Petteri Pyyny
1 Apr 2026 11:19
American IT giant Oracle has laid off up to 30,000 of its employees around the world in a rather brutal manner.
In countries where advance notice of dismissals is not required, the company simply sent an email at six in the morning to all employees being laid off, informing them of their termination.
The sender of the messages was only "Oracle Leadership", meaning Oracle's management, without the name of any single leader. According to news sources, the company did not inform even the supervisors or HR of those being laid off about the upcoming terminations, meaning they came as a complete surprise before morning coffee on Tuesday, March 31, 2026.
According to the Times of India, the majority of the layoffs affected the United States and India.
Those being laid off were apparently offered a severance package, but on the condition that the employee immediately signs an agreement accepting their termination.
Over the past year, Oracle has rapidly expanded the number of its data centers built for the needs of AI companies, and at the same time, the company's debt burden has grown at a furious pace.