Most of the time the companies say the layoffs are because AI is doing people jobs, but the reality is that making things that use AI is just a lot more expensive. And enabling employees to use AI more than the free tier is really expensive too. So, they need to cut cost elsewhere to balance it out.


Oracle Employment Numbers Trend (Approximate) 2025: 162,000 2024: 159,000 2023: 164,000 2022: 143,000 2021: 132,000 2020: 135,000 2015: 132,000 2011: 108,000