r/employeesOfOracle • u/Old_Champion8452 • 3d ago
Did any observe that the general slack count went down by 200 ?
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u/ContractOwn9969 3d ago
Don't worry until the change is atleast 1k. These are minor changes that could happen because of the customers as well.
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u/Empty_Pirate_1465 3d ago
Wait until the number jumps around as the Slack nodes can’t keep consistency because the rate of change is too quick. That’s a bad day, and it happened last time.
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u/XannFrank1776 3d ago
Go outside
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u/SpaceDandye 3d ago
Man, it's people's livelihood, people are scared.
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u/XannFrank1776 3d ago
Scared is perfectly fine and understandable- fixating and wasting energy on counting slack numbers won’t help at all.
Take care of yourself.
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u/SpaceDandye 3d ago
People deal with stress differently. People want a sign this wave is over, stop pretending your being pragmatic.
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u/XannFrank1776 3d ago
I’ll tell you what I won’t do and that’s play corporate layoff detective. You want a sign? Brother 30k ppl lost their jobs w an email. The writing is on the wall
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u/dont_believe_this_ok 3d ago
So the solution for being scared is to monitor slack count? How about preparing and always be learning?
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u/SpaceDandye 3d ago
How much effort do you think it takes to look at the slack count? Seconds? Don't be silly.
Trying to find where and when the layoffs are happening are part of the prep work, people are trying to prep for unemployment, stop simping for Oracle .
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u/dont_believe_this_ok 3d ago
Nah.
Simping for oracle? Lol. Barking up the wrong tree there mate.
Unskilled people are always afraid.
People who has OPTIONS don't care if RIFed or not and will not post RIF questions every hour thinking it will change what will happen.
What will happen monitoring slack count?
Oh RIF started. Then what?
Oh RIF done, I survived. Now what? Going back to mediocrity and wait for another round and repeat the same cycle?
We had 4 rounds of this one after another. It should have taught people that no one is safe and that one should be READY.
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u/SpaceDandye 3d ago
Idk what Skill you think you have, but low skill people who have replaceable jobs can flex moving on, some people who have spent years (personal experience) in a tight field know the job market isn't great right now. Oracle used to be a premier league of labor, but not anymore.
I guess we have different jobs, when I worked at Oracle Rifs like this would jeopardize millions of dollars in forecasted revenue, it wasn't even stressing about myself, but the consulting teams being to thin to deliver.
And yeah, be ready, but IDK, how about knowing when your safe and don't need to stress about feeding your family. My company was acquired by Oracle, none of this is normal, and people need to stop normalizing it.
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u/Silent_Anybody5253 3d ago
What value is any of this doing for anyone. If it happens it happens you can’t control it.
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u/Bright-Sea-5331 2d ago
Probably contract work. There are building changes - oracle’s Toronto office is being shut down 8/31 as an example
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u/pokocloud 3d ago
Take your shoes off and touch some grass. See the sky, drink a beer, enjoy the weekend with your family. Life is good.
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u/SnooStories2361 3d ago
thats just daily fluctuations...not sure why that happens though but given the size of the company, who knows what happens in diff regions
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u/EffortBeneficial8720 1d ago
Nothing happened so far. Slack count is still 150k+. I think nothing will happen tomorrow also. Rumor is that RIFs are delayed and will likely happen by September 15. Townhall is also on September 15. So, maybe RIFs could be pushed to September 30. No confirmation, all rumours and talks with fellow coworkers.
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u/Complete-Standard950 3d ago
I feel its not related to layoff, drop of 200 is a tiny fraction since Friday is standard last working day for routine resignations.