With the latest major round behind us, do you feel like you can focus on work or are you already thinking about the next round? I'm in the second group. I'm at the point where I can't relax even the day after the layoffs are done, since I know more will be coming. It may be in a month or in six months but that makes no difference. This job is now a permanent source of stress.
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Every post above 100% agree with it. I only regret not thinking in that direction until it was too late.
I was hit with the summer‘s layoffs. And now looking back I wish I listened.
Now that I’m back in a job market, I can only see how little or what we were supporting is actually used in the industry. And it is a extremely difficult to convince hiring managers, even more when you get to the technical part. It’s not that you don’t know it, it’s that it’s outdated. Most of the comments are that is a great experience great knowledge but that is yesterday’s technology. This is my case so does not apply to everyone. I do understand that.
If you’re still there, learn whatever that interests you add something new if you can. Get your résumé ready and send it out there. It truly is no fun to be hit with the reality after the layoff.
@ab A big well known corporate company was giving free copies of a book called Who Moved my Cheese. I grabbed a couple of them since there were a LOT of copies and handed to my friends who were experiencing divorce. They read it and was told it was Very Helpful and they purchased more copies of these book to give to their loved ones.
I have 23 years invested in O and I am nearing retirement. I am just trying to make it to the finish line. The best advice I can give anyone is: don't stay. If you are here more than 5 years, you are wasting your career. Leave under your terms, not theirs. Stay 3-5 years then find something else. Trust me. And resist the urge to come back. It's not worth it.
Actually, it's the opposite for me. I'm focusing more on coding, architecture, and prepping for my exit so I can better explain my projects in interviews. Staying isn't worth the salary, small raises, and added stress. Oracle's boat has too many leaks; it's better to jump to a new one than keep patching it.
@bb very TRUE, and well said majority had been there for many many years. A lot of them have not been at other companies. The only company listed via Linkedin is O and more O
Quick reality check:
- Oracle pays less than most product companies — even service firms offer better comp.
- People stayed for stability and work-life balance. Post-layoffs, both are gone.
- Survivors will face high pressure, tighter deadlines, and more burnout — many will quit.
- The work isn’t cutting-edge — no rocket science here.
- Tech stack is outdated: still on Oracle SQL, WebLogic, Java 8. Even small startups have moved on.
- Oracle's new focus: hire fresh grads and low-cost talent, push them hard for more output.
- End result: lower pay, higher stress, minimal growth.
Use the time to come up with a potential exit strategy.
Hope for the best and plan for the worst.
Multiple years without a pay increase without constant layoffs doesn't really inspire long term confidence.
I advice you to use this time wisely for your personal wellbeing and rethink a change of the job, there is a career life beyond the O.