Oracle began a fresh round of layoffs on Tuesday, notifying affected employees through early-morning emails that their roles had been eliminated and that the same day would be their last. Staff in the United States, India, Canada, Mexico and other countries reported receiving the messages from “Oracle Leadership” at around 6 am local time, according to Business Insider.
The termination email, as accessed by Business Insider, set out the decision in blunt terms. “After careful consideration of Oracle’s current business needs, we have made the decision to eliminate your role as part of a broader organisational change. As a result, today is your last working day. We are grateful for your dedication, hard work, and the impact you have made during your time with us,” it read.
Affected employees were told they would receive severance paperwork via DocuSign and that access to their computer, email, voicemail and files would be deactivated soon. The company offered four weeks of base salary plus one week per year of employment, and asked staff to submit a personal email address for follow-up documents.
Local news reports cited by outlets covering the cuts indicated that around 12,000 employees in India were affected. Oracle has not officially confirmed how many roles were eliminated globally, though some estimates circulating among employees put the figure as high as 30,000.
The layoffs follow a workforce reduction of roughly 21,000 employees, or about 13%, during Oracle’s fiscal 2026, which ended on 31 May. They come as the company scales up large data-centre capacity to support AI compute workloads for clients including OpenAI, spending that has weighed on its cash flow.
Mass layoffs at global technology firms have repeatedly hit their large India-based teams over the past two years, keeping job security among engineering and support staff a recurring concern across the sector.
