OTIOSE/THE DISPOSABLE INDEX/Airtable
Tech Layoff Tracker & Corporate Hypocrisy Database (2020-2026)

Layoffs & Culture at Airtable

Product

THE NUMBERS

-491 EMPTOTAL DISCARDED
0.3%WORKFORCE IMPACT

THE SCALE

REDUCED BY 0.3%
PEAK WORKFORCE (EST.)180,491 EMP
CURRENT WORKFORCE180,000 EMP

HISTORY

-237 EMP(2023.09)

"Shifts Focus To Big Clients"

🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):
  • 🔴
    Recruiting & HR (95%) ─ Reason: Hyper-growth ended, hiring freezes, now layoffs.
  • 🔴
    Sales/Account Management (SMB) (85%) ─ Reason: SMB sales strategy obsolete, enterprise-focused now.
  • 🔴
    Marketing (Growth/Content) (80%) ─ Reason: Mass market acquisition ended, enterprise marketing specific.
🤡 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:
85%
-254 EMP(2022.12)

"Economic downturn, rising inflation"

💀 TRANSLATION: Blaming the economy because blaming our strategy would get the CEO fired.
🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):
  • 🔴
    Recruiting & HR (90%) ─ Reason: Hiring slowdown, first in, first out.
  • 🔴
    Sales & Account Management (80%) ─ Reason: New customer acquisition difficult, revenue pressure.
  • 🟡
    Program/Project Management (75%) ─ Reason: Streamlining operations, overhead reduction.
🤡 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:
85%

Airtable has eliminated a total of 491 positions across 2 workforce events.

Other Big Tech Layoffs