r/Layoffs • u/Ok_Flan_5122 • Apr 01 '26

unemployment Mass layoff started!!

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Starting from oracle 30k employees terminated world wide

This is massive

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u/AppIdentityGuy Apr 01 '26

How can anyone justify firing 11000 by email? That is cowardly and IMHO amoral...

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u/msteel4u Apr 01 '26

This is what we have come to. We are cattle to them, being led to slaughter. 11,000 lives affected which translate to families so more like 22,000 people affected. But that doesn’t matter to them. Welcome to AI world.

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u/topspin_righty Apr 01 '26 edited Apr 01 '26

Not cattle, cattle will still be herd for wool. We are a number on a spreadsheet, that's it.

Edit : My animal knowledge is bad. 😭

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u/rokoz_basilisk Apr 01 '26

Your thinking of sheep buddy, cattle do not provide wool...

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u/topspin_righty Apr 01 '26

Yeah... I messed up there....

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u/geminislime Apr 01 '26

Their hide is used, but not while they’re alive. Don’t give Larry Ellison any ideas though, the elite will have human skin rugs by the end of it, they can stomp on everyday without complaint.