Tracking participants count #general Slack channel in Oracle One workspace, as the fastest available proxy indication of ongoing layoffs.
FY 2027
- sep02-sep30: 7022 reductions, 1137 additions, 144312 (-5885) end count
- aug01-sep01: 1899 reductions, 995 additions, 150197 (-904) end count
- jul01-jul31: 2975 reductions, 1736 additions, 151101 (-1239) end count
- jun01-jun30: 1723 reductions, 1299 additions, 152340 (-424) end count
FY 2026
- may01-may31: 2271 reductions, 942 additions, 152764 (-1329) end count
- apr01-apr30: 2286 reductions, 1583 additions, 154093 (-703) end count
- mar01-mar31: 12446 reductions, 844 additions, 154796 (-11602) end count
- feb01-feb28: 943 reductions, 1143 additions, 166398 (+200) end count
- jan01-jan31: 1604 reductions, 1834 additions, 166198 (+230) end count
- dec01-dec31: 1119 reductions, 844 additions, 165968 (-275) end count
- nov01-nov30: 1614 reductions, 1310 additions, 166243 (-304) end count
- oct01-oct31: 2498 reductions, 1768 additions, 166547 (-730) end count
- sep02-sep30: 6380 reductions, 861 additions, 167277 (-5519) end count
- aug14-sep01: 733 reductions (based on Slack very few data points), 172796 (-733) end count
- aug01-aug14: ?2900 reductions in IDC (based on media reports), 173529 (-2900) end count
Limitations of these stats are covered in detail in comments.
I will post daily in comments on the count change and running current month total.
There is a troll trying to impersonate me and post fake Slack stats; protection measures are covered in the first comment.
My public key used to prove identity: ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIPh3BL62QOGXk95TzS980uSckZd1M5YPGqouR0iHWumB slack-stats