Oracle Company Cuts Many Jobs

Oracle 公司裁員人數眾多


Introduction

Oracle Company has fewer workers in 2026.

Oracle 公司在 2026 年的員工數量減少了。

Main Body

Oracle had 162,000 workers last year. Now it has 141,000 workers. The company cut 21,000 jobs.

Oracle 去年有 162,000 名員工。現在有 141,000 名員工。該公司裁減了 21,000 個職位。

Oracle changed how it works. It uses more AI now. It also changed its products and managers.

Oracle 改變了工作方式。現在使用了更多 AI。它還更改了產品和管理層。

Oracle paid a lot of money to the workers who left. It paid 1.84 billion dollars. This is more than last year.

Oracle 向離職員工支付了大量資金。共支付了 18.4 億美元。這比去年更多。

Many other tech companies are also cutting jobs. AI is the main reason for these changes.

許多其他科技公司也在裁員。AI 是這些變革的主要原因。

Conclusion

Oracle cut 21,000 jobs because it changed its plans.

Oracle 裁減 21,000 個職位是因為它改變了計劃。

Vocabulary Learning

THE 'TIME JUMP' PATTERN

Look at how the story moves from the past to now. This is a key A2 skill: comparing two times.

Past \rightarrow Present

  • Had (Past) \rightarrow Has (Present)
    • Oracle had 162,000 workers. \rightarrow Now it has 141,000.

The Rule: When we talk about things that changed, we swap Had for Has.


Word Power: The 'Change' Group These words all describe things moving or shifting:

  • Cut (to make smaller)
  • Changed (to make different)
  • Left (to go away)

Simple Sentence Builder: [Company] + [Action] + [Number/Thing] Example: Oracle + cut + 21,000 jobs.

Vocabulary Learning

cut (v.)
To reduce the number of something
Example:The company decided to cut the number of employees.
product (n.)
Something that a company makes to sell
Example:The new phone is a very popular product.
manager (n.)
A person who is in charge of a group of people at work
Example:My manager helps me with my daily tasks.
billion (n.)
The number 1,000,000,000
Example:The movie made one billion dollars.
reason (n.)
The cause of something happening
Example:The reason for the delay was the heavy rain.
Practice A2 words in a crossword
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