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  "text": "Oracle is confirmed cutting 20,000-30,000 jobs but sources inside are saying the real number is closer to 45,000\n\nI'm hearing this isn't just about AI data center costs\n\nWord is they've been running pilot programs with AI agents doing database administration work for 8 months\n\nOne source told me a team of 47 DBAs in Austin got replaced by 3 senior architects plus automated Oracle Cloud Infrastructure management\n\nThe agents are handling routine maintenance, performance tuning, backup verification - stuff that used to require armies of L4 and L5 engineers\n\nInternal metrics show the AI systems are catching 94% of database issues before human intervention needed\n\nBut here's the terrifying part: they're not just cutting the obvious roles\n\nI'm hearing entire solution engineering teams are getting eliminated - the people who customize implementations for enterprise clients\n\nApparently the new AI workflow can generate custom database schemas and migration plans in 6 hours instead of 6 weeks\n\nOne insider said they watched a 12-person team that handled Fortune 500 implementations get told their roles were \"redundant effective immediately\"\n\nThe severance packages are allegedly massive - 18 months salary plus equity vesting acceleration\n\nBut that's because Oracle knows these people can't find equivalent work anywhere\n\nEvery other enterprise software company is running the same playbook\n\nOne source said it best: \"We're not getting laid off, we're getting archived\"",
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