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Oracle Slashes Hundreds of Cloud Jobs Amidst AI Expansion and Cost Control Efforts
- •Oracle laid off 546 employees in its America Cloud Infrastructure organization, representing about 7.6% of the division, as part of a second wave of job cuts.
- •Software development roles, particularly Software Developer III, Program Managers, and Senior Infrastructure Engineering positions, were significantly impacted.
- •Cuts also affected data-center support services, including a vice-president and two senior directors, accounting for 7.5% of the documented terminations.
- •Severance packages offer four weeks of base pay for the first year of service, plus one additional week for each subsequent year, capped at 26 weeks.
- •The layoffs coincide with Oracle's massive $90-$95 billion investment in data centers for AI computing, highlighting a push for cost control alongside expansion.
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Software development positions faced the largest share of redundancies, with software developer III roles recording 57 affected employees. The cuts also impacted program managers, senior infrastructure engineering positions, and data-centre support services, which accounted for 41 terminations including a vice-president and two senior directors.
Eligible workers receive four weeks of base pay for their first completed year and one additional week for each subsequent year, capped at 26 weeks. While unvested stock options and restricted stock units are cancelled upon termination, vested shares remain with employees to be exercised generally within three months.
The workforce cuts are part of cost-control measures to balance the immense financial pressure of Oracle's aggressive data-centre expansion for artificial intelligence computing. Oracle expects to spend between $90 billion and $95 billion on new capacity this year, financing the growth through substantial borrowing and restructuring expenses.
