{
  "id": 9155708,
  "title": "Revealed: Some of the Oracle cloud roles hit hardest in layoffs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/revealed-some-of-the-oracle-cloud-roles-hit-hardest-in-layoffs",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-22T15:11:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/oracle-cloud-layoffs-america-roles-hit-hardest-leaked-doc-2026-9"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Oracle initiated its second round of layoffs this year last week, according to Business Insider. The tech giant's cloud infrastructure division shed over 500 US employees, with cuts hitting hardest on managers, engineers, software developers, and data center support workers. This latest round of layoffs comes as Oracle invests tens of billions of dollars in AI infrastructure. A leaked document has provided the clearest picture yet of how Oracle's cuts have reorganized its vital cloud business. Oracle disclosed that the document complied with federal age discrimination laws and provided insight into the roles being eliminated in its second major round of job cuts this year. Of the 546 employees laid off, around 7.6% of the 7,185 employees in Oracle's America Cloud Infrastructure organization, managers, engineers, software developers, and data center support workers were most affected. Managers were hit particularly hard, with 128 roles containing the word \"manager\" being eliminated, representing around 23% of the total cuts. Software developers faced significant job losses, making up about 17% of the roles cut and accounting for 57 employees made redundant. Data center support workers also experienced layoffs, with 41 employees being terminated, including the vice president of the division and two senior directors. Oracle has not disclosed the total number of people laid off during this week's cuts, but their cloud infrastructure organization, a key part of its business, saw significant layoffs. Oracle's cloud infrastructure division reported a 121% year-over-year increase in quarterly revenues. The layoffs come as Oracle continues to invest heavily in AI data centers, expecting to spend $90-$95 billion this year on building new data centers.",
  "summary": "Business Insider obtained a previously unreported document showing the scale and scope of the cuts at Oracle's cloud infrastructure division.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}