OTIOSE/THE DISPOSABLE INDEX/Skillz

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

Layoffs & Culture at Skillz

Consumer

THE NUMBERS

-91 EMPTOTAL DISCARDED

0.1%WORKFORCE IMPACT

THE SCALE

REDUCED BY 0.1%

PEAK WORKFORCE (EST.)180,091 EMP

CURRENT WORKFORCE180,000 EMP

HISTORY

UNDISCLOSED(2022.08)

"Workforce adjustment or organizational change."

🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):🔴Recruiting & Talent Acquisition (90%) ─ Reason: Hyper-growth illusion ends, hiring freeze.
🔴Marketing & Growth Hacking (80%) ─ Reason: Burn rate too high, user acquisition costs.
🟡Program/Project Management (Non-Core) (75%) ─ Reason: Redundant overhead, project cancellations, efficiency drive.
🤷 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:N/A

📰 VIEW SOURCE →

-70 EMP(2022.05)

"Workforce adjustment or organizational change."

🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):🔴Recruiting & HR (95%) ─ Reason: Hyper-growth halted; hiring function redundant.
🔴Marketing & Growth (85%) ─ Reason: Expensive growth initiatives curtailed.
🟡Non-Core Product Development (75%) ─ Reason: Immediate ROI prioritized, experiments halted.
🤷 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:N/A

📰 VIEW SOURCE →

-21 EMP(2020.04)

"coronavirus pandemic"

💀 TRANSLATION: An excuse we have been using since 2020.
🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):🔴Talent Acquisition / Recruiters (90%) ─ Reason: Hiring freezes render roles obsolete.
🔴Marketing & Growth Teams (85%) ─ Reason: Discretionary ad spend halted.
🟡Experimental R&D (75%) ─ Reason: Long-term speculative projects shelved.
🤡 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:
85%

📰 VIEW SOURCE →

Skillz has eliminated a total of 91 positions across 3 workforce events.

Layoffs & Culture at Skillz

THE NUMBERS

THE SCALE

HISTORY

Other Big Tech Layoffs