Oracle has launched a fresh round of layoffs across the United States and India, with affected employees reportedly receiving termination emails at 6am with little warning. Cuts are concentrated in cloud services, sales, and healthcare technology divisions.
Oracle has not publicly disclosed the total number of affected employees, but estimates suggest between 20,000 and 30,000 positions may be eliminated globally. The company has declined to comment on the specific figures.
The restructuring is driven by Oracle's strategic pivot toward AI infrastructure and data centre investment — a pattern seen across major tech firms including Meta, Microsoft, and Google, all of which have trimmed headcounts while simultaneously ramping up AI capital expenditure.
