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Oracle Cuts About 10,000 Jobs by Email in Sweeping Reorganization

The move signals a workforce reset to support Oracle’s push into large-scale AI infrastructure.

Oracle (Illustration). [Nikolas Kokovlis NurPhoto NurPhoto via AFP]
Larry Ellison, cofondateur, directeur technique et PDG d’Oracle, dans le Bureau ovale de la Maison-Blanche, à Washington, le 3 février 2025.

Overview

  • The company told staff by email on Tuesday that their roles were eliminated, with the message stating “today is your last day of work.”
  • Roughly 10,000 employees are affected across units such as Oracle Health, Cloud, Sales and NetSuite, a significant cut for a company that listed about 162,000 workers last year.
  • Laid-off staff were told their computer and email access would be disabled within hours and were offered about one month of pay as severance.
  • Oracle framed the reductions as part of a reorganization tied to its AI strategy, with plans reported by the Wall Street Journal to spend at least $50 billion this year on AI infrastructure.
  • Shares rose about 2.5% in mid-day trading after the news, and the company declined to comment to U.S. outlets.