Blind TL;DR: What Happened at Oracle? (April 3, 2026)

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What Happened at Oracle? Our Breakdown.

What we know: over 11,000 employees received emails on Tuesday, March 31, that they would no longer be employees at Oracle.

• Ex-employees reported April 10, April 30, and June 1 termination dates
• This is the email that was sent out  
• India, Canada, and U.S. employees were impacted
• Severance is four weeks plus one week per year of service

We also know that all levels of employees were impacted. This includes SVPs, managers and directors.

Why?

The cause of the layoffs?

You guessed it. Freeing up funds for AI infrastructure.

• Thousands of jobs are being cut as part of a strategy to increase spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure.
• The company expects total costs associated with its fiscal 2026 restructuring plan to be $2.1 billion.

This is one of many large layoffs in 2026. Tech professionals are getting used to the instability of their roles in the name of AI.

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Where Layoffs Will Hit Next

We’re expecting more layoffs to hit Meta on April 8. Employees are on edge after last week’s layoffs in wearables.

Blind users are also speculating Microsoft layoffs at the end of May.

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