Oracle Cuts 21,000 Jobs in Information Technology Restructuring

Oracle Leads September Information Technology Layoffs

Oracle Corporation reported broad workforce reductions that together totaled about 21,000 employees as part of a global restructuring earlier in the year, with additional small U.S. reductions reported in mid-September. According to Benzinga, KRON4 and TipRanks, Oracle’s global cuts were tied to a shift in investment toward AI and cloud infrastructure and were reported as roughly 21,000 jobs eliminated. The Economic Times, Inshorts and The Next Web reported a separate U.S. round on Sept. 14 affecting 3 employees, describing abrupt access cutoffs for some staff and notification that roles were eliminated as part of organizational change.

Other Information Technology Notices and Announcements

The Trade Desk announced a restructuring in early September that eliminated about 575 positions globally, according to ADWEEK, Business Insider and PPC Land. Those outlets reported the reduction amounted to roughly a 15% workforce decrease and that severance charges would impact third-quarter cash results.

Uber Technologies, Inc. disclosed a companywide plan to reduce headcount by about 10%, roughly 3,300 roles globally, per reporting by The Economic Times, Analytics Insight and newsdrum.in. Local WARN-style notices cited by USA Today and Yahoo Finance UK showed planned action affecting 137 Sunnyvale employees with an effective date in November; separate WARN filings list additional local counts of 94 and 43 at unspecified locations.

Fiserv, Inc. filed a WARN notice with state regulators indicating a layoff affecting 98 employees, per that filing.

Timing and Scope

The records compiled for the September 15–16, 2026 window reflect multiple Information Technology layoffs and related WARN notices with effective dates spanning earlier months and into November for some local actions. Reported dates in the filings and articles range from March and September to planned November local notices; the consolidated total of employees affected across the included records is 25,250.

Summary

Between Sept. 15 and Sept. 16, 2026, public reports and WARN filings documented several Information Technology workforce reductions led by Oracle Corporation’s global restructuring of about 21,000 roles, alongside cutbacks at Uber Technologies, Inc. (3,300 globally; local notices totaling 274 where reported), The Trade Desk (575) and Fiserv, Inc. (98), as reported by the named outlets and state filings.