It was the most fun out here. Liked that picture of the grim reaper sitting between LE and MH.

No major layoffs this past week. Total FY18 YTD remains at 8,730 and since 6/1/2016 at 18,730. Rumor of a big one coming on 5/31, keep looking all!

Fake news is posted on this board as Solaris is alive and well and will be used for many more years by large established companies who are disinclined to move to Linux. Sure, if I were 22 years old and right out of college I wouldn’t want to take a... — read more 

oracle Partners are the real winners of the oracle strategy. Customers don't rely anymore on oracle services. Customers don't ask for oracle consultancy. Most of the oracle partners have hired the oracle experts that were laid off. oracle consultancy... — read more 

Any information about Oracle APAC and changes and layoffs?

All other countries have been done. Only UK left so far. Rumors say end of FY.

Since we all pretty much know by now that huge layoffs are coming at the end of next month, I thought this was a good thing to post right now. At least to know where to look for a new job and what to skip... — read more 

Now, what I have heard is that they are going to take Oracle digital and start allowing the kids to travel. They get rid of the reps, SC's, and ECA's making about $150k base + bonus and replace them with kids that will make on average between base... — read more 

Rumors are an announcement is coming soon about a dramatic change in senior management. Hints have been made here in the layoff forums and have been deleted because they may contain personal health related information. You can figure out the rest.

Oracle doesn’t make transfers easy for anyone. HR doesn’t care one bit. The deck is totally stacked against the employee. The rules governing transfers at Oracle require you to notify your manager before you speak with any manager outside your group... — read more 

Date: April 23, 2018 at 9:59:18 AM CDT Subject: AUDITIONS: Oracle's Got Talent 2018 Wednesday, May 2nd & Thursday, May 3rd 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. W1078 Training Room 2300 Cloud Way Austin, TX 78741 Oracle Austin invites you to our annual talent show:... — read more 

But is the rumor true???

Interesting twist on the layoffs, new rumor is that Sun will be spun off to Fujitsu. Also field sales and field sales engineering are going to be let go. The Sun deal wont require layoffs as the majority of the employees will change hats. Field sales... — read more 

Site admin getting overly active - yet another thread gone! What’s with that ?! In any event, hopeful the SEC has time to take down the initials. Go get em!

customers are not stupid!! "...Real cloud companies rent their infrastructure, build platforms customers and other vendors can build on, then sell software as a service on the platforms. Oracle’s cloud is the opposite. It’s a system for selling... — read more 

Why does Oracle layoff great people in one area without offering 60 days to apply for an internal shift to another group? It would seem to be financially prudent and then morally prudent for morale. Also are all the openings on Oracle Career Board... — read more 

No major layoff activity reported this week. Total for FY18 YTD remains at 8,730, and since 6/1/2016 at 18,730. FY year end approaching fast, get ready!

If there are layoffs at the end of Q4, when would one likely find out? Two weeks out? Thursday before? Any rumors on cloud sales engineers/solutions consultants in apps?

So much for all the FUD that Solaris is dead when it has a new roadmap which is detailed, predictable, and committed. Please now stop all this anti-Oracle rants that occur when these details are published as you simply do not have a clue.

Way to be good neighbors, millennial kids! http://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/neighbors-say-theyre-fed-up-with-oracle-employees-speeding/1129181832

he does

I can see that almost 80 to 90% of daily emails are cloud sales related and are international and/or from Asia,middle east and latin america.. so apparently ..some products are selling-- but not in U.S..so who is selling overseas and what the heck... — read more 

Where is it??? The company is doing well and you are just stirring trouble because you were RIF

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4163331-amazon-king-cloud-oracle-steal-crown “... Enter Zenedge... The acquisition of Zenedge, a cloud-based network and infrastructure security provider, was announced in mid-February. While news of this is public... — read more 

There was a hilarious post that someone who got laid off put a voodoo curse on MH. Apparently you can buy the curse online from a voodoo priest in Hati and this is why MH was sick and missed the CX summit last week. What happened to the post? That... — read more 

Catz told reporters .. the company's cloud business was impacted by a new model made available to customers three quarters ago .."That makes the appearance of a lower number (for the cloud business).. even though money is actually coming .," That's... — read more 

RG's directs have demanded that something be done to burn down the cloud credits financially engineered into deals of the past. HD was supposed to do this. HD, in a panic, is proposing a reorg where more 'ineffective' field jobs are move to the hubs... — read more 

The UX group got hit this week, at least 50 people laid off. That makes the total for FY18 8,730 and since 6/1/2016 18,730. More to come for sure, keep looking for new jobs all!

Wow, the entire tread with all the comments gone! Bad! In any event oracle should fire both of them and the 3 stooges plus TK.

Oracle is now doing it's own security surveys. "As many organizations migrate to cloud services, it is critical that their business and security objectives align, and that they establish rigorous controls of their own, versus solely relying on the... — read more 

https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2018/04/12/double-size-oracle-austin-campus-not-imminent.html Is Oracle Corp. slated for a big expansion of its shining new campus on East Riverside Drive? Eventually, yes. Will it happen soon? Probably not.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/04/12/public_cloud_services_bigger_than_algerias_gdp_in_2018/

In a cryptic text message to the registrants to the MH keynote, attendees were notified that MH was not going to be able to speak. CB (Customer Success Maven) came on stage and gave a stellar performance and apology on behalf of Hurd's medical team... — read more 

Looks like we have a minimum of $114M in severance packages to be paid out. Depending on who you talk to after reading the 10Q in March it could be up to $640M. All I can say is this is the slowest Q4 across the board I have ever seen. Nothing seems... — read more 

Germany just got decimated not too long ago, just check how many are now in Garden Leave in Aria. Rumor has it that the UK is next. I know some chaps came over here to the states to keep their jobs.

Big layoff in Apps UX today. At least 25% of cloud UX group affected.

working for consulting-- I never ever remember so many consultants on the bench in Q4 as it is the case now..like today.. the maximum allowed used to be 2 weeks..and you were out.. the sad part is..considering all the 'cloud' implementation technical... — read more 

Does anybody know what’s going on in NA Customer Success? There seems to be layoffs coming soon based on what my colleagues are saying. What do people know? Should we be looking for jobs?

"..it appears the Company’s transition to the cloud is taking longer than expected.” , and Oracle and other ""small players"" are losing market share to big players.. https://marketrealist.com/2018/04/why-oracle-stock-fell-13-4-in-the-last-10-days