Oracle Tells Employees 'Today is Your Last Day' in Email, Still Wants Their Personal Emails
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- â˘Oracle began global layoffs on Tuesday, abruptly ending many employeesâ jobs the same day they were notified.
- â˘Laid-off staff received an email stating their termination was immediate, alongside instructions to provide personal emails for severance documents.
- â˘This move joins other Big Tech cuts, following Amazon's earlier loss of 30,000 corporate staff and Meta's recent layoffs of hundreds.
Oracle, overseen by chairman Larry Ellison (pictured contemplating the chaos), ignited global panic Tuesday by eliminating jobs faster than a 2026 AI rollout speeds up work. With 162,000 employees in May 2025, suddenly many received the cheerful message: 'After careful consideration... today is your last working day.' Employees were handed digital pink slips alongside DocuSign invitations and urgent requests to submit personal emailsâbecause what else do you do once access to your Oracle computer jets to zero? Severance details promised post-termination, empowering layoffs with laser-precision timing and breaking HR phone lines. Amazon and Meta's recent mass cuts offered oracle-esque missions of busystorm trims; welcome to Big Tech's 'less people, more AI' fiesta!
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(1 of 3)Oracle just made 'Welcome to the team!' into 'Welcome to unemployment!' in one email. Also asking for your personal email like a desperate ex texting after a breakup. Class act, Larry.
Letting employees go at noon then asking for their personal emails? Oracleâs new HR strategy doubles as a plot twist in corporate Ghosting 101.
Oracle fires employees so fast their severance papers arrive by DocuSign, but hey, please donât hesitate to give us your personal email!
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 3/31/2026 | Author: Hugh Langley,Ashley Stewart
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