By Tez Romero
Publication Date: 2026-05-01 05:25:00
Then the story changes. Shukla claims Tikochinsky was polite to the other 13 members of the team, but was “often aggressive and rude” toward him. Between August and November 2023, the EVP became “overly critical and opinionated” and picked apart every detail of Shukla’s work and communications, the complaint says.
Shukla claims that Tikochinsky said during team meetings: “[w]Oh, you Indians already have too many people. 1.4 billion Indians on the planet,” and “[t]There should be at least a million more Abhishek Shuklas in India here.” In one-on-one conversations, according to the filing, the EVP told Shukla that he “mainly thinks.”[s] In [his] native language” and “couldn’t translate”. [his] Translate thoughts into English” and said he should try to speak like the “others” on the team, who Shukla describes as mostly Caucasian.
The ratings have also shifted. On December 7, 2023, Shukla received what he believed to be the first negative review of his 2.5 years at Oracle. The…
