#layoffs

Largely because unlike cold blooded Safra and Clay, Chuck and Jettu are ultimately cowards. It takes a special kind of spine to make massive decisions like these. Cisco will keep the drip drip of San Jose only layoffs at a rate that essentially is cover for lack of making tough decisions. I worked at both Oracle and Cisco and say what you will about either company but Oracle will invest their last dollar into a few bets even if nobody believes them. Right now, their bet is AI Infra. Before that, it was OCI. Cisco will always peanut butter - both investments and layoffs because leadership is utterly incompetent to make hard choices.

After 20+ years at Oracle, no one is exempt from cuts. Realistically, they’re doing many a favor. The company is bloated at 160K employees—I’ve long said it could shed 50K with zero impact. Next should be VPs, directors, accountants, and especially lawyers. I applaud the move, but it could have gone much deeper.

The hits keep coming...

https://dallasexpress.com/business-markets/att-wins-146-million-federal-contract-then-lays-off-americans-and-hires-foreign-workers/

Is it true that people who didn't take the VSP were still laid off effective 4/1 with no lump sum or benefits?

Read the email Oracle is sending to laid-off employees
https://www.businessinsider.com/read-oracle-layoff-email-employees-job-cuts-2026-3

Oracle started laying off staff on Tuesday as the company seeks to cut costs.

Employees started receiving notifications early Tuesday. The cuts appear to have affected employees globally, but the full extent of the layoffs could not be immediately learned.

"After careful consideration of Oracle's current business needs, we have made the decision to eliminate your role as part of a broader organizational change," copies of the notification email viewed by Business Insider stated. "As a result, today is your last working day."

An Oracle spokesperson declined to comment on the layoffs.

The cuts are the latest example of Big Tech companies reducing head count. In January, Amazon said it would slash about 16,000 corporate roles, months after cutting 14,000 employees. Last week, Meta began laying off hundreds of employees, following several years of cuts that resulted in thousands of roles being axed.

They told you you're laid off because of AI, but they didn't tell you their definition of AI = Actually Indians

For every American laid off and on boarding H1Bs at the same time.

Every H1B visa holder and Green card petitioner's visa and applications need to be cancelled immediately.

If not for yourself, this needs to be the done for the younger unemployed or recently graduated americans. Enough of this sh-t.

After the cluster fu-k of the POD model rollout and people assignment over the last few moths, linked into the UKI time tracking switch and PODs looking into billing costs, people aligned to the PODs are being told they can no longer book time to those WBS codes and to find one elsewhere… I know of at least 5 people this has happened too today, leads me to think the WFR bus is starting its engine again

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm296jzzl9yo

I have nothing lined up on the outside, but it's such a relief.

Good luck to you all. Find something else and run.

Advice from someone who has been through all of this:

If you haven't seen your peers disappear before you should expect various emotions, but the more important to remember is that your days are also numbered. You might last 12 month, perhaps 12 years, but the day will come and you will go through all of this nonsense (unless you found something better before). Plan accordingly. Denial or kicking the problem down the road does not help you. There is no medal or reward for loyalty or dedication. You are an expendable resource, much like a computer system. While they might like you, you too will be replaced when it makes economic sense to them and their bigger picture. It doesn't need to make sense to you and it can defy your logic. Use your time to improve and enrich yourself, just as the company does for itself. No-one else will do it for you.

Good luck.

This is one of the worest way address your financial issues you don't know how Runa company as nd to save your a-s you are effecting the lives of employees. You are not even calling them employees you are saying resources like a chalk if you re done writing handing over to other person to use. WE ARE PEOPLE NOT CHALK SO TREAT US LIKE ONE. If you have problems tell us upfront and be a human and tell us on the face rather you made our lives LIVING HE-L. Constantly laying off reshaping rebadging riffing people ( sorry resources) and playing with them. YOU ARE NOT ONLY EFFECING PEOPLE YOU ARE EFFECTING FAMILIES YOU ARE RIPPING THE DAMILIES APART.

It’s not easy pulling off cutting 30k people in a single day. I’d almost call it impressive. If only they were that good at other things, like figuring out how to improve the bottom line without laying off that many people. You know, which should be known as doing their jobs.

That's improvisation without a plan.

Poof. Even amid massive layoffs, they've managed to target quality.

Like many of you, I got my notice earlier this morning. The attached paperwork said my last day on the books is 4/10, however I was expecting a 60 day notice due out of Redwood Shores to the WARN Act, but I am considered a remote employee. Is anyone else in this boat? Do you think Oracle is getting around the CA WARN act somehow ?

Oracle slashes 30,000 jobs with a cold 6 a.m. email

https://rollingout.com/2026/03/31/oracle-slashes-30000-jobs-with-a-cold-6/

Close to 50 people. Not location based.

There is too.much supply vs demand, one way to fix this is to cancel h1bs right away

Axes 30k with a cold am email? VZ is warm and fuzzy in comparison.

Stop laying off every 3 months. Do one and done. Stop changing plans please. People will be more productive.

While this doesn't tell us the exact number, we saw 775 jobs cut in supply centers, so the figure will probably be less than that, especially since tech cuts turn around higher cost reduction per head than distribution centers.

Here what your Ai told about your strategy.

When a major tech giant like Oracle handles mass layoffs through a single, impersonal email, it doesn’t just affect those leaving—it fundamentally alters the "psychological contract" for those who stay.
While leadership often views this as a "clean break" to minimize legal risk or logistical chaos, the remaining staff (the "survivors") usually interpret it through a much darker lens. Here is the kind of image and environment this creates:

1. The "Transaction-Only" Relationship.
   By choosing an automated email over human conversation, the company signals that employees are line items, not partners. For the remaining staff, the message is clear: No matter how many years you put in or how many "all-hands" meetings talk about "family" or "culture," you are ultimately a replaceable unit of labor. This often leads to a "quiet quitting" mindset where employees stop going above and beyond because they realize loyalty is a one-way street.

2. Chronic Psychological Insecurity
   When a layoff is sudden and impersonal, it creates a "Who’s Next?" culture.

The Shadow of the Inbox: Every time an "All-Company" email notification pops up, staff experience a spike in cortisol.
Risk Aversion: Employees become afraid to innovate or take risks because they don't want to stand out or make a mistake that could land them in the next batch of automated cuts.

1. Survivor Syndrome
   Social psychologists often point to "Survivor Syndrome" in the wake of such events. Remaining staff often feel:
   Guilt: Wondering why they kept their jobs while talented colleagues were let go.
   Anger: Resentment toward leadership for the "cowardly" or "cold" way the news was delivered.
   Distrust: A total collapse of faith in management's transparency. If they could fire 3,000 people with one click, what else are they hiding?

2. Loss of Institutional Knowledge and Morale
   Layoffs by email are often "blind"—they don't account for the social fabric of a team.
   The "Watercooler" Becomes a "War Room": Instead of focusing on the AI buildout or cloud infrastructure, the remaining staff spend hours on Slack or in private chats speculating, venting, and updating their resumes.
   Workload Paralysis: Usually, 100% of the work remains but only 80% of the people are left to do it. When that transition isn't handled with empathy, the remaining staff feel punished for "surviving."

3. Brand Erosion (Internal and External)
   Oracle is already competing for top-tier talent in the AI space. High-performers have options. When they see a company treat veterans of 10+ years like a "system error" to be deleted, they begin looking for the exit. The image created is one of operational efficiency at the cost of human dignity, which is a difficult stain to wash off in the talent market.

There were dozens of people laid off in Operations at the St. Louis hub today.

NJ WARN is 90 days but remote employees is a grey area.. But some remote employees in WA state got Jun 1 as the last day while NJ folks got only two weeks.

NJ needs 50 employees to trigger the law and all layoffs across the whole NJ state is covered and layoffs within 30 days.

Any idea how to notify the NJ DOL WARN about non-compliance ? Oracle had 900-950 employees in NJ pre layoffs.

NJ WARN is 90 days but remote employees is a grey area.. But some remote employees in WA state got Jun 1 as the last day.

NJ needs 50 employees to trigger the law and all layoffs across the whole NJ state is covered and layoffs within 30 days.

Who wants to join me in the fight to get a 90 day notice period from Oracle ?

Seeing LinkedIn goodbyes - what groups are getting cut this week?

Maybe its a culture change. Every Sun employee who was not be retained by Oracle received a live phone call from the direct manager. "Oracle will not be offering you a job". Then you received correspondence about the separation arrangements, which, for directors and V.P.s were consistent with the "change in control" provisions. Maybe the numbers here made personal calls difficult, but feels pretty cold.

From what I can see, this was a pretty limited round, which makes me more worried. Instead of feeling like it’s over, it just feels like the start of something that’s going to continue.

How can I prove to my next employer that I was layed-off not due to my performance.

Can we say with certainty that everybody affected has been notified by now?

HCL America is cutting jobs in Orlando. The company plans to eliminate 120 technology positions. This action highlights how global tech shifts are affecting local workers. HCL America is considered a major IT employer. The job cuts are specific to its Orlando operations.

Orlando, Florida

https://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/news/2026/03/31/florida-orlando-hcl-america-layoffs-global-tech.html

JPMorgan Chase is reducing its workforce by 134 positions. These specific job cuts are located in Jersey City. The bank describes this as a redeployment effort. It continues to add staff in other areas. This strategy reflects evolving business needs.

Jersey City, New Jersey

https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/jpmorgan-chase-jersey-city-layoffs-070521158.html

Do a Google search for articles on this (e.g., California Post and/or New York Post).

Tic toc. Tic toc. Tic toc.

Pro Football Focus implemented mass layoffs. This occurred after selling its data and analytics platform. Teamworks acquired PFF's enterprise business in a reported nine-figure deal. Many content creation employees confirmed their dismissal on social media. Cris Collinsworth will remain involved with PFF as a Teamworks shareholder.

https://thespun.com/nfl/layoffs-hit-cris-collinsworths-company-after-100-million-deal

Heard this rumor today. Anyone hear similar?

(An exclusive look into the thinking of our leadership)

Every layoff round seems to disproportionately affect older employees. Is the same true for this one?