'Today Is Your Last Working Day': Oracle Lays Off 30,000 Employees in Single 6 am Email, 12,000 From India

US-based software development company Oracle laid off about 30,000 employees. According to the New York Post, the tech giant notified its staff in a single 6 am email to its staff on Tuesday, March 31. Out of 30,000 workers across the world, 12,000 were affected in India from the recent mass layoff.

Larry Ellison, Chief Technology Officer, said in an email that Tuesday will be their last day in the office. Copies of the email accessed by Business Insider, Ellison said, "current business needs."

“After careful consideration of Oracle’s current business needs, we have made the decision to eliminate your role as part of a broader organisational change,” Ellison wrote in the 6 am email to his employees.

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“As a result, today is your last working day. … Thank you for your contributions to our organization,” he wrote further. The sack workers are eligible to receive a "severance package" as per the company's terms and conditions after accepting their termination letter.

Oracle laid off between 20,000 and 30,000 employees this morning, roughly 18% of its global workforce, via a single email sent with no prior warning.

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Several employees in the US, India, Canada and other regions reported getting the news that was from “Oracle Leadership,” per RollingOut. Oracle declined to comment when California Post asked about how many jobs were being cut.

According to Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED), there are more layoffs in the information sector in Q1 2026 (Jan-Mar) than in Q4 (Oct-Dec) 2025 (115,000 layoffs).

 Oracle Sacks 12,000 Employees in India

"In India, around 12,000 employees have been laid off. The company is planning another mass layoff within a month," said two people impacted by the retrenchment, including one from the company's human resource department, reported the news agency PTI. The IT firm has about 30,000 employees in India, including recently terminated workers.

Oracle said that employees were informed about certain organisational changes and "because of these changes, a decision has been taken to streamline the operations, and as a result, unfortunately, the position you currently hold will become redundant".

According to the PTI report, the company has offered 15 days' salary to each employee who has completed a year of service in India, in addition to one month of unpaid wages till termination date, leave encashment, gratuity based on eligibility and pay for a one-month notice period. The company has also offered a two-month salary as a top-up.

However, the severance package is available for those who voluntarily and amicably resign from the company. 

An ex-employee of Oracle, Merugu Sridhar, said that he was laid off in September for protesting against the 16-hour work shift that the company has in India. "I contacted my friends and those who are in human resources. They shared that most of the Indians working in the US with the company have been impacted because the local laws there are very strict when it comes to the retrenchment of their citizens," Sridhar said.