Change is inevitable, and so is laying off employees for AI in 2025. The year is about to end (it’s already September), but layoffs don’t seem to rest at all. Oracle joins the list as more than 100 have already lost their jobs in India offices. The number is expected to go up by a few hundred people in the upcoming days. The company began letting go of its employees starting from the first week of September 2025. And what exactly is happening at Oracle? Is the company suffering from the same old AI fever as everyone else, or is there more? Is the company doing something for the employees, or just goodbyes for now? Well, learn more details below.
Why Is Oracle Laying Off?
The company said goodbye to about 100 employees, and these cuts are happening in different departments, including its Cloud Team. It’s tragic that employees with more than 15–20 years at Oracle also lost their jobs suddenly.
And Why Is Oracle Doing It Now?
To focus on AI – Just like other companies in the corporate world, Oracle is also shifting its focus to Artificial Intelligence. And also have big plans to invest more in AI. According to an article on AI CERTs, the company announced to invest about $3 billion ($1 billion in Germany and $2 billion in the Netherlands) to build data centers and AI-ready computing environments.
Cost-cutting – According to Oracle’s News Page published on June 11, 2025, their revenues in “Total quarterly revenues were up 11% year-over-year in USD and constant currency to $15.9 billion.” And now, Oracle wants to go profit-centric and improve those numbers by cutting down on its expenditure. And so the layoffs are happening now.
Reorganisation – And some regular restructuring within the team is also a reason.
What Did Employees of Oracle Get After Getting Fired?
Oracle is trying to be generous towards its employees, and so is continuing some of the incentives (or a severance package) like:
- 15 days’ salary for every year that the employee has worked at Oracle.
- Medical insurance for up to one year.
- Some got garden leave, meaning they get paid and also don’t have to work for the notice period.
Global Situation for Oracle
What is interesting is that Oracle has about 30,000 employees in India in total. And India alone got the company about ₹20,459 crore revenue in FY 2024, which was 20% higher than the previous year. And yet Indian offices were the victims of layoffs. Well, the layoff situation with Oracle is not just limited to the Indian offices, it seems. Last week, Oracle also laid off over 3,000 employees globally.
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