India, April 1 -- Oracle employees in India and across the globe woke up to early morning emails on Tuesday informing them their positions had been eliminated with immediate effect, as the tech giant reportedly began a fresh round of layoffs impacting up to 20% of its global workforce. Posts on social media talked about how shocking it was to receive termination notices as early as 6 AM, with system access being immediately stopped and no prior manager calls or HR conversations.

While Oracle has not officially confirmed the scale of the job cuts, reports suggest the company is laying off between 20,000 and 30,000 employees-roughly 18% of its global workforce of around 162,000. Teams across India, Mexico and the United States have been af...