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Oracle Swings the Layoff Axe

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Re: Oracle Swings the Layoff Axe

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Post by sgwae »

samstave wrote: post #2

I wouldnt be able to say why anyone would want to be working at oracle these days. What compelling reason does oracle even have to attract talent? (Im not being snide, seeious questions)

If we compare software engineering to retail, not everyone can work for walmart (Google), but have to make do with the random dollar store chain (Oracle).

There is only so many decent jobs you know.

Re: Oracle Swings the Layoff Axe

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Post by rongenre »

sgwae wrote: post #3
samstave wrote: post #2

I wouldnt be able to say why anyone would want to be working at oracle these days. What compelling reason does oracle even have to attract talent? (Im not being snide, seeious questions)

If we compare software engineering to retail, not everyone can work for walmart (Google), but have to make do with the random dollar store chain (Oracle). There is only so many decent jobs you know.

I've done [tech] interviews for engineers out of Oracle and haven't been super impressed.

Re: Oracle Swings the Layoff Axe

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Post by nate_meurer »

samstave wrote: post #2

I wouldnt be able to say why anyone would want to be working at oracle these days. What compelling reason does oracle even have to attract talent? (Im not being snide, seeious questions)

Oracle is huge, and the different parts feel like completely different companies in some ways, with different cultures, paces, levels of cooperation, etc. The parts that used be Sun (where I worked) still felt very Sun-y for a decade afterward. I loved my job, never had a bad working relationship in all my experience with 0.1% of the company.

Re: Oracle Swings the Layoff Axe

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Post by nate_meurer »

Here's a useless anecdote: I was fired from Oracle a couple years back, and it was done as pleasantly as one could expect. It completely depends on who's running your department. I was in storage testing. My direct manager had mediocre people skills, but the director is a superb manager in all respects, and she was the one who pulled the trigger in a face-to-face meeting with me. She made it as clean and honest as it gets. I'm not a huge fan of the company, but I wouldn't hesitate to work for her again.

Obviously the experience of a singe drone has little bearing on anyone else. I feel bad for everyone getting pushed out of the boat this month.

Re: Oracle Swings the Layoff Axe

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Post by toyg »

nate_meurer wrote: post #6

Here's a useless anecdote: I was fired from Oracle a couple years back, and it was done as pleasantly as one could expect. It completely depends on who's running your department. I was in storage testing. My direct manager had mediocre people skills, but the director is a superb manager in all respects, and she was the one who pulled the trigger in a face-to-face meeting with me. She made it as clean and honest as it…

I left when the writing was on the wall; it took another 4 years for them to pull the plug on the rest of the (UK) group, because the slow-erosion strategy wasn't working quickly enough; but they were given a pretty fair treatment, by all accounts.

Oracle is a massive company, even with trade unions here in Europe. They will not screw you over, as long as you agree that their first and foremost priority is their bank account and act accordingly.

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Post by Spearchucker »

sgwae wrote: post #3
samstave wrote: post #2

I wouldnt be able to say why anyone would want to be working at oracle these days. What compelling reason does oracle even have to attract talent? (Im not being snide, seeious questions)

If we compare software engineering to retail, not everyone can work for walmart (Google), but have to make do with the random dollar store chain (Oracle). There is only so many decent jobs you know.

I despise Oracle. And yet if faced with a choice I'd work for Oracle without hesitation before working for Google or Facebook.
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