Oracle Joins The Club For Downsizing Employees: Report

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  • Oracle Corp ORCL slashed jobs in marketing and the U.S. customer experience division, signaling a retreat in customer analytics and advertising services, Bloomberg reports.
  • The job reductions coincided with Oracle's focus on health care to win a share in the cloud technology market. 
  • Junior sales employees and a division sales director were among those let go. 
  • Also Read: Facebook Employees Anticipate Job Cuts Up To 10% While Company Denies: Report
  • Rumors of pending cuts floated across the division, but management had assured regarding the safety of the positions.
  • The customer experience division was providing analytics and advertising services long lagged behind the growth of the rest of the software company.
  • The company "decided to reorganize" the customer experience group "and move on," read the LinkedIn post of a former senior manager of sales engineering. 
  • Another post of an ousted manager cited the restructuring for the job reductions.
  • Other posts by a former senior manager and group vice president detailed that Oracle cut some marketing positions. 
  • Alphabet Inc GOOG GOOGL Google has declared plans to drive efficiency and improve employee focus while not ruling out the possibility of job cuts.
  • Several firms, including Shopify Inc SHOP, Netflix, Inc NFLXand Tesla, Inc TSLA, downsized employee strength to beat the current macro uncertainties.
  • Price Action: ORCL shares closed lower by 0.51% at $77.45 on Monday.
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