Around 12,000 Oracle employees in India based primarily at the company’s development centres in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Pune are among those exiting as Oracle completes the final phase of its global restructuring by June 15, 2026.
The exits follow termination notices sent on the morning of March 31, when employees across Oracle’s India operations received emails from “Oracle Leadership” at approximately 6 AM IST. System access was cut almost immediately after. Employees were given no prior notice and, according to multiple accounts, had no prior conversation with their managers or HR before the emails arrived.
Oracle has not officially confirmed the India headcount figure. Reporting by multiple Indian and international outlets, along with employee accounts on Reddit and LinkedIn, consistently points to approximately 12,000 people affected. The cuts span Oracle’s major development centres and represent a substantial share of the company’s India operations, covering engineering, cloud infrastructure, operations, program management, and support functions.
The scale has drawn a formal response from the All India IT and ITES Employees’ Union (AIITEU), which issued a statement on April 2 calling the layoffs “forceful and illegal retrenchment.” The union alleged violations of India’s labour laws governing retrenchment, which require large establishments to seek prior government approval before retrenching workers. AIITEU also called on the central and state governments to intervene, drawing a parallel with similar complaints raised against TCS, Infosys, and Wipro during their own headcount reductions earlier this year.
India’s severance structure, as reported by employees at Oracle’s India Development Centre in Bengaluru on Reddit and corroborated by Business Today, follows a tenure-based formula: 15 days of base salary per year of service, plus an ex-gratia component of an additional 15 days per year of service, a fixed two-month salary top-up, notice period pay, and unused leave encashment. Gratuity is paid separately under statute. Oracle has not officially confirmed these figures. Employees must sign separation documents via DocuSign to receive the payout those who don’t sign forfeit severance.
The India package is broadly in line with the minimum requirements under Indian labour law, though AIITEU and affected employees have argued it falls short given Oracle’s financial position. The company reported quarterly revenues of $17.2 billion up 22% year-on-year in its most recent earnings, alongside a 21% profit margin described as its best in 15 years. Oracle disclosed a $2.1 billion restructuring plan in its March 2026 SEC filing, framing the workforce reduction as a capital reallocation toward AI infrastructure investment.
For India’s IT sector, the Oracle exits add to a year already marked by significant job displacement. TCS cut over 23,000 employees in FY26. Cognizant is mid-way through a restructuring affecting thousands of roles globally. The pattern profitable companies cutting experienced employees to fund AI infrastructure has intensified calls for stronger enforcement of retrenchment protections under India’s Industrial Relations Code, 2020, which came into force in November 2025.
