Oracle fires 30,000 workers by 6am email

Oracle terminated up to thirty thousand employees on March 31 via a pre-dawn email signed "Oracle Leadership," with no prior HR warning and immediate system access revocation. The cuts are designed to redirect billions toward AI data center infrastructure, and TD Cowen estimates the savings will be substantial enough to materially boost quarterly metrics. The mass layoff is being held up as a case study in how AI investment costs are being offloaded directly onto workforces.

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