Oracle Layoff Drama: 30,000 Employees Sacked via Dawn Emails and Total Access Cut-Off

A storm of layoffs in the technology industry has claimed more victims. Software giant Oracle is reported to have cut around 30,000 of its employees, equivalent to 18% of its global workforce. However, it is not just the scale that is shocking, but the way the company executed the dismissals, which is considered extremely cold, sudden, and merciless. Without any prior warning, reprimand, or even a face-to-face conversation with a manager or HR team, the fate of tens of thousands of employees was ended simply through an electronic message. The termination email, sent directly from “Oracle Leadership”, landed in employees’ inboxes between 5:00 and 6:00 a.m. local time. Its content was straightforward and final, with the employee’s position deleted immediately. This instant access termination closed off any opportunity for employees to even say goodbye to colleagues or tidy up their work data. This unilateral action has triggered a wave of disappointment on platforms like Reddit and X (formerly Twitter). Years of dedication seem worthless in the face of efficiency. “Just got the email at 5 a.m. after more than 20 years of service, unbelievable,” wrote one affected employee. Similar complaints were voiced by another employee whose fate was severed at exactly 6 a.m., despite having served the company for nearly four years next month. This trimming has aggressively swept through various divisions at the team level. According to testimony from a senior Oracle manager on X, six out of 20 team members were simultaneously asked to leave. In India alone, reports from the Asian News International (ANI) record around 12,000 workers directly impacted by this policy, sparking mass uncertainty in that operational region. Nevertheless, this step aligns with the company’s major ambition to shift focus to large-scale investments in artificial intelligence (AI) technology and data centre infrastructure.