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Oracle Laid Off Thousands by Email—and That May Have Been the Right Call
Oracle cut roughly 18% of its workforce as it redirects cash toward artificial intelligence spending, with some employees told by email their last day was immediate.
- On Tuesday, Oracle laid off between 20,000 and 30,000 employees, roughly 18% of its 162,000-person global workforce, via a single email sent at 6 a.m. local time with no prior warning.
- Oracle Leadership cited "broader organisational change" in termination emails, a phrase widely seen as referencing the tech giant's push to build more AI data centers and ramp up artificial intelligence spending.
- The hardest-hit divisions, including Revenue and Health Sciences and SaaS operations , each lost about 30% of staff, while system access was revoked immediately and unvested stock units were forfeited.
- While the company raised $58 billion in new debt over two months, Oracle's stock has slipped nearly 25 percent since the beginning of the year, though layoffs are projected to free up $8–10 billion in cash flow.
- Public opposition to data centers and AI integration has grown, with demonstrators pushing to limit construction of these facilities to gain attention from tech executives and government officials regarding environmental impacts.
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Oracle lays off thousands of employees via 6 a.m. email
Thousands of Oracle employees received a layoff notice via an early-morning email Tuesday, according to CNBC. What's happening? The leading software and technology company reduced its workforce by roughly 18% in preparation for ramping up AI spending. A TD Cowen analyst said in January that the company could save at least $8 in additional cash flow if it laid off 20,000 to 30,000 employees, CNBC reported, though no official number of affected em…
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