Overview
- State records show Oracle will eliminate 254 roles in Redwood City, Santa Clara and Pleasanton, while Salesforce will cut 262 positions in San Francisco.
- WION reports the Bay Area reductions are slated to take effect on November 3, a date not independently confirmed by the companies.
- Salesforce links its cuts to efficiencies from its Agentforce system, saying fewer support cases mean it is not backfilling support engineer roles and is redeploying some staff to customer-facing jobs.
- Financial Express reports court and WARN filings in California and Washington confirm hundreds of job losses, with broader Oracle reductions also reported across multiple countries and functions.
- The latest moves fit a sector-wide reset toward AI and cloud investment, with Microsoft reported to have laid off more than 15,000 workers since May while spending over $80 billion on AI over the past year.