Laid off OCI India

Oracle
Larry_buoy

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Larry_buoy
Jun 26, 2021 57 Comments

I got laid off this Wednesday just out of blue.No negative feedback prior to this ,just a random video meeting invite from manager and lol :)
Although a manager in devops with whom i had worked previously offered me a position but i choose to take severance and start afresh.
I have below queries for fellow blinders
1) I plan to take 2-3 months off (working on my physical/mental health,managing young kid [ Wife is doing good professionally ],LC and System Design etc.
Will this employment gap affect resume screening in any way ?
2) Do i tell honestly to recruiter/Hiring Managers that i was laid off or do i give generic excuse of family/health reason.
3) I am inclined to better WLB. so will be focusing on Microsoft, Salesforce kinda workplaces.
Please let me know companies with similar workload.
TC:0 :) [42+6L stocks]
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#Oracle #Microsoft #SalesForce

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  • PayPal
    isOffline

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    isOffline
    Come join PayPal... Good WLB, decent work and reasonable pay with annual refreshers.
    Jun 26, 2021 16
  • SAP
    cassandraa

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    cassandraa
    Why you were laid off, although I predicted oci will start laying off people by next year due to huge competition

    What is severance package you got bro
    Jun 26, 2021 3
  • Amazon / Eng
    booblu

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    booblu
    Dafuq😨
    They are hiring like crazy and offering 50-70% hike with competing offers. Glad I didn’t join them.

    Take a break, OP. Spend some time with family, spend some time on LC/System Design.
    Then take a shot in Employee Centric companies like MS, Salesforce, Google(non-cloud teams)
    Jun 26, 2021 4
    • Amazon / Eng
      booblu

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      booblu
      GCP and Azure are becoming AWS w.r.t culture/wlb/stress , that is what i read a lot on Blind.

      But i still believe, because it’s G/MS, they’ll take a step soon to make life of employees better.
      Jun 26, 2021
    • Oracle
      Larry_buoy

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      Larry_buoy
      OP
      Yes Money is definitely there but most of the teams have horrible WLB and culture. In Amazon atleast you are told that you are on PIP, here nothing like that. You are laid off just 1 fine day. Happening regularly from last year.
      Jun 26, 2021
  • Ping me anytime if u need a referral for Microsoft... I will push your profile for the interviews anytime u r ready... Stay strong n be safe.
    Jun 26, 2021 1
  • Avoid Salesforce
    Jun 26, 2021 6
    • SAP
      cassandraa

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      cassandraa
      Chose wisely bro. Learning in early career is necessary, tc will always follow
      Jun 26, 2021
    • New
      jeepers69

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      jeepers69
      Well I did tell my manager that I could help in some engineering project, he told me that non-technical people aren't allowed and he's been asking me to understand about the business part of the product more. I've been working with my director and getting awesome reviews, but feel as though I'm being pushed away from technical things, mostly just SQL.
      Just if it matters, I'm a CS grad from a well known NIT and previously was an MTS at Oracle.
      Jun 26, 2021