- 🔴Recruiting & HR (90%) ─ Reason: Hiring freeze, talent acquisition deemed non-essential.
- 🔴Marketing & Growth (non-performance) (85%) ─ Reason: Ineffective spend, brand fluff, measurable ROI focus.
- 🔴Middle Management / Program Management (80%) ─ Reason: Flattening org, reducing bureaucratic overhead.
Layoffs & Culture at PropertyGuru
THE NUMBERS
THE SCALE
HISTORY
- 🔴Product Managers (95%) ─ Reason: Products discontinued, no longer needed.
- 🔴Software Engineers (90%) ─ Reason: Unit-specific development ceased.
- 🔴Sales & Marketing (85%) ─ Reason: No product, no customers, no sales.
THE ANALYSIS
PropertyGuru's workforce strategy, as evidenced from 2023 to early 2024, has been characterized by a pronounced rationalization and strategic realignment, reflecting a concerted effort to enhance operational efficiency and optimize resource deployment. On August 1, 2023, the company initiated a substantial reduction of 174 roles, concurrent with the strategic closure of three distinct business units. This decisive action was explicitly justified by the imperative of improving operations, signaling a clear pivot towards a more streamlined and focused enterprise model. This trend of workforce optimization continued into early 2024, with an additional 79 positions impacted on February 27, 2024. These subsequent adjustments were driven by comprehensive organizational changes and a thorough review of operations, further underscoring a sustained commitment to structural refinement and resource optimization. The consistent rationale across these periods points to a strategic imperative for a leaner, more agile operational framework, prioritizing core competencies amidst evolving market dynamics. The latest reported actions in February 2024 reinforce this ongoing commitment to operational refinement and strategic recalibration, indicating a sustained emphasis on efficiency gains.
PropertyGuru has eliminated a total of 253 positions across 2 workforce events.













