OTIOSE/THE DISPOSABLE INDEX/FreshBooks

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

Layoffs & Culture at FreshBooks

Finance

THE NUMBERS

-258 EMPTOTAL DISCARDED

0.1%WORKFORCE IMPACT

THE SCALE

REDUCED BY 0.1%

PEAK WORKFORCE (EST.)180,258 EMP

CURRENT WORKFORCE180,000 EMP

HISTORY

-140 EMP(2024.10)

"Workforce adjustment or organizational change."

🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):🔴Recruiting & Talent Acquisition (95%) ─ Reason: Hiring stalls, overhead reduction, growth delusion ends.
🔴Sales Development Representatives (SDRs) (88%) ─ Reason: Market saturation, inefficient lead generation.
🔴Non-core Product/Project Management (80%) ─ Reason: Excessive feature creep, low ROI projects.
🤷 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:N/A

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UNDISCLOSED(2023.11)

"Workforce adjustment or organizational change."

🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):🔴Recruiting & Talent Acquisition (95%) ─ Reason: Hiring freezes, growth targets unmet.
🔴Marketing & Communications (80%) ─ Reason: Discretionary spending cuts, brand over product.
🟡Project/Program Management (70%) ─ Reason: Overhead reduction, project scope narrowed.
🤷 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:N/A

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-80 EMP(2023.03)

"Targets profitability"

🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):🔴Recruiting & Talent Acquisition (90%) ─ Reason: Hiring halted, recruiters now obsolete.
🔴Marketing (Brand/Content) (80%) ─ Reason: Discretionary brand spend cut for profit.
🟡Operations & Program Management (75%) ─ Reason: Process optimization, non-essential oversight removed.
🤡 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:
88%

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UNDISCLOSED(2022.12)

"economic environment shifted, needing adjustment"

💀 TRANSLATION: Blaming the economy because blaming our strategy would get the CEO fired.
🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):🔴Recruiting & Talent Acquisition (95%) ─ Reason: Hiring freezes, growth narrative dead.
🔴Marketing & Sales Development (90%) ─ Reason: Customer acquisition costs, market slowdown.
🔴Program & Project Management (85%) ─ Reason: Overhead trimming, project scope cuts.
🤡 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:
88%

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-38 EMP(2020.04)

"COVID-induced reality"

💀 TRANSLATION: An excuse we have been using since 2020.
🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):🔴Recruiting & Talent Acquisition (95%) ─ Reason: Hiring freeze; hyper-growth illusions shattered.
🔴Sales Development Representatives (SDRs) (85%) ─ Reason: New lead generation dries up; SMBs struggling.
🟡Marketing (Brand/Events) (70%) ─ Reason: Discretionary spend cut; non-essential projects paused.
🤡 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:
85%

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FreshBooks has eliminated a total of 258 positions across 5 workforce events.

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