left Oracle and started a new job. Looking in the past, that was the best decision I made. If you feel down, drained out or lose a sense of staying there, do not hesitate to change it. I am keeping my fingers and thumbs for all of you affected by the tremendous layoffs.

FWIW, this was the first across the board mass layoff in many years, so there was stability, until now.

Of course raises and bonuses were rare. Those deemed "essential" may have been awarded RSUs as a gold handcuff. I suspect more than a few stuck around hoping to make it to retirement age.

I’ve seen it happen over and over again: in the name of “stability,” people at Oracle slowly lose their edge. Spend 3–5+ years there, and suddenly, your resume starts working against you. Interview calls dry up. And when they do come, it's either for roles far below your capability or offers so low they’re borderline insulting—unless you have strong connections to pull some strings.

You start to wonder—how did we get here?

Tech is supposed to be dynamic. Fast. Ruthless, even. It rewards those who adapt, take risks, and keep learning. So why do so many cling to this illusion of “stability” in a place that’s clearly stagnant? Let’s be honest—it’s not stability. It’s fear. It’s being stuck. Trapped by visas, personal struggles, age, illness, or just the comfort of predictability. The real ki-ler? Group politics. That’s how people survive here—not through innovation or output, but through alliances and maneuvering.

And then there’s that quiet voice we all ignore:
"When was the last time I took a risk?"
Ever considered stepping out—even for a lower title or pay—just to try something new? Or are we just playing it safe while the industry passes us by? Time has come for many to realize and change their path.

Oracle’s strategy hasn’t changed in years: hire technical talent at low to mid salaries, keep raises minimal, and throw in some RSUs when the stock dips. That’s the playbook. Growth? It’s never been organic. Oracle didn’t build its success—it bought it. Coherence, PeopleSoft, Siebel, BEA WebLogic, OHS… the list goes on. Nothing truly came from inside. No bold innovations. Just acquisitions and rebrands.

Because Oracle isn’t a place for builders. It’s not a product company. It’s a political machine. A place where ideas die slowly, buried under endless layers of management, fear-based retention tactics, and outdated tech. If you're on a visa, forget challenging anything—you’re held hostage by paperwork and false promises.

Take Oracle Fusion, for example. It’s a bloated monolith, stitched together by legacy tech and held up by teams that often don’t even understand what’s under the hood. It’s still running on outdated WebLogic and Fusion Middleware stacks from a decade ago. But sales keeps pushing it—riding the name and reputation of Oracle to sell something that’s barely holding itself together.

I’ve seen customers pull out of Fusion deployments once they realize how messy it is—how many admins they’d need just to keep it running in-house. It’s not just inefficient. It’s unsustainable.

So here we are, stuck in a cycle—watching careers plateau, innovation stall, and a company that once seemed unstoppable slowly become irrelevant. Not because the talent isn’t there, but because the culture ki-ls it.

I totally agree with you with everything what you have written there. As a former employee for many years, I heard form people working there for longer than me (more than 10 or 15 years), that there is only one thing keeping them here - the STABILITY of employment. Because the salary here was always below the poor level. And after inflation I was very very underpaid and overloaded with more and more work - there was no hiring in my team after some people left the team in EMEA region.