OTIOSE/THE DISPOSABLE INDEX/F5

THE DISPOSABLE INDEX

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

Layoffs & Culture at F5

Security

-1,049TOTAL DISCARDED

0.6%WORKFORCE IMPACT

REDUCED BY 0.6%

PEAK WORKFORCE (EST.)181,049

CURRENT WORKFORCE180,000

-106(2025.08)

"Workforce adjustment or organizational change."

-100(2024.10)

"Workforce adjustment or organizational change."

UNDISCLOSED(2024.09)

"Workforce adjustment or organizational change."

-120(2023.11)

"Align investments and resources"

-623(2023.04)

"Workforce adjustment or organizational change."

-100(2022.10)

"Current macroeconomic environment"

💀 TRANSLATION: Blaming the economy because blaming our strategy would get the CEO fired.

F5 has eliminated a total of 1,049 positions across 6 workforce events.