Hard to get a handle on exactly how many people were given notice this past week - let’s call it 100. If you know otherwise let us know. That brings the total YTD FY18 to 8,245, and since 6/1/2016 to 18,245. More layoffs to come for sure. Good luck... — read more 

Willing to get in touch with real human beeings who care about Oracle Employees ? Willing to get away from anonymous-only, bot-jamed discussions ? Willing to build more resilient employees interest representation ? Let's talk... — read more 

What I have seen from the managers I worked for, is a systematic sabotage of their employees ability to work with other employees on the team. They try to build resentment between people on their own teams. Generally, this has to do with telling... — read more 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-01/canada-to-scrap-ibm-payroll-plan-gone-awry-costing-c-1-billion

hmmmmm...now we know...why she sold 90% of her shares last month...jump ship safra...1 down...1 more to go....hopefully..! ============================= ..Oracle CEO Safra Catz is on the short list to replace Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster as National... — read more 

I'm now on the outside but it's not Oracle out here. I miss Bugtraq and MyDesktop.

What's going on with layoffs? Is today the day as somebody posted, or are we safe? I know there were some yesterday, so I actually believed that it would spill into today, but so far it's been pretty peaceful. Has anything happened so far, or can we... — read more 

SFDC just reported a blow out quartet, past $10bn on to $20bn. And oracle? Leaving LE behind to s--- on his owl little lollipop. Serves you right self serving swine!

Well they did it again! SC and MH at the very top of Fast Company’s most overpaid CEO list. The F:ing greedy, selfish swine that they are! Get paid a lot, deliver no value.

Any comments or insights to Q3 close? Heard that all was not well - CP targets missed badly.

Rumor has it layoffs begin tomorrow in OCS, HW Field Sales & and Engineering, Fusion Apps, and many legacy development and support teams. Good luck, everyone. You should be able to see the fedex delivery if you sign up with fedex today.

I got 67,500

I've read on other sites that some employees who have had good reviews at a company, have had those reviews modified after they left the company. They have gone back to sue the company and the company then says that their performance reviews are much... — read more 

Ok folks, whay’s The scoop on today’s layoffs?

There were no automatic raises for cost of living, or real appraisals. I had to ask for a raise each time I felt it appropriate. It worked OK for me, but the lack of methodical processes must lead to a lot of unfairness. From my former VP it sounded... — read more 

http://www.businessinsider.com/oracles-thomas-kurian-has-interesting-rules-for-holding-meetings-2016-8 For instance, he's demanding in meetings, wanting to people to cut to the chase on their slides to get to the part where they discuss problems. If... — read more 

The exodus has started. Customer Success Mgrs and Application Sales Mgrs are heading for the door in numbers to competitors and new venture backed firms. These are the last of the remaining experienced talent.

https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2018/02/22/oracle-job-openings-russell-investments-center.html

Is it common for others in field sales at Oracle to go for prolonged periods without raises? From what I've seen and heard, Oracle has been doing this to tenured people for a while. Outside of getting a promotion (or recently for retention purposes)... — read more 

He is the last of the greats in The Valley who built a company from scratch to make it one of America's truly great companies. While I am sad to leave the company and fully understanding the reasons that my position was canceled, I can appreciate and... — read more 

No Major layoffs this past week. Total for FY18 YTD remains at 8,025, since 6/1/2016 at 18,025. This coming Thursday is a potential danger point. Good luck all !

Take a look at the 2/21 WSJ article about GE’s crash - it’s oracle in everything but name. The next one will have oracle’s name in it.

I was part of riff in Jan '18 and last week I received a letter asking me if I am interested in applying for open positions. Is it a standard practice that we receive such kind of letters from HR

Oracle accused of 'double-billing customers' after software audits Vendor giant allegedly auditing local subsidiaries of firms that already have global licences... — read more 

i heard that the head of EBS QA has transferred to fusion, also many of my colleagues who have worked in oracle for many years left EBS recently, should i stay in EBS, and wait?...when would it replaced by fusion?...how many more years can EBS... — read more 

This kind of outlines the overall sales strategy nowadays. http://www.businessinsider.com/oracle-customer-explains-audit-threats-2015-9

Oracle employees , did you checked the new joke of Oracle Compliance & Ethics internal web site to cover themselves and the board of directors from the coming lawsuit. Is it just EMEA & APAC or also NAS ?

I spent some time last year training some of the "class of" members last year and in all honestly most were not the cream of the crop but a lot closer to the "bottom of the barrel". Some were enthusiastic but in all honesty most were as dumb as a... — read more 

Today the OMC group had an all hands briefing. The first since the leadership of Oracle Marketing Cloud (OMC) was unceremoniously decapitated on Dec 4, 2017. Almost 2 1/2 months later, the OMC had their all-hands full business unit meeting to address... — read more 

have noticed new groups in Austin center looking for business-- few emails today with signatures read as: " Information Management Team /North America Technology Division/Oracle| Austin, Texas " " To engage Team submit here: http://xxx.oraclecorp.com... — read more 

They’re making offers right and left for support analyst jobs in Austin & San Antonio right now. Got a call from a recent grad asking about the oracle culture. I asked about the interview process... The individual said it was one interview and then a... — read more 

The Oracle "class of " program is rolling out in a big way. MH is super proud of replacing seasoned field sales reps he calls "Mercenaries" with fresh underpaid college grads. Its a win-win / lose-lose. MH and the college grads are happy. An English... — read more 

Top ten Highest Compensated CEO’s in USA Thomas M. Rutledge $98M @ Charter Communications $29B Leslie Moonves $68.6M @ CBS $13.2B Fabrizio Freda $47.7M @ Estee Lauder $11.8B Mark G. Parker $47.6M @ Nike $34.4B Mark V. Hurd $41.1M @ Oracle $37.7B... — read more 

Dear MH: Here’s hoping that when you leave Oracle you will be treated with the same dignity you showed your own workforce in BUR in September. Hope you get a Fedex delivered to your house and instructions to tune into some clown like ES who gives you... — read more 

After this years layoffs wrap up, oracle will Co tongue to either and fade. LE will be almost 75, MH is pushing 65 and there’s no one with any real talent to taje the helm. The products are as feeble as the leaders. Their client server software has... — read more 

Looks like 250 in Spain got their walking papers this week. That brings the total for FY18 YTD to 8,025 and since 6/1/2016 to 18,025. Looks like more layoffs coming as oracle completes shift to digital sales before end of FY. Good luck all!

This money is set aside annually for s-xual harassment suit settlements, sales commission suit settlements, and other employee related suit settlements.

All of you in locations that have been/ look like they will be affected by coming layoffs - alert your local media and your stare and Congressional reps to oracle behavior. Bring them up to date on oracle strategy and the layoffs that’s already taken... — read more 

https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/16/oracle-grabs-zenedge-as-it-continues-to-beef-up-its-cloud-security-play/

Several meetings took place both in person and via conference on a layoff schedule for HW. Managers were asked to rank employees in order of importance and then recommend who to let go in March and who in June. HD will absorb org in June. Trick here... — read more