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

Layoffs & Culture at Sea

Retail

THE NUMBERS

-350 EMPTOTAL DISCARDED
0.2%WORKFORCE IMPACT

THE SCALE

REDUCED BY 0.2%
PEAK WORKFORCE (EST.)180,350 EMP
CURRENT WORKFORCE180,000 EMP

HISTORY

UNDISCLOSED(2022.09)

"Workforce adjustment or organizational change."

🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):
  • 🔴
    Recruiting & Talent Acquisition (90%) ─ Reason: Hiring freeze; hyper-growth illusion gone.
  • 🔴
    Marketing (Growth/Performance) (80%) ─ Reason: Ad spend cuts; prioritize profitability over vanity.
  • 🟡
    Project Managers / Non-essential Management (75%) ─ Reason: Overhead reduction, less critical initiatives shelved.
🤷 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:N/A
-350 EMP(2022.03)

"Global market uncertainties"

🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):
  • 🔴
    Recruiting & Talent Acquisition (95%) ─ Reason: Hiring pipeline frozen, excess recruiter capacity.
  • 🔴
    Marketing (Performance & Growth) (85%) ─ Reason: Expensive user acquisition, diminishing returns.
  • 🔴
    Non-Core Product Development (80%) ─ Reason: Unproven ventures, focus on core profitability.
🤡 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:
85%

Sea has eliminated a total of 350 positions across 2 workforce events.

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