Hi, Any news on layoffs in Systems Support in Europe? Spain leaves by Feb 18? What about France, Italy, UK Germany and BeNeLux?
Brace Yourselves
Winter is coming
Annual performance reviews replaced with talent profile
From what I've heard, Oracle has officially discontinued its annual performance review process. Given that (1) many people haven't received them with any consistency and (2) the review seemed totally disconnected from job security, advancement or... — read more
How Oracle is losing the Cloud War... Giving its sales people to the competition... I got laid off and they all want me
How Oracle is losing the Cloud War... Giving its sales people to the competition... I got laid off and they all want me I was let go last QTR as sales consultant. The severance package was good and I have an offer in hand from a competitor, and in... — read more
Solaris layoffs today
How many ? I just got a meeting invite with my manager at SCA tomorrow morning, so I am done.
Oracle India laid off several sales reps - The SK way
On one side SK is celebrating that Oracle India won the best region and on the other side, he and his sales VPs are riffing people. There was no transparency on the process and as usual their so called "COO"- Madame DK is the brains behind it. The... — read more
What's going on with enterprise BI?
Is it true that only 20% of the reps hit their number last year? Out of that 20% nearly all had a ULA or PULA renewal? I'm also hearing that all of the quotas rose significantly even as much as doubled?
Spain update
In Spain they have announced that 39% volunteered to leave the company to get the benefit package. hahahaha isn't that ironic, 39% just do not want to work any longer for Oracle no matter if they know they are affected or not. Most of the 252 will... — read more
Life after oracle
Laid off last quarter unexpectedly. Process was cool. Notified June 1 worked through June 30. Severance package came in for 4 years of service. 14k before takes 9k after. Just started with MongoDB today. Making more now than I was last year at... — read more
Anyone get notice?
I have heard of quite a few people being put on performance improvement plans. I have had 3 different managers over the past 3 years and none of them did a performance review. My first manager left the company, my second manager moved into a new role... — read more
Oracle has changed
Oracle is a fairly sad place nowadays. I still haven't recovered since getting let go in 2015 after more than 25 dedicated and very productive years. Oracle execs should be ashamed of all things that were rolled out in order to decimate the workforce... — read more
If they want you gone, you'll be gone
I've heard that HCM is being used to sort out the layoff list. If, for whatever reason/factor (i.e. age, benefits and total compensation are as good a guess as any), they would like to see you go, then it is just a matter of whether they think you... — read more
Be mindful of where you work
Oracle pulls in a LOT of money and has for some time. A portion of that profit, especially years ago, was funneled into employee salaries, perks, benefits, bonuses, etc. and made it a lucrative place to work. It was a shrewd move by executives -- get... — read more
what is the future of sparc ?
anyone have a theory about sparc / the current project ? how the current layoffs rumors are related to Sparc development or the Hardware business in oracle in general ? All companies are doing their own hardware ( amazon , google ... etc ) it would... — read more
Unofficial official layoff report 7-30-2017
Well another week with no major layoffs, other than a few senior execs - JF and JO. Layoff total stays at 4,000 for FY18 and 14,000 since 6/1/2016. Layoffs reportedly coming this coming week. Good luck all!
Layoffs In sales to help sell cloud is the new trend
https://www.readitquik.com/news/hrtech/microsoft-headed-for-large-scale-layoffs/ "Microsoft is all set to lay off thousands of its professionals from the sales domain across the world, especially the enterprise customer and SME-focused divisions... — read more
Oracle HR regarding termination.
Any HR folks know what information Oracle provides a perspective employer during a background check? Curious as I keep getting threatened with a PIP.. I've never been fired before so I just want to be prepared. - thanks
I honestly feel bad for those posting here, but......it will get better
Time to wake up from dreaming. Place has always been a meat-grinder and none of you are the first to believe it would last. You don't have to like it - just accept it. I do feel your pain and it is understandable that you feel betrayed. Try to put it... — read more
FY2018: the destruction of Oracle Field Sales
I know a lot of field reps that have no support and have no idea what to position. For veteran sales reps the support teams they used to rely on are gone. Customers with on premise needs are being ignored in field. OD is just asking how many cores... — read more
Oracle - Please be over with it
When will this Oracle Sales layoffs nightmare be over? I just want to do my job and enjoy my family, really - is this too much to ask? I'm worried sick throwing up just sick over this extreme stress. They are just trying to dream things up to get rid... — read more
The layoff selection stack
I was laid off last QTR but still keep in touch with friends in Senior management. I was a top performing principal sales consultant in enterprise field sales, so I was quite surprised when I was tapped to be let go. I was in the middle of a cloud... — read more
Cloud competition
Building out a Cloud offering that is truly elastic and global is really, really expensive given the need for datacenters around the world and the requirement for secure, low latency connections between them. With this in mind, look at the market cap... — read more
Amazon hiring 50,000 people nationwide!
Job fairs across America. Google it.
Take care of yourself
While this site focuses on layoffs and there is plenty to talk about within Oracle right now, take a step back for a second to ponder what your own best path forward will be. In some ways, what is happening with Cloud is similar to what happened in... — read more
SEC investigating Oracle
I am hearing rumors that SEC is investigating Oracles cloud biz. This comes as no surprise... Anyone hearing the same? Please share what you know and what you experienced while employed at the company.
Exadata SL5 (SPARC) gone
Cannot find the SPARC Exadata on quoting tools and just found it internally on the EOL list. Just a few month after launching. Guess this is the proof that Linux for SPARC is gone too.
TK exercise options, sell shares
TK exercised his options to buy 750,000 shares in July and promptly turned around and sold them at a tidy profit of $30 per share. Doesn't say much about his faith in the future of oracle, does it?
More layoffs next week
Major cuts to Systems are coming next week. Solaris, SPARC, and ZFS are expected to be hit hard. Whenever engineers are cut, sales follows swiftly after. Can anybody confirm this, or is it just speculation? I have seen similar comments on other... — read more
SC leader in India brings 23 family members to SC Cloud Symposium
Sales consulting leaders SC Cloud Symposium in Kerala India also saw 23 family members enjoying on Oracle's money. Who and who in Oracle India including compliance legal and finance were there. They all choose to turn a blind eye. Compliance issue... — read more
JF gone - officially
JF gone - check aria systems org dismantled under many pieces in different pillars under ES finally time to find another job, maybe Fujitsu is hiring get out until you can, it's just a matter of months now
Layoffs aren't the real fix
Organizationally, nothing has really changed inside of Oracle. Some people have been let go. Some have been shuffled. Some groups (e.g. Oracle Digital or India) are growing. But it is, largely, the same organization that it has been for quite some... — read more
Laid off last qtr, rumor hardware cuts are coming
I keep in touch with friends still at Oracle. Strong rumors of cuts in Hardware Sales and support on Monday. Rumor was heard from the top as high level management is looking themselves. Side note, severance package is good and it floated me until I... — read more
Over 40 Sales Consultant got a heads up from my manager
Told to start looking. Cuts are coming. Can't say more don't want to give away my manager. I asked if he knew for sure. He said look if its not the end of the quarter its just a matter of time and we should start actively looking. He only gave me... — read more
Package details
Could someone who has been laid off recently please provide details on what the package you received consisted of? In particular I'd like to know: How many weeks of salary you received Is this based on the number of years worked, or is this... — read more
Layoff for the field FE's coming 8/2...posted 7/26
Layoff for the field FE's coming 8/2... 7 hours ago by Anonymous | Post ID: @OsZEoEz-fbf
Age discrimination part of MH agenda! Oracle Layoffs are based on age.
If you are over 40 at Oracle, pack your bags you will be sacked eventually. MH has made no secret he has no love for the older generation. College kids are cheaper and that's what he wants... cheap labor. It was even mentioned in the all hands... — read more
MH will leave Oracle soon, and so should you
The book "Swim with the Sharks without Being Eaten Alive" details MH strategy. There is a short chapter on a manager who cuts costs, works people overtime with out pay and runs production with out down time for preventative maintenance. This guy... — read more
Telltale indicators that Layoffs are looming
http://www.businessinsider.com/signs-layoffs-are-coming-2017-6/#the-most-obvious-sign-executives-confirm-layoffs-are-coming-1
People are leaving in droves
I've never seen such attrition in Oracle sales as I've seen this month. Even the supposedly safe Cloud sales and Enterprise Cloud Architect jobs are seeing people leave voluntarily in droves, including the highest paid "Master Principal" and... — read more