OTIOSE/THE DISPOSABLE INDEX/Rec Room

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

Layoffs & Culture at Rec Room

Consumer

THE NUMBERS

-141 EMPTOTAL DISCARDED

0.1%WORKFORCE IMPACT

THE SCALE

REDUCED BY 0.1%

PEAK WORKFORCE (EST.)180,141 EMP

CURRENT WORKFORCE180,000 EMP

HISTORY

UNDISCLOSED(2026.03)

"Workforce adjustment or organizational change."

🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):🔴Recruiting & HR (95%) ─ Reason: No growth, no hires needed.
🔴DEI & Culture (85%) ─ Reason: First non-essential budget cut.
🟡Experimental Project Teams (75%) ─ Reason: Unprofitable bets, focus on core.
🤷 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:N/A

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-141 EMP(2025.08)

"Workforce adjustment or organizational change."

🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):🔴Recruiting & Talent Acquisition (95%) ─ Reason: Hiring freeze, hyper-growth delusion ends.
🔴Product Managers (non-core features) (80%) ─ Reason: Feature pruning, strategic shift casualties.
🟡Middle Management/Program Managers (75%) ─ Reason: Excessive overhead, 'efficiency' delusion.
🤷 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:N/A

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UNDISCLOSED(2025.03)

"Become self-sustaining"

🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):🔴Recruiting & HR (90%) ─ Reason: Hiring slowdown, growth phase over.
🔴Product Marketing / Growth Marketing (80%) ─ Reason: Inefficient user acquisition, profitability focus.
🟡Project Managers (non-core initiatives) (75%) ─ Reason: Non-revenue initiatives pruned for efficiency.
🤡 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:
85%

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Rec Room has eliminated a total of 141 positions across 3 workforce events.

Layoffs & Culture at Rec Room

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HISTORY

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