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

Layoffs & Culture at Culture Amp

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THE NUMBERS

-186 EMPTOTAL DISCARDED
0.1%WORKFORCE IMPACT

THE SCALE

REDUCED BY 0.1%
PEAK WORKFORCE (EST.)180,186 EMP
CURRENT WORKFORCE180,000 EMP

HISTORY

-60 EMP(2025.11)

"Shifting to AI products"

💀 TRANSLATION: Replacing humans with a trending buzzword.
🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):
  • 🔴
    Recruiting & Talent Acquisition (95%) ─ Reason: Hiring freezes, cost centers first to cut.
  • 🔴
    Legacy Software Engineers / Non-AI Product Development (85%) ─ Reason: Legacy product teams, non-AI skills deprecated.
  • 🟡
    Customer Success / Account Management (75%) ─ Reason: AI-driven self-service reduces human touchpoints.
🤡 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:
85%
-90 EMP(2023.04)

"Workforce adjustment or organizational change."

🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):
  • 🔴
    Recruiting & Talent Acquisition (90%) ─ Reason: Hiring freeze makes role redundant.
  • 🔴
    Sales Development Representatives (85%) ─ Reason: Pipeline dries, lead generation costs too high.
  • 🟡
    Product Managers (Non-Core) (75%) ─ Reason: Low-impact features axed, budget constraints.
🤷 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:N/A
-36 EMP(2020.05)

"Growth rate halved"

🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):
  • 🔴
    Talent Acquisition / Recruiters (95%) ─ Reason: Hyper-growth illusion breaks, hiring freezes.
  • 🔴
    Business Development / SDRs (80%) ─ Reason: Pipeline dries, lead generation excess.
  • 🟡
    Marketing (Demand Generation) (70%) ─ Reason: Lead generation stalls, event budgets vanish.
🤡 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:
85%

Culture Amp has eliminated a total of 186 positions across 3 workforce events.

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