Oracle refuses to negotiate severance after laying off up to 30,000 workers via email
By
Julie Bort
4d ago· 4 min readenNews
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Summary
Oracle laid off an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 employees via email on March 31, with workers discovering their termination when their VPN and Slack accounts were deactivated. Affected employees received severance offers days later, but when some tried to negotiate better terms, Oracle refused. Additionally, many remote workers found they didn't qualify for WARN Act protections that would have required two months' notice.
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Then I called my friend, and I was like, 'Hey, can you see me in Slack?' And she said, 'No, your account's been deactivated.'
Some found out they didn't qualify for WARN Act protections like two-months notice because the company had classified them as remote workers.
