Oracle has started a job reduction In its division dedicated to the cloud, Oracle Cloudat the same time as increasing its investment in infrastructure prepared for AI.
Among the equipment affected by the outputs are those of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (in particular, their company engineering area), Fusion Erp and Oci AI.
There have also been fired, according to Datacenter Dynamics, between the technical project of the AI and Machine Learning team and among the technicians of operations in data centers.
Exposed workers have already been informed that they must leave the company. Some of the outputs are related to low performance, and in general the division continues to hire specialized personnel in different tasks.
Only in Seattle, which is the central node of the division, more than 150 people have lost their job. There are also Salieas data in India and Canada. The total number of layoffs in the unit is unknown, which, like the rest of the company, is in the process of transferring its headquarters to Nashville (Tennessee). It is precisely in this state where the company has more personnel selection processes open within the United States.
Oracle joins with these layoffs to other technological ones, within a series of measures to address the costs involved in the adoption of AI. These measures are leading to a reduction in expenses in other business areas, and layoffs are a relevant part of them. In certain cases, such as Microsoft and Meta, these exits have taken several thousand people to lose their job.
In the case of Oracle, the company is making Settings to get billions of dollars to build server farms and data centers to meet the demand you have to face.
In a communication made last June, Oracle said that makes changes periodically in its template due to strategic changes, reorganizations or indicators related to performance, highlighting that «These types of restructuring have derived, and can also do so in the future, in increasing restructuring costs, and in a reduced productivity while workers conform to restructuring«.
