Oracle has laid off an estimated 20,000–30,000 employees globally, including several with over three decades at the company. Many reported receiving sudden termination emails without warning. The layoffs, which targeted long-tenured professionals, have sparked criticism, especially as Oracle posted strong growth and rising cloud revenues during the same period.

Oracle layoffs that saw almost 30,000 being laid off rocked the tech industry. A sacked employee with over 30 years of experience has hinted at hidden 'algorithm' pattern behind job losses. viral LinkedIn post by a long-time Oracle employee, who was sacked recently, has raised questions over whether the company's latest layoffs were driven by an internal algorithm. The latest wave of Oracle layoffs, estimated to have affected between 20,000 and 30,000 employees globally across the US, India, Canada and Latin America, has drawn particular scrutiny not just for its scale, but for who it targeted. The latest round targeted deeply tenured professionals, some with over three decades of service, cut loose without warning and without conversation.

Nina Lewis lashes out at Oracle

Among the most prominent voices to speak out is Nina Lewis, a senior security professional who spent more than 33 years at Oracle. Lewis shared her experience publicly on LinkedIn, calling the termination unexpected and noting that many highly regarded colleagues were also among those cut.

"After 30+ years at Oracle, I join the 30,000 or so laid off today," she wrote, adding that the news came as "quite a shock."