One early morning email, and thousands of jobs lost. The US-based cloud software provider, Oracle Corporation, has reportedly laid off around 12,000 jobs in India, cutting nearly 40% of its local workforce. The IT giant has removed around 30,000 jobs globally, which forms about 18% of its total workforce.
On 31st March, social media began to be flooded with screenshots of purported emails informing employees that Tuesday would mark their last working day at Oracle.
“After careful consideration of Oracle’s current business needs, we have made the decision to eliminate your role as part of a broader organisational change. As a result, today is your last working day. We are grateful for your dedication, hard work, and the impact you have made during your time with us. After signing your termination paperwork, you will be eligible to receive a severance package subject to the terms and conditions of the severance plan. You will receive an email from DocuSign to your Oracle email address with details on your severance and termination date,” the email reads.
Oracle slashes 12,000 jobs in India via an email sent at 6AM.
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While Oracle has already initiated the process of laying off 12,000 Indian employees, the company is planning to another mass layoff within a month.
The massive layoffs at Oracle are driven by the company’s focus on increasing capital expenditure (capex) to build data centre infrastructure capable of handling AI workloads, while continuing to focus on its core database business, to compete with Microsoft and Amazon.
