Oracle rejects laid-off workers' bid to improve severance terms

5 articles · Updated · TechCrunch · May 8

After Oracle's March 31 layoffs of an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 staff, at least 90 former employees signed a petition seeking better terms.
Workers objected to forfeited unvested RSUs and to some remote employees being deemed outside WARN Act protections; Oracle's package offered four weeks' pay plus one week per year, capped at 26.
The failed push contrasted with richer packages at Meta, Microsoft and Cloudflare, highlighting how tech workers can lose stock-heavy compensation and have limited leverage after mass cuts.

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