OTIOSE/THE DISPOSABLE INDEX/Scale AI

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

Layoffs & Culture at Scale AI

Data

THE NUMBERS

-200 EMPTOTAL DISCARDED

0.1%WORKFORCE IMPACT

THE SCALE

REDUCED BY 0.1%

PEAK WORKFORCE (EST.)180,200 EMP

CURRENT WORKFORCE180,000 EMP

HISTORY

-200 EMP(2025.07)

"Workforce adjustment or organizational change."

🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):🔴Recruiting & HR (95%) ─ Reason: Hyper-growth ended, hiring ceased.
🔴Project/Program Managers (85%) ─ Reason: Overhead bloat, efficiency drive.
🟡Non-core Engineering/R&D (75%) ─ Reason: Unprofitable projects, low impact.
🤷 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:N/A

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UNDISCLOSED(2023.01)

"Macroeconomic conditions"

💀 TRANSLATION: Blaming the economy because blaming our strategy would get the CEO fired.
🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):🔴Recruiting & HR (95%) ─ Reason: Hyper-growth illusion gone; hiring freezes.
🔴Junior/Mid-Level Software Engineers (80%) ─ Reason: High burn rate, easily replaced later.
🟡Project/Program Managers (70%) ─ Reason: Bloat in lean times, low direct value.
🤡 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:
85%

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Scale AI has eliminated a total of 200 positions across 2 workforce events.

Layoffs & Culture at Scale AI

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THE SCALE

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