- Oracle has dismissed over 300 workers from California and Washington
- The company’s redundancies have so far been low compared to other hyperscalers
- AI -Infrastructure Consumption is to eat in staff budgets
Worker adjustment and retraining message (Warn) Archiving has confirmed that Oracle has dismissed over 300 Washington and California workers.
Redundancies consists of 143 workers in Redwood City, California and another 161 in Seattle, Washington, but further redundancies could also take place that are not covered by warnings.
A worker who is familiar with the matter Registered The figures sound low, suggesting that external employees may not be explained – a way to hide the scale of layoffs for which Microsoft has also been accused.
Oracle puts over 300 workers
“It feels like it also happened here, the reported numbers don’t quite vote with what my network says,” the worker said.
“My estimate would be low thousands all over the world … allegedly this is just the start,” they added.
Compared to other giants in this room, Oracle’s reaction to financial uncertainties has been rather reserved. About 200 workers traveled in 2022, with some more leaving in separate meetings since then.
Therefore, compared to the tens of thousands who have lost their jobs at Amazon, Google and Microsoft, Oracle Workers has been pretty safe.
Looking ahead, RegisteredThe source suggests that thousands could lose their jobs all over the world with offices closed and large cuts in India (about 10% of its local workforce).
Artificial intelligence has been blamed for ongoing technical redundancies, but instead of AI taking human jobs, companies need to allocate more capital to AI data center extensions, which effectively cuts their staffing budgets.
In June, Oracle confirmed an increase in revenue for the 2025 financial year of 8%. “Growth rate for Sky Infrastructure is expected to rise from 50% in FY25 to over 70% in FY26,” noted CEO Safra Catz.
Techradar Pro has asked Oracle to share additional context on its recent redundancies. Any update will be published here.
