Oracle has begun a sweeping new round of layoffs that reportedly affected thousands of employees on Tuesday, with cuts spanning the U.S., Canada, India and other markets, according to Business Insider. The full scope remains unclear, but multiple reports suggest the reduction is significant: some employees said the user count on an internal Slack platform fell from about 165,000 to 155,000 this week, while earlier estimates from TD Cowen had projected Oracle could ultimately cut 20,000 to 30,000 jobs as it looks to free up cash for AI infrastructure spending. Oracle had roughly 162,000 full-time employees as of May 2025, according to its latest annual filing. 

Business Insider reported that affected staff began receiving emails around 6 a.m. ET and were then quickly locked out of internal systems. In the email reviewed by the publication, Oracle told workers,

“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. As a result, today is your last working day.”

Posts from laid-off employees indicate the cuts touched Oracle Health, Sales, Cloud, Customer Success and NetSuite, underscoring that this was not limited to a single division. Oracle has not publicly detailed the total number of jobs eliminated, but the move comes as the company ramps up spending on AI data centers and broader restructuring.