OTIOSE/THE DISPOSABLE INDEX/Meesho

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

Layoffs & Culture at Meesho

Retail

THE NUMBERS

-901 EMPTOTAL DISCARDED

0.5%WORKFORCE IMPACT

THE SCALE

REDUCED BY 0.5%

PEAK WORKFORCE (EST.)180,901 EMP

CURRENT WORKFORCE180,000 EMP

HISTORY

-251 EMP(2023.05)

"Over-hiring ahead of curve"

💀 TRANSLATION: We treated human beings like disposable risk capital.
🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):🔴Recruiting & HR (90%) ─ Reason: Hiring surge over, role obsolete.
🔴Marketing & Growth (80%) ─ Reason: Customer acquisition too costly, slowed growth.
🟡Operations & Support (75%) ─ Reason: Automated processes, reduced user base growth.
🤡 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:
85%

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-300 EMP(2022.08)

"Shuttering grocery business, low revenue"

🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):🔴Operations & Logistics (Grocery) (95%) ─ Reason: Unprofitable unit shutdown, last-mile delivery costs.
🔴Business Development (Grocery) (85%) ─ Reason: No more vendors needed, market entry failed.
🔴Product & Engineering (Grocery Vertical) (80%) ─ Reason: Grocery app deprecated, specific feature work ceased.
🧊 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:
35%

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-150 EMP(2022.04)

"Workforce adjustment or organizational change."

🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):🔴Business Development / Sales (90%) ─ Reason: High acquisition cost, slow market penetration.
🔴Performance Marketing (80%) ─ Reason: Ineffective user acquisition, bloated ad spend.
🟡Operations (Seller/Logistics) (75%) ─ Reason: Overhead reduction, process optimization.
🤷 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:N/A

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-200 EMP(2020.04)

"Due to Covid-19 pandemic"

💀 TRANSLATION: An excuse we have been using since 2020.
🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):🔴Recruiting & HR (90%) ─ Reason: Hiring freeze; growth targets slashed.
🔴Marketing & Ad Operations (85%) ─ Reason: Ad budgets cut; uncertain consumer demand.
🟡Non-core Project Teams (75%) ─ Reason: Innovation paused; essential survival focus.
☢️ CORPORATE BS LEVEL:
95%

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Meesho has eliminated a total of 901 positions across 4 workforce events.

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