Millennials have figured everything out, we do not know this yet, they do not know this yet, but it seems to me that they have figured it out. In short, all Millennial engagements are mostly transnational - they come in, they want TLC immediately... — read more 

It was good while it lasted - many of us had achieved amazing things, built amazing products. As my farewell I am sharing a Commemorative Listing of Prominent Sun Employees! All the best and good luck - I hope we cross paths again soon!!!... — read more 

I was laid off, and the nice old man on the phone said that M8 is a huge success and will be supported for years to come. So the lucky go-getters that will have the dream job of supporting M8 will get to stay at Oracle at least until 2022...

Fortunately the Sparc layoff today was greatly exaggerated, and not the 50% reduction some said would happen, but I still think the big layoff will be soon...

Folks, let's try to get a handle on how many we think we're laid off. Share info you have by group, locations etc., such that we can add it all up to get to a reliable total for the weekly report. Thanks and may you all quickly find better jobs!

This morning a homeless person is sleeping next to SCA auditorium, maybe we can all join in later. https://ibb.co/ghhmia

make RIF great again!

ME Team completely gone. Documentation team completely gone. Others had partial layoff(40-50%) Got an email in Morning about conference call. Call was just about 5 min, to tell that you're fuc*ed up. Then HR called each one to choose from Involuntary... — read more 

Have a fedex delivery scheduled for today, vacation link missing in SSA, everything else accessible, No email about conf call from hr. These guys cant even pull off a layoff neatly. Disgusting !

Now you can only view your vacation accruals via last pay stub :( Maybe it was a temporary removal but I doubt it. Sorry folks, the only way is via Fedex.

Who wants to listen to the layoff? I'll post it for media to listen in.

So where's the big layoff??? It was all Fake News.

anyone get 1 yet? the vacation balance link disappeared off SSA this morning, but otherwise no other signs. what about others?

========================================================== Nov 2016 -- Solaris 12 canned (163K Views!!) https://www.thelayoff.com/t/KBEVoB1 Dec 2016 -- Never mind the Bollocks! (86K views!!) https://www.thelayoff.com/t/KTCW4qz (Head's up for next... — read more 

January 22 2017 - @Ltosz8O /Unofficial official layoff tally is 1,800/

"Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems in 2010, and since that time Oracle's hardware and software engineers have worked side-by-side to build fully integrated systems and optimized solutions designed to achieve performance levels that are unmatched in... — read more 

there was a drone flying around taking videos during the celebration. Are these videos uploaded anywhere? where to watch them?

I got my FEDEX notification, so I know I'm out . Most people I know also got the notification but some didn't (but very small percentage). Anyone knows the percentage of this layoff ? any survivors ? if there are some people who got spared, what the... — read more 

Oracle was founded in 1977. How stupid if the FedEx packages are some gifts for the 40 year anniversary and HR is throwing pizza parties tomorrow in all the conference rooms?

I wanted to give my best wishes to folks who got laid off. Remember, its not the end of the world and specially if you are in the Silicon Valley region, jobs are a plenty... I don't think that the folks who are not impacted by the RIF are feeling any... — read more 

Will go down as a day in my career: fedex got a few more shipments and a few more hits from one of the most underwhelming companies to exist. Happy that we made good products at Sun. Sad that Oracle has lived up to its reputation among my peers as... — read more 

Please delete “computer hardware systems and”

How much time does x86 Engineering has? Just curious to see what your thoughts are. I think MH will make sure they are gone by the end of 2018.

A small change will do (add a dot or shuffle a paragraph). This pushes you up the candidate list as the system knows that you are likely starting to position yourself for a job search. Also, recruiters are pinging people regularly, but their sort is... — read more 

You will receive an email around 7am with a number to call. The call will be 5 minute instructions on the layoff. Drop your badge and laptop with your boss on the way out.

Oh, no it'll be Fusion. Oh, no, it'll be ---- (insert whatever you want to insert)... No FedEx for me but I was done today. Been updating the LI profile and polishing my resume. F--- all of this.

Much of the software has gone into maintenance only. About the only pieces of software that aren't maintenance only are database and Linux. The database will be shifted into cloud. If you want to run the Oracle database on-prem, be prepared to wait a... — read more 

ZFSSA Engineering was gutted today, Tape Engineering is on the block for Friday.

This is singlehandedly the worst handled layoff all of us have ever seen. Its 4pm PST and there still is 0 notification on when people are supposed to show up their final day, 0 information about who's doing it, 0 information on how it will be... — read more 

The way Oracle is trying to force people to the "cloud" is laughable. They are going full retard on licensing and screwing over loyal customers by changing terms and delivering insane bills. They then think that companies will trust them for cloud?... — read more 

If most of your department is over 50 and get laid off, keep younger workers or workers from India to replace American workers, refuse the package if you can and file a class action lawsuit. Now I know the chance of this happening, less than 10%. But... — read more 

From an enterprise perspective, here are the core issues with Sun... 1) A failure to execute. They were increasingly unable to compete in the high-end UNIX server market against IBM. The Rock processor was constantly delayed. Their machines fell... — read more 

All of Sparc/ME was doomed back in Dec 2016. You only held onto a belief that it would be resurrected or that layoffs in Jan/June would jump start SPARC. Oracle only avoided laying everyone off at once to stagger layoffs to spread cost, avoid... — read more 

Labor day layoffs - as covered by Phoronix: The Sounds Of More Oracle Layoffs, SPARC Execution Could Be Near Written by Michael Larabel in Oracle on 31 August 2017 at 03:48 PM EDT. 1 Comment ORACLE -- Oracle is celebrating Labor Day in America this... — read more 

The register has just published the story about Sparc layoffs... Oracle finally decides to stop prolonging the inevitable, begins hardware layoffs Pink slips are en route, say employees By Shaun Nichols in San Francisco 31 Aug 2017 at 19:34 Oracle is... — read more 

I would assume that the terms are standard and non-negotiable for the severance...but I thought I'd go ahead and ask about this anyway - I guess it does not hurt to define/clarify this as well. Did anyone try to negotiate some different terms? For... — read more 

How does the actual act of communicating that you've been laid off happen? Do they call you in a conference room? If yes, who is there? What do they tell you? How long does it take?

I read lots on here about people discussing Oracle Confidential information. This information is company proprietary so we shouldn't be discussing it in case Oracle Corporate finds out and you get in trouble. Things like RIFs in groups shouldn't be... — read more 

If you're in the cloud, make sure you have a parachute. Gravity is a killer.