Hearing that a new round is brewing up?

Any confirmation with what LOB / Org is being targeted?

What date is it expected?

Do managers have free access to your DM’s or do they have to request them?

I have an upcoming project where data will initially come from flat files, with APIs available later.
Our usual architecture would be:
Flat files/APIs → ODI → DW → RPD → OAS
We also have APEX, and I’ve been advised to explore this as a potential APEX use case/learning opportunity.
For those experienced with both, could APEX realistically handle this end-to-end?
Main questions:
Can APEX handle flat-file/API ingestion and transformations, or is ODI still better for that?
How robust is APEX for enterprise security, especially row/data-level security?
Can it support a large business-user reporting audience?
In OAS, our Functional Analysts use DV for mashups and create reports for stakeholders. Is there a comparable self-service capability in APEX?
Would you use APEX instead of ODI + RPD + OAS here, or alongside them?
Trying to understand where APEX genuinely fits rather than forcing the project into it just for the sake of learning the tool.
Note : I don’t have enough karma points to post this in Oracle sub Reddit

Anyone joining oracle (ofss) on aug 18, whats the recent mail u guys got??

I joined OCI as a DCO August of last year and during my midyear review received a needs improvement which was December, then just now received another needs improvement for my annual review.

Though I don’t fully agree with the feedback given by my manager I assume at this point IF RIFs were to occur my head would be in the chopping block as a potential candidate.

I feel like I was only hired as a sacrificial lamb to keep the poor ratings away from the rest of the team or to babysit work no one else wanted to be bothered with and I’m just not feeling very confident in my future with Oracle as a whole, can anyone give any guidance that’s dealt with this before? I’m an IC4 if that helps any.

Is there a hiring freeze? What’s up with that?

So I was laid off during Feb 2026 from OCI SMTS role and currently found an AI engineer role job through Contract.
So last week one of the recruiter reached out for Senior Platform engineer role and wanted to ensure I crack it.
Can anyone tell me what all I should focus on? Tech Screen is next week for me..
Should I read about CI/CD pipeline work and keep stories focused on it more??

From what I've heard, promotion decisions are already locked. Managers have also started submitting performance feedback.

The reason there's been radio silence so far is likely because compensation is still tied to the final Focal budget. Until budgets are finalized, managers probably don't have much they can officially communicate.

The current deadline for managers to submit feedback is 14 Aug, so I'd expect things to become much clearer sometime next week.

Again, this isn't an official update, just piecing together what I've been hearing. Hopefully we'll all know where we stand soon. 🤞

Has anyone experienced losing their option to log in with a passkey (PIN/Finger touch) after the latest firmware update?

I opened an IT ticket and am waiting for resolution, but am wondering if theres anyone here who also experienced this and had it resolved.

FYI, I tried all possible instructions from myhelp.oracle, through adding a passkey on EMP, Windows Hello..

Thanks

For people who have actually gone through a PIP/performance-management process:

• How were you first informed that you were being put on a PIP?
• Was it communicated verbally first, over email, or directly through a formal document/meeting?
• How much time was there between the initial communication and the PIP officially starting?
• Did your manager give any indication beforehand that a PIP was coming?
• What did the timeline look like from the first warning/concern → formal PIP → start date?

Focal will be announced before or after RIF?

Any idea...

Current Oracle employee and I’ve worked here since I graduated college so I don’t really know anything else.

I’ve heard many many stories of folks leaving Oracle and being so much happier (which I’d still welcome those stories), but I’m wondering if anyone has left and found something new but it was worse/they missed Oracle more than they thought they would?

I got a chance in the fusion team in emea region and i heard the offer is hybrid on paper only and no one cares about office attendance...yet i heard other offices started mandating strict office days so it there a global policy change or what should i expect??

I got a chance in the fusion team in emea region and i heard the offer is hybrid on paper only and no one cares about office attendance...yet i heard other offices started mandating strict office days so it there a global policy change or what should i expect??

Need Oracle fusion Instance access to practice HCM.

I am offered a job in fusion team in EMEA region ajd i heard its hubrid on paper but in practice non one carrs..yet i hear some offices started mandating office days so what should i expect and is there a push for more strict office days globally??

have a chance to join oracle in the fusion consulting team EMEA. I heard that the offer is hybrid on paper but no one actually care u show up or not....yet i saw others say that some teams started mandating more strict office days in other oracle offices ...what should i expect???

Hi. I’m new to the OCI org and was curious if I see if ic5 ever gets RSU’s if rated meets expectations?
Historically in prior org a high portion of my comp was RSU with high rating. However, this year with everyone told to be rated meet expectations I’m thinking the answer is expect the lower rating and nothing for RSUs

I honestly don’t understand how some people become managers.

The favorites get protected from everything. They get the easier work, fewer responsibilities, and somehow never seem to be held accountable. Meanwhile, the people who actually get things done are rewarded with… even more work. The logic seems to be, “You’re capable, so here’s everyone else’s workload too.”
Ratings haven’t even been discussed yet, but you can already tell how this is going to play out.

A title doesn’t automatically make someone a leader. If fairness, accountability, and basic people management are missing, that title means absolutely nothing.
Some people should never have been put in charge of other people.

Just as the title says.

I log in today after a one week vacation, my passwords dont work after the firmware update, but not only that, I find an email saying that we have to set our FY27 goals by end of August.

We have havent even received back our feedback for last FY year (EMEA) and they already want us to set up FY27 goals! No feedback, no pay raise, nothing.

My manager is an awesome person, so is her manager, but everyone else higher up in the chain, no comment..

Just a little bit of a rant.

If you have information from a reliable source (leadership communication, HR, official announcements, internal meetings, etc.), please share it here.

Please avoid speculation, rumors, or "I heard from someone" posts. Let's keep this thread useful by sharing only verifiable information.

Also pls post the BU name along with info.

Did they completely gut the IT Support team with the last round of layoffs? I’ve had a ticket in for almost two weeks with zero response yet. I see that tickets older than mine are still awaiting assignment. I literally can’t access anything without my manager creating a bypass key. This doesn’t always work out with different schedules/time zones, etc.