OTIOSE/THE DISPOSABLE INDEX/DataRobot

Tech Layoff Tracker & Corporate Hypocrisy Database (2020-2026)

Layoffs & Culture at DataRobot

Data

THE NUMBERS

-270 EMPTOTAL DISCARDED

0.1%WORKFORCE IMPACT

THE SCALE

REDUCED BY 0.1%

PEAK WORKFORCE (EST.)180,270 EMP

CURRENT WORKFORCE180,000 EMP

HISTORY

UNDISCLOSED(2022.08)

"Cost cutting"

💀 TRANSLATION: Making the workers pay for managerial mistakes.
🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):🔴Recruiting & HR (95%) ─ Reason: Hiring halted; growth teams redundant.
🔴Marketing (Brand/Content) (80%) ─ Reason: Brand fluff easily sacrificed; no ROI.
🟡Sales Development Representatives (SDRs) (75%) ─ Reason: Pipeline costly; low conversion value.
🤡 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:
85%

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UNDISCLOSED(2022.08)

"Amid struggles"

🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):🔴Recruiting & Talent Acquisition (90%) ─ Reason: Hiring freeze rendering role obsolete.
🔴Sales Development Representative (SDR) (80%) ─ Reason: Low conversion, high cost, easy cut.
🟡Growth Marketing & Product Marketing (75%) ─ Reason: Overstated impact, speculative campaigns trimmed.
🤡 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:
85%

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-70 EMP(2022.05)

"Cost-cutting move"

💀 TRANSLATION: Making the workers pay for managerial mistakes.
🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):🔴Recruiting & HR (90%) ─ Reason: First to go when hyper-growth illusion breaks.
🔴Sales Development Representatives (SDRs/BDRs) (85%) ─ Reason: Expensive, high-churn, low-yield top-of-funnel.
🔴Non-Core Marketing & Growth (80%) ─ Reason: Discretionary spend cut, measurable ROI prioritized.
🤡 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:
85%

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-200 EMP(2020.03)

"Workforce adjustment or organizational change."

🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):🔴Recruiting & Talent Acquisition (95%) ─ Reason: Hiring ceased; growth ambition retracted.
🔴Sales Development Representatives (SDRs) (80%) ─ Reason: Pipeline dried; market uncertainty hit.
🟡Marketing (Events, Brand, Content) (75%) ─ Reason: Discretionary spending slashed; ROI elusive.
🤷 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:N/A

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DataRobot has eliminated a total of 270 positions across 4 workforce events.

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