OTIOSE/THE DISPOSABLE INDEX/Outbrain

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

Layoffs & Culture at Outbrain

Marketing

THE NUMBERS

-328 EMPTOTAL DISCARDED

0.2%WORKFORCE IMPACT

THE SCALE

REDUCED BY 0.2%

PEAK WORKFORCE (EST.)180,328 EMP

CURRENT WORKFORCE180,000 EMP

HISTORY

-200 EMP(2025.02)

"Post-merger restructuring"

💀 TRANSLATION: Correcting our own executive incompetence.
🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):🔴Marketing & Ad Operations (90%) ─ Reason: Duplicate ad operations, marketing functions consolidated.
🔴Sales & Account Management (85%) ─ Reason: Merged client portfolios, sales redundancy.
🔴General & Administrative Staff (80%) ─ Reason: Streamlining back-office, reducing overhead.
☢️ CORPORATE BS LEVEL:
90%

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-90 EMP(2023.06)

"Workforce adjustment or organizational change."

🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):🔴Recruiting & HR (90%) ─ Reason: Hyper-growth illusion breaks, hiring freezes.
🔴Junior Marketing & Content (85%) ─ Reason: Redundant campaigns, ROI not clear.
🔴Ad Operations/Account Management (80%) ─ Reason: Automation, client churn, efficiency gains.
🤷 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:N/A

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-38 EMP(2022.07)

"Adjusting to macroeconomic changes"

💀 TRANSLATION: Blaming the economy because blaming our strategy would get the CEO fired.
🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):🔴Recruiting & HR (90%) ─ Reason: Hiring freeze, talent acquisition excess.
🟡Ad Operations / Campaign Management (75%) ─ Reason: Ad spend optimization, efficiency consolidation.
🟡General & Administrative Support (60%) ─ Reason: Overhead reduction, efficiency optimization.
🤡 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:
88%

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Outbrain has eliminated a total of 328 positions across 3 workforce events.

Layoffs & Culture at Outbrain

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