Inside Oracle's India Layoffs: What Employees Say They Received As Severance Package

Oracle has laid off around 12,000 employees in India as part of a broader global workforce reduction, with early accounts from impacted staff shedding light on the severance packages being offered. The layoffs, which began on Tuesday, are said to have affected multiple divisions, including engineering and cloud infrastructure. Several employees claimed that access to internal systems was revoked abruptly, with terminations executed remotely, leaving little time for transition or closure.

While Oracle has not officially disclosed the details of its severance policy for India, employees have begun sharing their experiences online, particularly on Reddit forums such as "r/employeesofOracle."

What Employees Say the Severance Package Includes

According to posts shared by affected workers, Oracle's severance package in India appears to be structured around tenure, base salary, and additional ex-gratia components, though it comes with conditions.

• 15 days' base salary for each completed year of service
• Encashment of unused leave balances
• One month's salary in lieu of notice period
• Gratuity (where applicable)
• Payment of pending or unpaid wages up to termination date
• A two-month ex-gratia top-up, subject to signing separation agreements
• Insurance support of around Rs 20,000
• One month of 'gardening leave' pay or equivalent compensation

One Reddit user, posting under the username u/Lavishness897, claimed to have received this structure as part of Oracle's India Development Centre (IDC) in Bengaluru. The user detailed the formula, noting that the ex-gratia component itself included an additional 15 days' salary per year of service on top of the standard calculation.

"It is 15 days per year + annual leave + (ex gratia – additional 15 days per year + 2 months) + 1 month garden leave or in lieu salary + 20k for insurance," the user wrote.

Is the severance worse for IDC folks ? 15 days/year of service + 2months
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Conditional Payouts Raise Questions

A notable aspect of the reported severance is that the full package appears to be contingent on employees opting for a "voluntary and amicable" resignation. This suggests that workers who do not agree to these terms may receive a different, or potentially reduced, compensation structure.

If the claims are accurate, the total payout for many employees could amount to approximately three months and 15 days of salary, in addition to tenure-based compensation and unused leave encashments. However, the exact figures may vary depending on role, seniority, and business unit.

Severance pay confusion
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How India Compares to US

In comparison, Oracle's severance policy for employees in the United States reportedly follows a different structure.

Severance Pay Plan
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Affected workers there are said to receive the following:

• Four weeks of base salary for the first year of service
• An additional week for each subsequent year, capped at 26 weeks
• Adjustments based on local labour laws including WARN Act requirements