Oracle is cutting 359 jobs in Washington state, with separations starting on 13 November 2026. The company also told the United States Securities and Exchange Commission it had approved about $700 million of further restructuring spending after 31 August 2026. The Oracle layoffs now sit inside a plan costing up to roughly $2.8 billion.
What Oracle Told Washington State
The job cuts became public through a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, the notice United States employers must give before a mass layoff. Oracle America filed it with the Washington State Employment Security Department; KING 5 reported the notice as submitted on 14 September 2026, and coverage appeared on 16 September.
- Employees affected: 359, comprising staff at two downtown Seattle offices and people working remotely elsewhere in Washington.
- Sites named: The Russell Investments Center at 1301 2nd Avenue and a second office at 2025 5th Avenue.
- First separations: 13 November 2026.
- Permanence: The notice describes the cuts as permanent.
- Offices: Oracle stated in the notice that its Seattle sites are not closing, and that the roles are not being relocated or contracted out. The notice was signed by Anje Dodson, the company’s senior vice-president for human resources.
- Washington total for 2026: 834, counting an earlier round of 475 Seattle-area cuts in June.
What Oracle’s Filing Adds That the Notice Does Not
A WARN notice records a local headcount; it says nothing about cost. Oracle’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q, filed on 11 September 2026 for the quarter ended 31 August 2026, supplies the money.
| Item | Figure, per the 10-Q filed 11 September 2026 |
|---|---|
| Estimated total cost of the 2026 restructuring plan | Up to $2.1 billion as of 31 August 2026 |
| Additional amount approved after 31 August 2026 | Approximately $700 million |
| Implied revised total | Up to roughly $2.8 billion |
| Restructuring expense in the quarter ended 31 August 2026 | $167 million |
| Headcount attributed to the plan | Not disclosed in the filing |
The word “up to” matters. The $2.1 billion and the additional $700 million are estimates of what the company expects to spend, not amounts already spent, and Oracle can revise them in later filings. The $167 million is the figure actually charged in the quarter.
The site’s coverage of the same quarter’s Oracle earnings, capital spending and backlog sets out the revenue side of that report.
How the Filing Describes the Role of AI
Most reporting on this round has called it AI-driven. That description comes from Oracle’s own filing rather than from analysts. The 10-Q says the additional measures include “the adoption and integration of artificial intelligence technologies across certain functions and other operational activities”.
That is a statement about internal adoption of AI tools alongside other efficiency measures. The filing does not say how many roles AI adoption accounts for, does not separate AI-related cuts from other restructuring, and does not claim that software is performing work the departing employees did. Anyone reading a causal chain from tool to job loss is reading further than the document goes.
Confirmed Numbers Versus Estimates
Oracle’s global headcount reduction for 2026 has been widely reported in round numbers that the company has not confirmed. The distinction is worth drawing precisely.
- Confirmed in a government filing: 359 Washington positions from 13 November 2026, and 834 in the state across 2026.
- Confirmed in an SEC filing: The $2.1 billion estimate, the roughly $700 million addition, the $167 million quarterly charge, and the AI wording quoted above.
- Estimate, not confirmation: A figure of 20,000 to 30,000 global cuts has circulated, attributed to the brokerage TD Cowen and to aggregated WARN filings. Oracle has not published a global headcount figure for the programme.
- Unverified: Accounts of a September cutting round, of specific per-country totals, and of severance terms have come from anonymous employee posts and single news reports. None is confirmed by Oracle or by a filing.
The company did disclose headcount movement in its annual report for the year ended 31 May 2026: total employees fell from about 162,000 to about 141,000, with research and development going from roughly 50,000 to 43,000 and sales and marketing from roughly 31,000 to 25,000. Those are year-on-year figures for the whole company, not a count of people made redundant.
Which Roles the Notice Names
The Washington filing lists job titles, which makes this round easier to characterise than most. The cuts fall on engineering and technical management rather than on support functions.
Titles appearing in the notice include software developers, core infrastructure and platform software engineers, program managers and site reliability engineers — the last being the discipline responsible for keeping large systems running. Local reporting described the roles as high-paid; the notice itself does not publish salaries, and the salary figures circulating come from third-party estimate sites rather than from Oracle.
What Happens Between Now and 13 November
- Notice period: The federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act generally requires 60 days’ advance notice of a qualifying mass layoff, which is the gap between the mid-September filing and the November separation date.
- State response: The Washington State Employment Security Department publishes WARN notices and directs affected workers to state re-employment services.
- First separations: 13 November 2026, per the notice.
- Next financial disclosure: Oracle’s second-quarter report for the three months ending 30 November 2026 is where any revision to the restructuring estimate, and the next quarterly charge, would appear.
Affected employees and anyone tracking the programme can read the notice itself on the Washington State Employment Security Department’s WARN listings, and the restructuring disclosure in Oracle’s filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s EDGAR database, rather than relying on aggregated trackers.
What Oracle Has Not Disclosed
- A global headcount for the programme: No filing or statement gives one.
- How much of the cost is severance: The 10-Q gives a total estimate, not a breakdown.
- Severance terms: Not published; reporting has said terms vary by role and region.
- Which functions come next: The filing refers to “certain functions” without naming them.
- When the plan ends: No completion date has been disclosed.
Oracle did not issue a public statement on the Washington round beyond the contents of the WARN notice itself, and had not commented on the reported September cutting round as of 20 September 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions About the Oracle Layoffs
How Many Jobs Are the Oracle Layoffs Cutting in Washington?
359 positions, covering two downtown Seattle offices and remote staff elsewhere in Washington, with separations beginning 13 November 2026. That brings Oracle’s Washington total for 2026 to 834, including 475 Seattle-area cuts in June.
How Much Is Oracle’s Restructuring Costing?
Its 10-Q filed on 11 September 2026 put the 2026 plan at up to $2.1 billion as of 31 August 2026 and disclosed approximately $700 million of further approved actions, implying up to roughly $2.8 billion. The charge recorded in the quarter to 31 August 2026 was $167 million.
Did Oracle Say AI Caused the Layoffs?
Not in those terms. The 10-Q says the additional measures include “the adoption and integration of artificial intelligence technologies across certain functions and other operational activities”. It does not attribute a number of job losses to AI or separate AI-related cuts from other restructuring.
Has Oracle Confirmed 30,000 Job Cuts?
No. A range of 20,000 to 30,000 has been attributed to the brokerage TD Cowen and to aggregated WARN filings, but Oracle has not published a global headcount figure for the programme.
Are Oracle’s Seattle Offices Closing?
No. Oracle stated in the WARN notice that its Seattle sites are not closing and that the affected roles are not being relocated or contracted out.
