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Yeah what’s the end game here? Can they keep running with such deep cuts to staff and morale…

by bix6 17d ago

dyauspitr 17d ago
Morale has been low at oracle for years. Now it’s just a “we pay you and push you as hard as we can for it until you quit” shop.
- shawn_w 17d ago
  That's... most jobs.
  - doubled112 17d ago
    Most work for least pay is just business, I thought? Beatings shall continue until morale improves.
ramesh31 17d ago
>" Can they keep running with such deep cuts to staff and morale…" ...First time? Oracle is literally the company Dilbert was making fun of
- aaronbrethorst 17d ago
  He worked at Pacific Bell between 1986 and June 30, 1995, and the personalities he encountered there inspired many of his Dilbert characters. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Adams https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Adams
  - ghaff 17d ago
    And probably no small part of the downturn of Dilbert (besides Adams going a bit nuts) is that Adams is no longer in a workplace he can satirize so it remains stuck largely in 90s cubeland.
    - rootusrootus 17d ago
      > Adams is no longer Indeed.
    - georgemcbay 17d ago
      > Adams is no longer in a workplace he can satirize He's also not in a place where he can draw cartoons, what with being dead and all.
      - ghaff 17d ago
        Yes, I was speaking of latterly and I could have been clearer with tenses.
usrnm 17d ago
> The latest cuts come after Oracle's workforce fell by roughly 21,000 employees, or 13%, during fiscal 2026 13% doesn't seem too different from other tech companies
- oblio 17d ago
  The difference is that they didn't overhire during Covid.
- nerevarthelame 17d ago
  The 13% quoted there was from previous layoffs that mostly took place in Q2 of 2026. This is another 20,000 - 30,000 (the exact number isn't public yet) on top of that.
Ekaros 17d ago
Well they do have their own interference capacity. So AIs to solve every single issue.
sailfast 17d ago
Depends on how many employees are on visas that depend on them working for Oracle I guess...
mohaine 17d ago
Well, we'll know to worry/celebrate when they start laying of lawyers. The software side can probably go many years without new features. Nobody picks Oracle in 2026 for the features.
Havoc 17d ago
> Yeah what’s the end game here? Just Ellison with a giant red borrow more button. All the other employees are just overhead

Yeah what’s the end game here? Can they keep running with such deep cuts to staff and morale…

by bix6 17d ago

Yeah what’s the end game here? Can they keep running with such deep cuts to staff and morale…

Morale has been low at oracle for years. Now it’s just a “we pay you and push you as hard as we can for it until you quit” shop.

shawn_w 17d ago
That's... most jobs.
- doubled112 17d ago
  Most work for least pay is just business, I thought? Beatings shall continue until morale improves.

ramesh31 17d ago

>" Can they keep running with such deep cuts to staff and morale…" ...First time? Oracle is literally the company Dilbert was making fun of

aaronbrethorst 17d ago
He worked at Pacific Bell between 1986 and June 30, 1995, and the personalities he encountered there inspired many of his Dilbert characters. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Adams https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Adams
- ghaff 17d ago
  And probably no small part of the downturn of Dilbert (besides Adams going a bit nuts) is that Adams is no longer in a workplace he can satirize so it remains stuck largely in 90s cubeland.
  - rootusrootus 17d ago
    > Adams is no longer Indeed.
  - georgemcbay 17d ago
    > Adams is no longer in a workplace he can satirize He's also not in a place where he can draw cartoons, what with being dead and all.
    - ghaff 17d ago
      Yes, I was speaking of latterly and I could have been clearer with tenses.

usrnm 17d ago

> The latest cuts come after Oracle's workforce fell by roughly 21,000 employees, or 13%, during fiscal 2026 13% doesn't seem too different from other tech companies

oblio 17d ago
The difference is that they didn't overhire during Covid.
nerevarthelame 17d ago
The 13% quoted there was from previous layoffs that mostly took place in Q2 of 2026. This is another 20,000 - 30,000 (the exact number isn't public yet) on top of that.

Ekaros 17d ago

Well they do have their own interference capacity. So AIs to solve every single issue.

sailfast 17d ago

Depends on how many employees are on visas that depend on them working for Oracle I guess...

mohaine 17d ago

Well, we'll know to worry/celebrate when they start laying of lawyers. The software side can probably go many years without new features. Nobody picks Oracle in 2026 for the features.

Havoc 17d ago

> Yeah what’s the end game here? Just Ellison with a giant red borrow more button. All the other employees are just overhead