Oracle is cutting up to 30000 employees to pay for AI data centres

[Don Pedro Dinero]

This is just plain stupid. The purpose of a business in the economy is to provide a solution and decrease unemployment rates.

Your statement is stupid. The purpose of businesses is to turn a profit by providing value in the most efficient way possible and that efficiency is often achieved by introducing tools that boost productivity per worker and by making staff redundant. That happened long before the introduction of AI and, of course, it’s still happening today.

It is the government’s responsibility to create the conditions necessary for employment. And I don’t mean that it should create jobs directly, such as through public sector employment – although it can do that too – but rather that it should put in place regulations and tax structures, such as tax breaks, to enable the private sector to do so.

[X-ray]

Everyone is just jumping to AI now, is this business even feasible anymore at this point? cutting up 30000 sounds like disaster for whoever have worked in Oracle and so far no AI company generated good enough revenue compared to the fund invested to build the infrastructure.

Anthropic, OpenAI and some others are all still unprofitable and keep seeking funding worth billions.

Only google able to pull and get their company into profit because they already have the infrastructure needed in the first place.

[el kaka22]

While this may seem like a bad thing for right now, and maybe they will fail so it will be a bad thing for later on as well. What people do not understand is that, all those companies who hire their workers and get AI to replace them, or all these companies like Oracle who is using every single cent they have for data centres, are not doing it so they can be smaller. They will hire back all of these people and then some, when the time comes.

But right now? Today is the day where you fire everyone you can, and build for the long term, if Oracle doesn't get into AI battle with other companies, they would just be one of the old companies people remember from old times. They have to do this, use this money for AI Data centres for now, and if that really works and they make some money then they can hire 30k people and then some.

[NeuroticFish]

IMO the next year is going to be a bloodbath in AI.
Too much spent, for not enough results.

100% agreed and I can't wait.
While I do understand AI usefulness and I do see how fast it's improving, I still cannot stand the current hype.

And the stocks, contracts, promises and big money revolving around all this is just sickening, especially as most are just speculating and pretty much walking on thin ice.

not to forget the competition in the market

At this point the competition is fierce, since the industry is new and has the potential of creating "new kings". Plus, those who cannot keep up, even if now they seem "to big to fall" the may die off in less than a decade if they make the wrong choice now.

Anthropic, OpenAI and some others are all still unprofitable and keep seeking funding worth billions.

The thing is that they seem to get that funding far too easy. And imho OpenAI model keeps falling behind while they still seem to get the bigger money at hand.

[DaveF]

...... For example, if Google is also working on AI, so is Microsoft, and then Oracle, OpenAI, X, and so many more.....

The biggest thing is when you do have Google, Microsoft and others that are generating tons of profit from other areas they can keep throwing money at AI or whatever.
Oracle is not making as much, so they need to keep the cashflow up and costs down to keep the AI thing running.

Not to mention AI DCs are already in trouble.
https://futurism.com/science-energy/data-centers-construction-supply
So, the cracks are beginning to show.

-Dave

[Yamane_Keto]

IMO the next year is going to be a bloodbath in AI.
Too much spent, for not enough results.

100% agreed and I can't wait.
While I do understand AI usefulness and I do see how fast it's improving, I still cannot stand the current hype.

If an AI bubble is going to occur, it will be due to the circular funding cycle between major tech companies and AI startups, and its use in media hype.

This explains why companies like Oracle are laying off employees to invest further in AI, and why this bubble won't burst as long as demand continues to grow.

[khiholangkang]

This large-scale dismissal will make a lot of complaints, especially without notice, whether them not consider that, at least for some days before dismissal there should be an announcement that allows the workers that will be ready.

Again the efficiency of workers to improve their company, this is a very serious threat in the world of work that can be moderated or done by AI, we must not close our eyes that maybe most of the control-based systems will be easily done by AI, we must have other abilities that AI will not replace.

[gabbie2010]

Although we expect things like this, it’s still sad to see it happen. This is the reality, whether we like it or not. I think other industries and companies will follow because of AI. We will feel its impact even more over time, and competition in the tech industry will only get tougher. But we can’t really blame those companies. If we were in their position, we’d probably do the same, cut costs, save more, and try not to hurt the business, or even make it better.

Honestly AI has come to stay and unfortunately the adverse effect and consequences is massive job cut and retrenchment which we had started experiencing in Oracle in fact AI can even code now thus programmers in those top tech companies too would not be left out in the situation, Oracles is a major tech industry as we are aware of the competitions among those companies who want to stay in business and avoid losses thus their redundant employees would have to leave, I just feel for laid off staff who would have to seek other jobs for means to survive.

[X-ray]

The thing is that they seem to get that funding far too easy. And imho OpenAI model keeps falling behind while they still seem to get the bigger money at hand.

That's one thing I always wondered too, they got the advantage of being first mover, the first ever company to bring AI from just a research into public and commercialize it yet fumbled very badly.

Their Sora App also got killed, failing behind against kling, grok, and some others. Yet on the other hand they are deploying hundred billions to develop their model. I wonder what went wrong and why they are so inefficient?

[WatChe]

If an AI bubble is going to occur, it will be due to the circular funding cycle between major tech companies and AI startups, and its use in media hype.

This explains why companies like Oracle are laying off employees to invest further in AI, and why this bubble won't burst as long as demand continues to grow.

Oracle has made this bold move of firing 30,000 employees at once and AFAIK their is no other tech company who has taken such a big step. We have to wait and see results of this move in which Oracle has shifted his workload on AI. In case this move backfired then it will be very difficult for Oracle to undo this move. It would be a better approach if Oracle has fired all these employees in phase wise and with prior notice. This is also an example that how ruthless employers are when it comes to their own interest.     

[shinratensei_]

If an AI bubble is going to occur, it will be due to the circular funding cycle between major tech companies and AI startups, and its use in media hype.
This explains why companies like Oracle are laying off employees to invest further in AI, and why this bubble won't burst as long as demand continues to grow.

Looks like the capital is just going back and forth, is it to inflate the market value of the companies or is there any other ulterior motive hence the circular funding cycle.
Can't believe that such economy could work at all but here we are, all these companies are gaining huge gain within just this decade. I suppose they've found the best way to grow their stock and satisfy the stakeholders.

[NeuroticFish]

I wonder what went wrong and why they are so inefficient?

Imho there can be one of the following causes:
* they are idiots and don't know how to use properly their "firstcomer" advantage (yes, even highly intelligent people in one field can be complete idiots in another) or they are too focused in a direction
* they are doing something really big under the hood, something not ready for the general public yet
* their focus is money, not success (in the same way as many altcoins did, the focus may be to fill their bags as much as possible and that's all)

[YellowSwap]

This is not the first time. Oracle laid off about 3,000 employees in September 2025, and the number of employees is still more than 100,000. After these reductions, they may be completely replaced by artificial intelligence.

I expect the number to be even higher than that, $8-10 billion equals jobs for more than 30,000 employees.

This is pretty bad, 2025 was literally just a year ago,  and now they want another 3,000 gone? In today's world even your reliable job isn't reliable anymore, having a job isn't enough anymore and this is one of those reasons why.

There is nothing better than having your own way of making money for yourself without relying on a company or your government, and as humans we are programmed to handle more than one source of income.

Some jobs can really replace people with artificial intelligence, if you are in one of those kind of job you have to start preparing because one day like this they might decide to drop everyone.

[Yamane_Keto]

If an AI bubble is going to occur, it will be due to the circular funding cycle between major tech companies and AI startups, and its use in media hype.

This explains why companies like Oracle are laying off employees to invest further in AI, and why this bubble won't burst as long as demand continues to grow.

Oracle has made this bold move of firing 30,000 employees at once and AFAIK their is no other tech company who has taken such a big step.

I will attach a link to two articles that discuss the number of employees who were laid off or may be laid off in Q1 of this year.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/layoffs-surge-2026-10-major-174540901.html
https://www.computerworld.com/article/3816579/tech-layoffs-this-year-a-timeline.html

Oracle: Up to 30,000 positions impacted
Amazon: ~16,000–30,000 corporate jobs
Meta: ~1,500–15,000 jobs
Dell: 11,000 jobs
Ericsson: 1,600 jobs in Sweden
Atlassian: 1,600 jobs

Some jobs can really replace people with artificial intelligence, if you are in one of those kind of job you have to start preparing because one day like this they might decide to drop everyone.

AI will generate additional jobs, but they will inevitably be fewer than the jobs that have been laid off.

[Rain1620]

Sadly it is gradually becoming a common drift where well recognized companies aren’t terminating employees because they are incompetent but because they are trying to reallocate capital. Oracle is actually confident that instead of keeping 30,000 employees, investing billions  into AI infrastructure will create a better long-term return in functionality and finance, creating an idea that presently, AI hardware  is more of a necessity than human headcount.

The ill strategy adopted in passing the information i.e sending emails on 31st with no prior warning nor pleasing notice is unsettling and incredibly harsh. Depriving 30,000 of theirs jobs jeopardizes the trust of the employees remaining, making them feel like they’re just casual monuments that could just be replaced with modern decor, rather than the reason the company was a success in the first place and structures that are still holding it one way or the other.

Honestly, it is so cold. Seeing a company of high standards trading 30,000 livelihoods because they want to build a faster data centers. At this core, we're gradually stepping into an era where human capital is now seen as an expense that’s outdated. Though it may be systematic for the stock price but then, it’s an uneven time for a tech worker, when the machines and tools you’ve helped to create or build are the core reasons why you’re being replaced. Feels like an example of creating what will destroy you.
And probably this might just be the starting point of permanent smaller workforce increasing the unemployed in numbers.

[bhadz]

That's one thing I always wondered too, they got the advantage of being first mover, the first ever company to bring AI from just a research into public and commercialize it yet fumbled very badly.

I think if they have been bought by a larger company they should probably do well right now. But they have started it and now there's a lot of competitors in the development of AI which is good for users or consumers like us.

Their Sora App also got killed, failing behind against kling, grok, and some others. Yet on the other hand they are deploying hundred billions to develop their model. I wonder what went wrong and why they are so inefficient?

Maybe it's the competition that they can no longer catch up and on how fast pace the development is. But having that so much budget to do whatever they can, it's possible that there could be some internal issues that they cannot agree with that delays them to progress.

[rbynxx]

I saw this news recently but I did not know the reason Oracle is cutting off almost 30% of his workers. I did a little more research to this this particular news and it was what I thought when I read the headline that cutting up to 30000 employees to pay for AI data centres. The works did not receive a noticed before but they were sent an email on the 31st that they are no more employed.

Employees across the US, India, Canada, and Mexico woke up on 31 March to termination emails from “Oracle Leadership” with no prior warning. TD Cowen estimates the cuts will affect 18% of Oracle’s 162,000-person workforce and free up $8-10 billion to fund AI infrastructure. Oracle has not confirmed the total number.

https://thenextweb.com/news/oracle-layoffs-march-2026

There are a lot of companies doing these massive layoffs and I think that will be a trend for long, they want cost-effective type pf stuff and AI can do much of the works and that's not just a theory but it really works. I think more and more will be unemployed in this AI shift from large companies and what could be the best jobs out there? Do we need to back tilling the soil or herd some goats?