Laid-off Oracle workers tried to negotiate better severance. Oracle said no.

Fri, 08 May 2026 22:59:05 +0000

Originally published by TechCrunch

As was widely reported, Oracleaxed an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 peoplevia email on March 31.

One of the employees cut that day told TechCrunch about the experience: “I had, like, this weird feeling in my stomach. I went to go sign into the VPN, and the VPN was like, ‘this user doesn’t exist anymore.’ Then I called my friend, and I was like, ‘Hey, can you see me in Slack?’ And she said, ‘No, your account’s been deactivated.’”

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Laid-off Oracle workers tried to negotiate better severance. Oracle said no.