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

Layoffs & Culture at Pear Therapeutics

Healthcare

THE NUMBERS

-313 EMPTOTAL DISCARDED
0.2%WORKFORCE IMPACT

THE SCALE

REDUCED BY 0.2%
PEAK WORKFORCE (EST.)180,313 EMP
CURRENT WORKFORCE180,000 EMP

HISTORY

-170 EMP(2023.04)

"files for bankruptcy"

🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):
  • 🔴
    R&D / Product Development (95%) ─ Reason: Product failed, R&D pointless.
  • 🔴
    Sales & Marketing (90%) ─ Reason: No viable product, no sales.
  • 🔴
    Operations / G&A (85%) ─ Reason: Winding down, support functions obsolete.
🤷 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:N/A
-59 EMP(2022.11)

"Workforce adjustment or organizational change."

🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):
  • 🔴
    Recruiting & HR (90%) ─ Reason: Hyper-growth illusion gone, hiring frozen.
  • 🔴
    Commercial/Sales Teams (85%) ─ Reason: Market penetration failed, revenue lagging.
  • 🟡
    Experimental Product Dev (75%) ─ Reason: Unprofitable innovation pruning, focus shift.
🤷 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:N/A
-59 EMP(2022.11)

"Challenging macroeconomic environment, costs"

💀 TRANSLATION: Blaming the economy because blaming our strategy would get the CEO fired.
🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):
  • 🔴
    Recruiting & Talent Acquisition (95%) ─ Reason: Hiring freeze renders role obsolete.
  • 🔴
    Non-essential Marketing & Brand (90%) ─ Reason: Vanity metrics no longer tolerated.
  • 🔴
    Program Management (non-core projects) (85%) ─ Reason: Future-gazing projects deemed luxury.
🤡 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:
85%
-25 EMP(2022.07)

"Workforce adjustment or organizational change."

🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):
  • 🔴
    Recruiting & HR (90%) ─ Reason: Hiring slowdown, growth expectations reset.
  • 🔴
    Non-essential Marketing/Brand (80%) ─ Reason: Brand building secondary to market adoption.
  • 🟡
    Experimental R&D / Project Management (70%) ─ Reason: Future bets cut, current pipelines prioritized.
🤷 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:N/A

Pear Therapeutics has eliminated a total of 313 positions across 4 workforce events.

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