{"id":383261,"date":"2026-06-23T14:01:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T12:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prostartup.it\/oracle-sheds-21-000-roles-over-the-past-year-amid-wave-of-ai-layoffs-from-tech-giants\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T14:01:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T12:01:45","slug":"oracle-sheds-21-000-roles-over-the-past-year-amid-wave-of-ai-layoffs-from-tech-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prostartup.it\/ru\/oracle-sheds-21-000-roles-over-the-past-year-amid-wave-of-ai-layoffs-from-tech-giants\/","title":{"rendered":"Oracle sheds 21,000 roles over the past year amid wave of AI layoffs from tech giants"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span class=\"HighlightShare-hidden\" style=\"top:0;left:0\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"RelatedQuotes-relatedQuotes\" id=\"RegularArticle-RelatedQuotes\">\n<div class=\"RelatedQuotes-quotesContainer\">\n<div class=\"RelatedQuotes-titleAndTime undefined\">\n<p class=\"RelatedQuotes-text\">In this article<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"RelatedQuotes-list\">\n<li class=\"QuoteItem-item\" aria-label=\"Quote for null\"><span class=\"QuoteItem-symbol\">ORCL<\/span><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"RegularArticle-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"RegularArticle-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"RelatedQuotes-cfaButtonContainer\"><button id=\"ArticlePageTickerCreateAccountButton\" class=\"CreateFreeAccountButton-buttonContainer\"><span class=\"CreateFreeAccountButton-buttonText\"><span>Follow your favorite stocks<\/span><span class=\"CreateFreeAccountButton-buttonTextBold\">CREATE FREE ACCOUNT<\/span><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"InlineImage-imageEmbed\" id=\"ArticleBody-InlineImage-108325267\" data-test=\"InlineImage\">\n<div class=\"InlineImage-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"InlineImage-imagePlaceholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:55.55555555555556%\">\n<div style=\"height:100%\" class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"InlineImage-imageEmbedCaption\">The logo of the software and hardware manufacturer Oracle can be seen at the German headquarters. <\/div>\n<div class=\"InlineImage-imageEmbedCredit\">Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p><span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-1\">Oracle<span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span> shed 21,000 jobs, almost 13% of its workforce, in the past year, as tech giants carry out sweeping layoffs as a result of AI. <\/p>\n<p>The company&#8217;s total workforce stands at 141,000 full-time employees as of May 2026, it said in its annual regulatory filing on Monday. That&#8217;s down from 162,000 employees at the same time the previous year. This represents an almost 13% cut in its total workforce. <\/p>\n<div style=\"height:100%\" class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<p>Oracle&#8217;s stock was last seen down 3.6% in premarket trading and is down 15.4% since the beginning of the year. 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Meanwhile, Microsoft started offering voluntary buyouts to 7% of U.S. employees in April.<\/p>\n<p>AI was responsible for over 50,000 layoffs in the U.S. in 2025, with major firms including <span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-12\">Salesforce<span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span> and <span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-13\">IBM<span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span> slashing thousands of roles.<\/p>\n<p>CNBC has reached out to Oracle for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ArticleBody-MobileAdhesion\" class=\"MobileAdhesion-container\" data-module=\"mps-slot\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ArticleBody-googlePreferredSourceContainer\" data-module=\"GooglePreferredSource\" data-id=\"RegularArticle-GooglePreferredSource-5\">\n<div class=\"ArticleBody-googlePreferredSourceBorder\"><\/div>\n<p>Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article ORCL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The logo of the software and hardware manufacturer Oracle can be seen at the German<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":383262,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static-redesign.cnbcfm.com\/dist\/a54b41835a8b60db28c2.svg","fifu_image_alt":"Oracle sheds 21,000 roles over the past year amid wave of AI layoffs from tech giants","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[18,1330,2174,2933,111,90,2065,404],"class_list":["post-383261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inv-business","tag-ai","tag-amid","tag-oracle","tag-past","tag-roles","tag-tech","tag-wave","tag-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prostartup.it\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prostartup.it\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prostartup.it\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prostartup.it\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prostartup.it\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prostartup.it\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prostartup.it\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prostartup.it\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prostartup.it\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prostartup.it\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}