Oracle Leads Kansas City Layoffs 2024

Despite campaign season optimism, the local economy is confronted by ongoing challenges. 

GM temporary layoffs recently alerted locals to the fragile state of the economy right now.

To wit . . . 

KANSAS CITY CONFRONTS RISING LAYOFFS & ORACLE LEADS THE WAY TO LOCAL JOBLESS CLAIMS!!!

This is important because quite a few politicos & biz leaders told us that things weren't going to work out this way.

Moving forward . . .

A post-election recession is almost guaranteed no matter which side claims victory or both.

And so . . . To provide a bit of a discount for our broke-ass blog community . . . 

We shared this fair-use quote from behind the paywall of a local biz outlet . . . 

Oracle Health, formerly Cerner Corp. locally, has continued to winnow its local headcount, though the extent of the attrition is unknown. Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) reported to the Kansas City Area Development Council last year that Cerner had 11,900 local employees in 2022. But internal documents indicate that area employment has plummeted to 6,400 since it was acquired by Oracle. In February, Oracle said it would lay off 124 employees in Springfield.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com paywall link . . .

These Kansas City-area companies made layoffs so far in 2024 - Kansas City Business Journal