If the fresh round of layoffs materialises, as much as 10% of Oracle’s 30,000-strong Indian workforce would be eliminated
With its AI expenses all set to cross $533 Bn, Oracle has sought to offset its outlay by raising funds through debt and equity while also slashing its operational costs
This is not the first time that Oracle is laying off employees in the country. In March, the company downsized its India-based staff by nearly 12,000 citing AI-led automation
Big tech giant Oracle is preparing to lay off thousands of employees globally as part of a fresh round of job cuts. India too is reportedly expected to bear the brunt of the retrenchment exercise.
According to Times of India, the company plans to axe nearly 3,000 jobs in the country starting September 1. However, a separate Moneycontrol report claimed that the layoffs could begin in the middle of September.
It remains unclear which specific teams or functions would be targeted. If the fresh round of layoffs materialises, as much as 10% of Oracle’s 30,000-strong Indian workforce would be eliminated.
Sources also told Moneycontrol that teams have been asked to reduce costs, adding that even managers do not have complete visibility into the final list of impacted employees or the timing of the exercise.
Inc42 has reached out to Oracle for a comment and the story will be updated upon receiving a response.
Oracle operates multiple hubs across India, spanning Bengaluru, Noida, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune and other major cities. The country has become an important centre for the company’s operations and is home to large engineering, cloud, support and other teams.
This is not the first time that Oracle is laying off its employees in the country over the past year. In March this year, the big tech giant downsized its India-based staff by nearly 12,000 citing AI-led automation.
At the time, reports said that many employees received their termination emails at roughly 6 AM, informing them that it was their last working day. Many employees also reportedly said at the time they received no HR call before getting pink slips.
The layoffs come at a time when Oracle is aggressively shifting its focus away from traditional workforce expansion to aggressively investing in AI and automation.
Oracle spent $55.7 Bn on capex in FY26, a steep jump from $21.2 Bn in FY25, to build out massive data centres and server capacity for high-profile AI clients like OpenAI and NVIDIA. To fund this, the company has been raising billions of dollars in debt and slashing its headcount.
However, Oracle is not alone in this as other big tech giants are also following similar playbooks. Earlier this year, Amazon cut 16,000 jobs globally, while Meta also downsized its metaverse division by 1,500 as it prioritised AI. Jira’s parent company Atlassian also gave 1,600 employees the pink slip with 16% of those impacted being India-based.
Closer to home, home interior unicorn Livspace also laid off 1,000 employees, or 12% of its workforce, citing its AI push.
Source: Inc42
