OTIOSE/THE DISPOSABLE INDEX/Rackspace
Tech Layoff Tracker & Corporate Hypocrisy Database (2020-2026)
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Layoffs & Culture at Rackspace

Data

THE NUMBERS

-275 EMPTOTAL DISCARDED
0.2%WORKFORCE IMPACT

THE SCALE

REDUCED BY 0.2%
PEAK WORKFORCE (EST.)180,275 EMP
CURRENT WORKFORCE180,000 EMP

HISTORY

-275 EMP(2023.03)

"Response to downturn"

💀 TRANSLATION: Blaming the economy because blaming our strategy would get the CEO fired.
🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):
  • 🔴
    Recruiting & Talent Acquisition (90%) ─ Reason: Hiring freeze renders role obsolete.
  • 🔴
    Project/Program Management (80%) ─ Reason: Streamlining operations, non-core projects eliminated.
  • 🟡
    Sales & Business Development (75%) ─ Reason: Market contraction, underperforming sales teams axed.
🤡 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:
85%

Rackspace has eliminated a total of 275 positions across 1 workforce events.

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