Kinder, gentler Oracle says it's changed, and now wants you to succeed

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3 points·bishopsmother··4 comments

So, Oracle thinks they've changed their culture? I'm not even sure you really can change a culture that's ingrained and core to the company, at least not without sacking 80% of the prior staff that has internalized it.

Has Oracle cycled through replacing 80% of their employees over the last five years? If so, maybe I'll consider the idea...

it would not surprise me to learn that in fact 80% of Oracle employees have turned over in five years (assuming the average employee is staying less than four years, which is consistent with what I have observed at similar big tech)

I once interviewed with Oracle Cloud (when it was going through its big-rewrite), and I was told the goal was to staff it with entirely new, not-Oracle people...the conclusion being that the first incarnation of Oracle Cloud failed partly due to staffing it internally

It's the few at the top (Larry, Safra, etc.) that set the tone. They won't be around forever but they have a few years left.

We may be confusing internal culture and political environment with how they address the customer. I'd look to info from customers, not revenue figures, for the customer experience.

Larry sets the culture at Oracle, and Larry won't change. So as long a Larry is still there, nothing will change.

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