US tech firm Oracle cuts thousands of jobs as it steps up AI spending
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“Oracle is cutting thousands of jobs as the US technology company seeks to reassure investors that its bet on AI infrastructure will pay off.”
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“The $420bn firm, headquartered in Austin, Texas, started letting employees go on Tuesday, with thousands of Oracle’s 160,000-strong workforce expected to leave.”
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— The twenty-seventh season of The Bachelor premiered on January 23, 2023. This season features 26-year-old Zach Shallcross, an Oracle sales executive from Anaheim Hills, California.
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“About 10,000 people have lost their jobs so far, the BBC reported, citing an unnamed employee at the company, which is chaired by Larry Ellison, the billionaire ally of Donald Trump.”
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— Lawrence Joseph Ellison (born August 17, 1944) is an American businessman. He co-founded the software company Oracle Corporation, and was its CEO from 1977 to 2014. He now serves as its CTO and execut…
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— Odessey and Oracle is the second studio album by the English rock band the Zombies. It was released on 19 April 1968, by CBS Records in the UK and on 15 July 1968, by Date Records in the US. The album…
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“Michael Shepherd, a senior manager at Oracle who was not affected by the cuts, posted on the social media site LinkedIn that there had been a 'significant reduction in force' at the business.”
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— Oedipus Rex, also known by its Greek title, Oedipus Tyrannus (Ancient Greek: Οἰδίπους Τύραννος, pronounced [oidípuːs týrannos]), or Oedipus the King, is an Athenian tragedy written by Sophocles. The p…
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— The Winter's Tale is a play by William Shakespeare originally published in the First Folio of 1623. Although it was grouped among the comedies, many modern editors have relabelled the play as one of S…
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“Business Insider first reported the job cuts, which were announced via an email stating: '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.'”
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“Oracle acknowledged some job losses on Tuesday, affecting 491 employees working remotely in Washington state in the US and at its Seattle offices.”
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“Oracle’s plans include a $300bn datacentre deal with OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, but investors have grown concerned about the billions of dollars of expenditure attached to its plans, which includes raising $50bn in new debt.”
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“In a March filing, Oracle said it expects total costs tied to its 2026 restructuring plan to reach up to $2.1bn, largely driven by redundancies and related expenses.”
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“More than 70 tech companies have cut about 40,480 jobs so far this year, according to the tech redundancy site Layoffs.fyi, as companies increasingly reallocate resources toward AI, heightening fears of AI-driven disruptions among workers.”
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“Last month, Reuters reported that Meta was planning sweeping job cuts that could affect 20% or more of its workforce.”
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