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

Layoffs & Culture at Gem

Recruiting

THE NUMBERS

-170 EMPTOTAL DISCARDED
0.1%WORKFORCE IMPACT

THE SCALE

REDUCED BY 0.1%
PEAK WORKFORCE (EST.)180,170 EMP
CURRENT WORKFORCE180,000 EMP

HISTORY

-70 EMP(2023.08)

"Challenging macroeconomic conditions"

💀 TRANSLATION: Blaming the economy because blaming our strategy would get the CEO fired.
🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):
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    Recruiting & HR (95%) ─ Reason: Hiring pipeline dry, first cost cut.
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    Growth Marketing/Performance (85%) ─ Reason: Vanity metrics, inefficient customer acquisition.
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    Non-Technical Project/Program Managers (75%) ─ Reason: Management overhead, direct team accountability.
🤡 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:
88%
-100 EMP(2022.11)

"Workforce adjustment or organizational change."

🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):
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    Recruiting & HR (95%) ─ Reason: Hiring freeze makes role obsolete.
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    Program Managers (85%) ─ Reason: Bureaucratic overhead reduction.
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    Sales/Business Development (SDRs/BDRs) (80%) ─ Reason: Unsustainable growth targets; pipeline shrinkage.
🤷 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:N/A

Gem has eliminated a total of 170 positions across 2 workforce events.

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