I'm part of the OCIC area. I am actually dreading the next few weeks when the lay offs will happen. There has been whispers of such thing here lately so I am not motivated to work at all. Any chance we can get more info on those rumors? Is it just... — read more 

Under AA the directive to lay-off has begun. ES signed off on packages to let go beneath. I only know a small area that has 30% lay-off amount. The other areas in HW (servers, storage) do indeed suffer yet another round by Nov 1st, percentages vary I... — read more 

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/23/amazon-move-off-oracle-caused-prime-day-outage-in-warehouse.html

Step 1 do nothing Step 2 gossip Step 3 do nothing Step 4 kiss a-- to upper directors Step 5 kiss a-- to vp Step 6 do nothing Step 7 gossip Step 8 do nothing Step 9 promoted

Although the value of the acquisition was not yet disclosed, and judging by the value of the acquired company, it doesn’t look like a big buy, think that it is good that Oracle is spreading it’s interest towards these kind of technologies and... — read more 

Larry Ellison touts innovation weapon at Oracle OpenWorld https://finance.yahoo.com/m/24d68be5-50d8-3a67-84ad-a14748b2a1a7/larry-ellison-touts.html

typical gibberish blab... "............ Amazon and Microsoft currently preparing press releases that both say "We have no idea what Larry Ellison is talking about but it doesn't work like that" #OOW18.." =================... — read more 

Managers have to prioritize staying in their hotel rooms to fire people instead of spending time with customers at OOW.

They are getting rid of the knowledgeable people first. The management doesn't like having anyone around that knows anything and can contradict them. Managers lack the basic understanding of how anything works and so they make the assumption in their... — read more 

Drama like it’s high school. Bone heads run this place.

In a press release earlier today, Oracle claims to have over 3K "LIVE" ERP Cloud customers out of their total of 5,500 organizations who have "selected" it. This seems at odds with numbers thrown around over the last 1-2 years. I worked ERP cloud and... — read more 

I'm so used to reading about at least a few people being laid off each week, that this is starting to scare me instead of comfort me. Makes me think Oracle is preparing for another major round any day now. I know I'm probably being paranoid, but I... — read more 

Looks like a quiet layoff week last week. Total since 6/1/2016 remains at 20,091. Keep looking while the going is good!

This rumor is pure speculation because I have no way of validating the rumor. But from the general tight lips, and rushing about in panicked fashion by those who should know this rumor may be true. @VKt7WnY indicates that Oracle Autonomous in the... — read more 

4 days of damege control... who is First?

very telling that the 3 stooges decided not to hold this annual mtg this year...It must be exhausting trying to keep up the charade. I am sure the analysts are relieved not to have to come to OOW and waste their time.

Any updates?

As posted on LinkedIn yesterday, Oracle announced that anyone can ask MH "your cloud questions." The Tag is @MarkVHurd and #AskMark on Twitter to hear his BS answers during OOW. #oow18

If I still have a job after how I filled out the survey, they must be relatively confidential. I was not offensive but I certainly called out specific EVPs and SVPs on their behavior and lack of leadership. If I recall, I said I trust my direct... — read more 

He left “to pursue other opportunities”. No news. Looks like he is “looking” and not “pursuing”. Loser!

My favorite one (if I were a hacker) is CVE-2018-3259, its the one that allows me to take over the Oracle VM remotely. That's where I get all that precious data. Delicious. Just port scan for 1521 and bingo... I am ready to rock and roll. I think the... — read more 

If you are in the US where typical employees have close to zero rights in the workplace, this is what you can look forward to. The 90s and 2000s are done. A combination of automation, downsizing/right sizing, globalism and something called monopsony... — read more 

Oracle stated on Wednesday that it plans to buy goBalto, a cloud platform company that specializes in clinical trails site selection and activation for life sciences companies. Apparently, with this purchase, Oracle wants to expand it's Health... — read more 

everyone in the SPARC engineering is gone, apart very few people for the sustaining in AA team. M8+ is an overclocked M8, nothing new, that will give only very few % more in performances and it is so power hungry that will be installed only in the... — read more 

Thr process earlier would start by mid september. No movement or sign this year till now in HR tools. Any idea on focal/appraisal happening this year?

Since layoffs at the end of 2016, I have been concerned about my job security and have had anxiety resulting from this (umm wonder what the lawyers would say, another post I think), After each round, I was still here so finally about 6 months ago,I... — read more 

ORCL stock -- Down grade.....down grade...no soup for you!! https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/ORCL?p=O

I heard that the layoff starts after OOW at the start of November. 500+ on the chopping block, most from OCIC

If I still have a job after how I filled out the survey, they must be relatively confidential. I was not offensive but I certainly called out specific EVPs and SVPs on their behavior and lack of leadership. If I recall, I said I trust my direct... — read more 

In my opinion, this is generally a good move, keeping in mind that this is a market with a constant demand and with a wide range of customers. On the other hand, we are faced with a fierce competition which is more or less specialised in the products... — read more 

Has anybody managed to get used to not having any semblance of job security? I keep hoping it's going to get easier, but that has not been the case. At least not for me. Every new day and every new week is a renewed source of stress for me. How do... — read more 

Never email when you can speak Never speak when you can nod Never nod when you can wink And Never wink when you can smile (Mgmt & Leadership Tips & Tricks for Employee Comms)

Place is going to the dumps!

Oracle acquires companies with the idea that no innovation will ever be required. Just maintain them into their graves. No real innovation is ever done on acquired software. Some integration might happen, then nothing. Oracle is a 1957 Edsel with... — read more 

Given all this renewed interest in on premise, does Oracle have anything after M8? At one point there was a public roadmap slide that suggested incremental improvements to M8. What's the plan for existing SPARC/Solaris customers? Anyone know?

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/eight-steps-becoming-better-salesperson-mark-hurd/

Just turned down Facebook to start at Oracle in Redwood tomorrow. Looking forward to it as they are a superb company. Oracle Cloud rocks!

Customers seem to respond well to ORCL autonomous cloud products (and not just DB) and they seeme to have real results that exceed on-premises performance. Am I missing something, or does ORCL have some traction with this?

Anyone hear anything about another huge re-org coming. I heard it would be this month but just wondering if anyone else has heard anything?