straight garbage people
Locking customers in
Even though this article reflects only the position and attitude of one competitor company and I don’t see anything wrong with trying to secure that your customers use a wider range of the company’s products, if it has the means to do so, I see this... — read more
OAC
my opinion : sales on the decline everyone is leaving or about to leave. jump ship before its too late
AWS worth much more than oracle
At an estimated valuation of $350 Bn AWS is worth almost twice as much as all of Oracle, with a market cap of a mere $188 BN. Eat your heart ♥️ out LE!
Tired of all the fuss over GM layoffs
Seriously, Oracle keeps laying off people constantly. The number is in tens of thousands by now. And yet there is no outrage, no media coverage, nothing. What makes General Motors so special? I really wish we could get a tenth of attention GM layoffs... — read more
Q2 Results ; Not pretty
How were Q2 results in your group? Many deals seemed to push...
Support reviews negative
This page says it all http://www.customerservicescoreboard.com/Oracle Although it is more specific to Micros
Talents Leaving Oracle, every day....
Everyday, More and more good talents are leaving Oracle .. this is a clear sign that Oracle is heading to it’s end of it’s prosperous growth time.
Unofficial official layoff report 12/2/2018
Looks like about 100 Dev people were laid off in Cloud@Customer OCIC/OP/OCC and about 5 -10 at CRM on Demand. That brings the total since 6/1/2016 to 20,246. Keep looking!
CRM On Demand(CRMOD) RIFs
There were some reduction in force in the CRM On Demand group on Friday, 30th of Nov. Know of at least 1 person that got laid off.
Customer Success is Dead
Oracle doesn’t care about customers and it was evident today with the changes made. This could have work. It’s industry best practices if launched and managed correctly. The problem wasn’t us (CSMs) the problem was Oracle management. You can not be... — read more
Major changes in SaaS NA CSMs today
Being told we have new jobs on different teams. Where did you land?
20% reduction in CEA team in EMEA and JAPAC
Just came out of the meeting, 20% headcount reduction will be there spread over 2 quarters in the CEA team in EMEA and JPAC. Manager layer of these teams will be optimised to begin with. Be ready for more bad news.
The AWS announcement on Oracle DBs is a turning point for all Oracle DB customers
After all, if Amazon can get over their addiction, they will help lots of other businesses to do the same. By direct hosting. By providing onsite. And don’t forget all the brilliant people who will invent tools and spin off businesses that will... — read more
MSFT - Oracle share price comparison
Over the last year MSFT has kicked LE’s sorry butt. Since 12/1/2017 MSFT has gone from $84 to $110 per share, or +31%; while oracle has gone from $49.61 to $47.90 per share, or minus 3%. And that’s after oracle spent Billions of dollars buying back... — read more
Layoffs after Christmas?
I suspect there won't be layoffs immediately before Christmas. I would guess that next layoffs will come early in January. It seems like they come either at the end or beginning of a quarter and they don't like to layoff before holidays because if... — read more
White House to hold roundtable with tech executives -- Guess who??
White House to hold roundtable with tech executives -- Guess who?? https://www.foxbusiness.com/business-leaders/white-house-to-hold-roundtable-with-tech-executives
Oracle BI
Stay away. Bunch of id--ts pretending to be experts.
Amazon dumping Oracle databases by the end of 2019
I know this has been announced earlier, but now that the AWS CEO announced a precise time frame, the whole matter looks more realistic. I can’t determine whether the Oracle leadership was too naive, thinking that this would never happen, or do they... — read more
SFDC soars/ oracle crashes
The latest SFDC results set up a nice compare that oracle will not come even close to matching, nice!
X-mas m---acre?
Given the low expectation of Q2 performance, how big do we think that the X-mas m---acre is going to be? Give me your guess
Plz fire my Manager
Plz fire my useless spineless Manager. He is yes man of sales VP. Shame to you Mr Manager In know you and Sales VP monitor this site.
Did I get this right?
There were no layoffs at Oracle during Thanksgiving week? Will wonders never cease?
Oracle hires the new global industries solution leader for gov tech
As it is reported in the article, Oracle announced that it was hiring the CIO of the city of Palo Alto as the new leader of the public sector division. According to the article, he will take his position at Oracle starting December 17th... — read more
Has anyone else had issues after using the EAP?
I have a friend who was supposedly told in a private call by one of his department VPs that he was denied a promotion because he took some counseling under the Oracle Employee Assistance Program when his gf left him and because of this he was deemed... — read more
Over $400 million for the compensations of top 4 Oracle’s execs.
I gotta admit that reading this article made me sick. 400 mil for the paychecks and bonuses of only for people is disgraceful, especially keeping in mind that Oracle has been, pretty much, living of its all fame and has been a failing company in... — read more
Oracle stock going down...
From last quarter result stock was doing better than nasdaq index. And got another boost with Warren Buffett share holding. But from. Last two days.,there is a sudden dive. No icrements this time. Something suspicious?
Oracle outdoing Google
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelbarthur/2018/11/18/can-oracle-outdo-google-or-what-you-need-to-know-about-a-cloud-based-talent-management-system/
The big players on the SD-WAN market don’t feel threatened by Oracle’s purchase of Talari
I’ve seen much debate on the Talari acquisition, but the general opinion from the companies that already operate on this market is that Oracle will pose no threat to the big players. All and all, this is just proving to be another situation where... — read more
Unofficial official layoff report 11/25/2018
No major layoffs reported this past week. Total since 6/1/2016 remains at 20,136. Keep looking!
Autonomous Manager
My current Manager just does nothing, he meets no customers, does not even come out his cabin to network with hiwbpeers, meet leadership team or even ask his team on what they do. I was purtured with his behaviour. Not anymore. I realized I have... — read more
All the reason behind the Talari acquisition
Even though the general public and the media described Oracle’s acquisition of Talari Networks as being odd or even illogical, it seems that Oracle has a clear vision of Talari’s place under its umbrella. Will that vision be effective, time will... — read more
Another suit.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/AMP/2018/11/20/oracle_sued_age_gender_discrimination/
Heard that no hike this year...
Whats going on... If CTOs are so optimistic on OCI. Autonomous. Analytics. ERP. Then why are they not giving hike. Who decides. MH ot SC ot LE
ORACLE APAC
What is happening in Oracle APAC?
Ruin Thanksgiving in Four Words
Ruin Thanksgiving in Four Words _ ___
SaaS CSM Leadership
Finally happened. Sales had it with CB and word on the street from my VP, Sales says she is gone by March and all of CSM teams will be part of the support function moving forward. Finally don’t have to deal with CSMs or try to sell their c-appy paid... — read more
Oracle is a place of stagnation
In my 5+ years at Oracle, we had one team dinner. ONE. That was it. I worked at places that do quarterly bashes, boat trips, swimming outings, lakeside bbq parties and all kinds of fun stuff. Oracle is a stagnation place and misery. The only reason I... — read more
Executive cost reductiond
One thing we seem to have missed in all the mirth about TK ‘leaving’ is that his departure results in a significant reduction in costs - $50m - $100m a year all included? Nice addition to the bottom like and EPS. Who’s next? Maybe MH? That would be... — read more
Narcissism
From: @QfAKigt-4opx I mean, why would adults act this way, for what purpose? You are making an assumption when you ask this question. There is no purpose, other than some insane behavior centered on the manager's ego. Narcissism is a personality... — read more