Laid off and here is my experience
During my last month and a half the workload and work pressure kept increasing to unbelievable levels, I used to work with a minimum of 12 hours a day. It was very depressing experience to be working under the fear of being laid off, fear of making mistakes, and being out there in today’s job market. My anxiety was extreme. I remember laying on my bed and almost crying about how I can’t take it anymore. I started immediately looking for alternatives. But, let me tell you something. being laid off was for the better and was my chance to recover, regain control of my mental health, time, and find better opportunities, less stressful and with more income. I have not gotten salary hike since I joined the company and I was hired with 30% salary increase. If you find you may get impacted soon which I did based on my monitoring of Reddit and the rumors. Do yourself a favor and start applying and networking early as the hiring process takes time and you need to be prepared and mentally ready for interviews to handle them well. The reason I’m saying this is because by the time I was laid off I already had my second interview which helped a lot to make feel grateful for the layoff and save my severance package without spending a dollar from it ! I was surprised by the fact that others find Oracle is an incredible experience that can’t be matched outside and people consider you a very valuable candidate !
I wish you all the best