With PeopleSoft finally in its pocket, reports Maureen O'Gara, Oracle is expected to start firing people wholesale today, January 14. Some 6,000 people, mostly PeopleSoft folk, roughly 11% of the total headcount - perhaps as much as 25%-50% of PeopleSoft's staff - are initially supposed to be cut from the combined companies.
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Bye bye PeopleSoft commented on 14 Jan 2005
Looks like Ellison is doing what any other conqueror does, reaping the rewards of his conquest. Alexander the Great, Attila the Hun, Larry the...
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erperperp8 commented on 14 Jan 2005
Certainly many inept and lazy folks will get pink slips. Even more certainly, many talented people will also be cut. PeopleSoft's (and JDE's) long-term successes attest to that.
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lurker1360 commented on 14 Jan 2005
Best of luck to all the ex-employees - whether PeopleSoft or Oracle. Strange day. TV camera trucks lined up across the street. Think I may one of the few people in the office this early. Last day for me. Bye.
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