Oracle lays off employees at 6 AM via email, accounts disabled at 4 AM

Oracle conducted a sudden layoff in Silicon Valley at 6 AM via email, with employee accounts disabled at 4 AM and Slack access cut between 5 and 5:30 AM, requiring same-day exit procedures. The layoffs affected about half of the CSS organization and the North American CSM team, while the company is actively hiring for cloud computing, data center, and AI infrastructure roles to support its growing AI orders. This move reflects Oracle's efforts to cut costs and redirect funds to data centers and AI computing power amid massive AI infrastructure investments and negative free cash flow.