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		byset on March 28, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 1100 layoffs at Bay Area tech companies Amy context to this? Is it an unusually large number of tech company layoffs?

jchallis on March 28, 2019 [–]

For Oracle this is a tiny change : <200 laid off of a work force of 140,000 globally. Instacart seems to be a much bigger proportional change, due to the termination of its relationship with Whole Foods.

cetico on March 28, 2019 | [–]

Oracle cut 1,500 globally. These numbers are for Bay Area only.

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