Does this happen often? A guy who started about the same time as I did was recently laid off. That's not even a year with Oracle and he was shown the door. I'm not sure if it was him not doing a good enough job and suffering the consequences or if... — read more 

Sr level management sent a memo out this week highlighting 7% CPI inflation. The main ask was for OCI Sales reps to leverage this and turn monthly customers into annual, saying prices will go up. Meanwhile no concern for anyone’s base/ote which... — read more 

This is a master thread about Oracle layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?

At the end of November, it has been a long established tradition at Oracle to lay people off as we start the second half of the fiscal year. What are the odds that it will happy again this year? Have a happy season of giving!

Been here for a decade plus. I’ve come to this point where I’m interviewing with other companies and I’m close…but in my current role, I just don’t care any more. I don’t care what my customers think, don’t care what the “senior” people on my team... — read more 

I woke up in the middle of my slumber and figured it out. I figured out your odds with Oracle HR. Employee vs Management…you have absolutely no chance no matter what and the employee will always be wrong no matter what. Management could destroy... — read more 

I was on call with mates from my unit. Things have been terrible financially for my group. I saw a person who had the same last name as a gent who is a director of sorts. Don’t really know that he does much, but this girl is his daughter and she’s... — read more 

My team is stretched thin as it is. We lose one more person, we're screwed. How do I explain to a good-for-nothing manager who got there because he kissed the right a-s and has no idea what we do that work won't get done if one more person is laid... — read more 

I’ve been on a few interviews the last few weeks. All great experiences. Few times I came across ex-Oracle people in mgmt. People I actually admire even aside from our short time. Their comments… “I never felt like Oracle was a career. You’re a... — read more 

Fareed Zakaria covered the great resignation and strikes in America. Employers have to improve conditions, or people will walk. Attrition is rampart at Oracle. Will it get worse

Please stop your finance directors from bullying us lower level folks. Most of us are stressed and depressed bc of how your directors are treating us. They’re faking staying “busy” to keep their jobs while enjoy bullying us. Been here for 5 months... — read more 

https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3920727,00.html

What is it about Oracle that seems to breed such a lemming mentality across the rank-and-file employees? I've always found it nauseating how quickly employees jump on the bandwagon around some new corporate buzzword or technology/term, and how... — read more 

I’ve been interviewing with a number of big and small companies the last few weeks. I’m on my 4th interview with an Oracle competitor. One thing I noticed, you can be happy and laugh about work. I’ve laughed more with people from these companies than... — read more 

How bad will it get?

With share price going up and up, must be golden handcuffs for many ... and management must be patting themselves on the back

This is just a candid personal opinion. Of course each of us have different experiences and I respect those. This is mine. Before Oracle : Way back in 1998, as a student, I used to look at computer training institutes in Chennai ( IIndia) and most... — read more 

I had a stupid manager with an ego that was beyond, beyond. Impossible to even have a conversation with this guy. Every single thing I said was constantly being analyzed by his rat brain for any sign of anything that might be negative about him. ... — read more 

As I didn’t do anything Oracle related today and went through few interviews, all I could do is laugh at the pathetic sad mess that runs my GBU. Yesterday some rat girl posts about sending out virtual birthday cards and global celebrations. She is... — read more 

Anyone heard anything about the Vaccine mandates with regards to Oracle employees ?, seems South West Airlines Pilots are resisting it. Be interesting to see how Oracle handles this. Surprised we haven’t had anything from HR. It was asked in a town... — read more 

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-58850064 ...last week could be significant for the future of whistleblowing in Silicon Valley for another reason. On Thursday night Gavin Newsom, California's governor, signed into law the Silenced No More Act. — read more 

There are lots of opportunities out there beyond the dumpster fires at Oracle. We all need to be looking to the future and what we would like for ourselves. For myself, I have created my own website and am looking at pushing that out there through... — read more 

I swear on my mother, who is deceased. I got promoted about 6 years ago. From one level consulting to another. My incompetent rat manager submitted my promotion but it was based on my base and not my total comp with OT. It actually ended up I was... — read more 

I'm one that had enough. There was no focus on the future, just trying to survive. Left it all behind. The question is not "why do you want to leave Oracle?" but "Why would you want to stay at Oracle?" Answer that truthfully. If you are reading... — read more 

In a very short amount of time, it so easy to see why Oracle is hated by the majority of employees and losing hand over fist. I got a new role a while back. No more money. No raise. My rat manager didn’t even fight for any money. Obviously I did... — read more 

Looks like directors and sr directors are searching for job. Not sure if they got fired.

Retooling complete. Larry, Safra and Cloud Wars all concur, Oracle is back in the lead!!

Link here: https://www.npr.org/2021/06/24/1007914455/as-the-pandemic-recedes-millions-of-workers-are-saying-i-quit Have some of you just decided you have had enough cr-p?

Here's a post with 80 upvotes on quora: I can only speak for Oracle engineering. I was a developer in the fusion middleware area working first on the on-premise tools and then on the Oracle cloud. My experience at Oracle was absolutely... — read more 

Rancid, stagnant, disgusting. The analogy holds up pretty well when you think about it.

I had an interview VMware today. Doing the same role I do at Oracle. She asked why I wanted to leave. I just said I want a chance at a new culture, new connections, a new opportunity. When I said those words, I was both sad and happy. The regret I... — read more 

Any ideas on how to exact revenge after being laid off from ORCL? (only peaceful methods, of course)

A buddy of mine works in the CEGBU. They told me that for their all hands call they played bingo and had a watch party for Mark Webster who people thought was live and it was pre recorded. He said he has some proper lap dogs who only tasked with... — read more 

People that have left: Talk about the reasons the grass is greener. This sounds like a case where it most definitely is... Also, what group did you leave? Any OCIers?

I guess how bad things are is finally dragging this company down to where they belong. The days of being a top rated employer are over. https://www.forbes.com/best-large-employers/#69d6ee67fb3e

Slightly off topic and apologies to folks in advance but, when someone hands in their 2 weeks notice, does Oracle usually make the employee work their notice ?

We have products that even our support staff do not know how to use! I would expect that is true in engineering also. People who knew products have left and suddenly there is code to support that no one knows anything about. In fact, even when I... — read more 

Anyone have the total number of employees in aria? I left the company a while ago. Just wondering with the attrition rate going on. Turnover of key, experienced staff is reaching record numbers. I have not seen anything like it in my 12 years... — read more 

I left a while ago. I know last year everyone was at home but I was wondering if that's still going on this year, given the delta variant.