Oracle layoffs hit Kansas City as employees report sudden job cuts

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Oracle notified hundreds of employees of layoffs over the past month. Those layoffs are now hitting Kansas City according to several people KCTV5 spoke with Thursday.

The technology company filed a required notice of intent that it planned to layoff more than 300 people in California on August 13. The same day it started laying off more than 250 employees in Seattle as shown by a notification filed in Washington.

KCTV5 spoke with one person who confirmed they were laid off and a current employee who said several coworkers were laid off.

One of the employees said the company sent an invite for a virtual meeting. After joining the meeting the employees said they were laid off almost immediately.

The full implication of the layoffs in Kansas City isn’t known at this time. Oracle did not respond to multiple requests for information or the number of employees in Kansas City who have lost jobs. The company also did not respond when asked if the layoffs are involved with AI integration the company announced earlier this year.

Oracle has not filed layoff notices in either Kansas or Missouri. Federal law requires the notices to be filed if the company plans to layoff more than 50 employees.

Oracle manages and sells technology to other companies to help them operate. It acquired Kansas City-based Cerner because of the company’s successful development of programs that streamline patient care and healthcare.

The acquisition was finalized in June of 2022.

At the time of the sale, Cerner employed around 13,000 people in the Kansas City area.