Oracle’s Brutal Overnight Layoffs Affect 12,000 In India

India-West News Desk

AUSTIN, TX – Cloud giant Oracle, based in Texas, has initiated a massive global restructuring, executing a wave of layoffs characterized by chilling efficiency and suddenness. While the company is reportedly cutting between 20,000 and 30,000 roles globally—roughly 18 percent of its workforce—the impact has been felt most acutely in India, where an estimated 12,000 employees have been terminated.

The layoffs were executed with surgical precision. Starting as early as 6:00 AM, employees across the globe received “cold” automated emails informing them that their roles had been eliminated effective immediately.

The communication left no room for transition. “Today is your last working day,” the email read, further warning staff that access to computers, email, and internal files would be deactivated within minutes. To prevent data leakage, Oracle strictly prohibited the downloading or copying of any confidential information as workers were locked out of their professional lives.

For India’s tech hubs, the scale of the exit is staggering. The cuts span the entire corporate hierarchy, claiming the jobs of software engineers, program managers, cybersecurity leads and cloud specialists.

The brutality of the cuts appears to be a strategic pivot. Oracle executives have indicated that deepened investments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and cloud infrastructure have shifted their staffing needs. By leveraging AI tools, the company claims smaller teams can now deliver the output previously required of large engineering groups, rendering thousands of “legacy” roles redundant.

In India, the severance process has been described as a complex ultimatum. While Oracle is offering a package including 15 days salary per year of service, notice pay, leave encashment, and a two-month salary top-up, these benefits are reportedly contingent upon the employee agreeing to “resign voluntarily.” Individual accounts – mostly on social media – vary.

“It’s a stark reminder of how quickly stability can vanish,” said one affected staffer on LinkedIn. “What started as a normal workday turned into a scramble for new opportunities before the morning coffee was even cold.” (with IANS inputs)