Laid-off Oracle workers tried to negotiate better severance. Oracle said no.
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Some found out they didn't qualify for WARN Act protections like two-months notice because the company had classified them as remote workers.
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Image Credits: Kim Kulish/Corbis / Getty Images Enterprise Laid-off Oracle workers tried to negotiate better severance. Oracle said no. Julie Bort 3:59 PM PDT · May 8, 2026 As was widely reported, Oracle axed an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 people via 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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