Oracle To Lay Off Another 3,000 Employees In India: Report
Big tech giant Oracle is preparing to lay off thousands of employees globally as part of a fresh round of…
Oracle, the leading tech company, is planning to reduce its workforce by approximately 3,000 employees in India starting from September 1, as per reports from Times of India. However, a separate Moneycontrol report suggests that the layoffs might commence in the middle of September. The specific departments or roles to be affected remain uncertain.
If the retrenchment does take place, up to 10% of Oracle's 30,000-strong workforce in India could be affected. Oracle has requested teams to cut down costs, but managers lack complete information regarding the final employee list or the timeline of the layoff. Inc42 Media has reached out to Oracle for a comment and will update the story upon receiving a response.
Oracle has multiple operating hubs in India, including Bengaluru, Noida, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, and other major cities. The country is a crucial hub for the company's operations, housing significant teams in engineering, cloud services, support, and more. This is not Oracle's first layoff in India within the past year.
In March, Oracle reduced its India-based staff by nearly 12,000, citing AI-led automation. At that time, employees received termination emails around 6 AM, informing them that it was their last working day, with many reporting that they did not receive HR calls before being let go.
The current layoffs occur as Oracle is shifting its focus towards AI and automation, moving away from traditional workforce expansion. Oracle invested $55.7 billion in capital expenditure (Capex) in FY26, a significant increase from $21.2 billion in FY25, to develop massive data centers and server capacity for top AI clients such as OpenAI and NVIDIA.
To fund these investments, the company has been raising billions in debt and simultaneously reducing its workforce. However, Oracle is not the only tech giant following this trend. Amazon recently cut 16,000 jobs globally, Meta downsized its metaverse division by 1,500, focusing on AI, and Atlassian laid off 1,600 employees, with 16% of the impacted being from India.
Closer to home, the interior company Livspace also let go of 1,000 employees, or 12% of its workforce, citing its AI push.
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