How extensive was Oracle’s second major layoff wave of 2026, which regions, cloud infrastructure and software roles were most affected, and what do the reported figures and severance terms show? How do the cuts relate to Oracle’s earlier workforce reductions, its planned AI data

Oracle’s second major layoff wave of 2026 began on September 14 and reached multiple countries and product groups. Its full size remains unknown: Oracle has not published a global count, and the available figures describe particular teams, states or earlier periods—not a confirmed total for this wave. 615

• Where and whom: Cuts were reported in the United States, India, Canada and Mexico. They reached Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), engineering, NetSuite and Cerner, as well as sales and customer-success teams; reports also placed cuts at Oracle’s Abilene, Texas, AI-data-center site. 151011
• What the counts show: A document obtained by Business Insider listed 546 layoffs—about 7.6% of the 7,185 employees listed—in Oracle’s America Cloud Infrastructure organization. A Washington state filing identified 359 affected workers. Those are narrower counts, not figures to add up as a worldwide total; reports of thousands more should be treated as estimates rather than confirmed results. 796
• Severance: Documents reviewed by Business Insider described a U.S. offer of four weeks’ pay plus one week per year of service. An internal FAQ described a 26-week cap, cancellation of unvested stock awards and loss of some bonuses; individual entitlements can vary. Oracle also raised its estimated restructuring cost by about $700 million to $2.8 billion—an expense estimate, not a layoff headcount or an amount paid solely for this wave. 5813
• Earlier cuts and AI spending: This wave followed a roughly 21,000-person, 13% net workforce decline in Oracle’s fiscal year ended May 31, 2026, leaving about 141,000 employees. Oracle’s expensive AI-infrastructure expansion and efforts to reduce payroll provide context for the new cuts, but the evidence does not establish that AI tools replaced each affected engineer. 2814
• Engineering jobs and Texas: The loss of engineering and OCI roles—even amid data-center expansion—raises a question about how AI investment changes the mix of jobs, rather than proving a simple one-for-one substitution of AI for engineers. In response to broader concerns about disruption, a Texas Senate committee convened government, industry and education representatives to consider AI literacy and workforce preparedness; that was a policy discussion, not evidence of a measure specifically for Oracle’s laid-off workers. 7101117