Thread regarding Oracle Corp. layoffs

Guess who made this bucket list for things to do in life - Hint its not Dr. Evil

I thought this would be a fun exercise. See if you can figure out who's bucket list this is. No names will be given, no initials... Just well document actions.

Rise to the top of a major publicly traded corporation. Check.

Focus like a laser on operational efficiency. Check.

Make over 40 million dollars a year in total compensation. Check.

Get fired for s-xual harassment. Check.

Lose a 3 billion dollar lawsuit with a former employer. Check.

Raise over 2 billion dollars for severance packages at two companies. Check.

Terminate over 50,000 people. Check.

Conduct layoffs during the holidays. Check.

Have a chuckle about the holiday layoffs at a holiday charity dinner. Check.

Live in a 20 million dollar home on a two acre lot in Atherton California. Check.

Take away employee benefits. Check.

Replace experienced workers with college grads. Check.

Stretch layoffs over a year to heighten employee anxiety. Check.

Pat my self on the back for cutting costs. Check.

Create a website called myfirstandlastname.com and talk about how great I am. Check.

Praise my self for all the people I let go and propigate that philosophy in business. Check.

Practice blatant age and s-x discrimination in lay off policy. Check.

Write a book about how to drop your conscience to get ahead in business. Check

Focus on numbers and cost savings show other CEOs how to fire their employees. Check.

Distill pure evil into numbers, ignore compassion, and call the book "the value factor." Check.

Hire college grads and have company training graduation parties at my 20 million dollar home. Check.

Lie publicly about the layoffs at my company. Check

Raise 1.1 bilion in severance packages, then lie again publicly about layoffs on CNBC. Check.

After lying publicly on CNBC about not having layoffs, go ahead and have the layoffs. Check.

Post a picture on twitter from an all hands meeting about the value of employees right after a layoff. Check.

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Names are not allowed here. Check the site rules.

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Conduct layoffs during the holidays. Check.

Have a chuckle about the holiday layoffs at a holiday charity dinner. Check.

Anyone have a video or recording of that? Any witnesses? Names? Date / time location? That would be awesome.

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Post a picture on twitter from an all hands meeting about the value of employees right after a layoff. Check.

https://twitter.com/Oracle/status/885577063914127360

Celebrate our incredible employees at our Global Employee Summit! We would not be #Oracle without you.

That was just a couple of weeks after the first wave of 1.1 Billion dollars of severance packages went out and those employees were walked off campus. Pretty sure a good number of the employees in the photo got hit in the next wave too. Wonder how many will survive the whole package. We are just a little over half way there.... Gotta love the 365 days of suspense.

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http://spinsucks.com/communication/public-relations-how-mark-hurds-online-reputation-changed/

He hired a whole PR firm and an SEO doctor too!

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You forgot one...

Add a project to the agency handling Oracles social media — have them monitor and report on Oracle CEO, first name last name “reputation” online . Report on this weekly as part of assignment. Check

(This is actually happening!)

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This was a good one:

After lying publicly on CNBC about not having layoffs, go ahead and have the layoffs. Check.

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Post ID: @vvs+Rx0YEx9

Oh man. I laughed out loud, this one hit my funny bone.

Distill pure evil into numbers, ignore compassion, and call the book "the value factor." Check.

Then I googled and found the book.

https://www.amazon.com/Value-Factor-Information-Competitive-Advantage/dp/1576601579

Now I am sad again. Its not funny when its real. I wish this was some sort of twisted comedy like silicon valley. Sadly its real life.

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