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

Layoffs & Culture at Faire

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THE NUMBERS

-334 EMPTOTAL DISCARDED
0.2%WORKFORCE IMPACT

THE SCALE

REDUCED BY 0.2%
PEAK WORKFORCE (EST.)180,334 EMP
CURRENT WORKFORCE180,000 EMP

HISTORY

-250 EMP(2023.11)

"Company-wide restructuring"

💀 TRANSLATION: Correcting our own executive incompetence.
🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):
  • 🔴
    Recruiting & HR (90%) ─ Reason: Hiring freeze renders role obsolete.
  • 🔴
    Sales Development Representatives (SDRs) (80%) ─ Reason: High CAC, inefficient growth.
  • 🟡
    Customer Success / Operations (75%) ─ Reason: Reduced customer acquisition, automation potential.
🤡 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:
85%
-84 EMP(2022.10)

"Workforce adjustment or organizational change."

🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):
  • 🔴
    Recruiting & HR (90%) ─ Reason: Hyper-growth recruiting, now obsolete.
  • 🔴
    Sales Development Representatives (SDRs) (80%) ─ Reason: Aggressive growth no longer feasible.
  • 🟡
    Marketing (Brand & Content) (75%) ─ Reason: Reduced discretionary spending, efficiency focus.
🤷 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:N/A

Faire has eliminated a total of 334 positions across 2 workforce events.

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