Oracle sent termination emails at 6am Tuesday. Up to 30,000 people. Systems locked before they finished reading.

No manager conversation. No advance notice. A DocuSign link for the severance paperwork.

The company made $17.2 billion in revenue last quarter. Up 22%. The money is going to AI data centers. The headcount was the most controllable line item. So the headcount went.

This is not a struggling company. This is a redirecting one. Know the difference.