OTIOSE/THE DISPOSABLE INDEX/Thinkific

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

Layoffs & Culture at Thinkific

Education

THE NUMBERS

-176 EMPTOTAL DISCARDED

0.1%WORKFORCE IMPACT

THE SCALE

REDUCED BY 0.1%

PEAK WORKFORCE (EST.)180,176 EMP

CURRENT WORKFORCE180,000 EMP

HISTORY

-76 EMP(2023.01)

"Push towards profitability"

🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):🔴Recruiting & Talent Acquisition (95%) ─ Reason: Hiring stopped, no longer needed.
🔴Marketing (Brand/Growth) (90%) ─ Reason: Non-revenue generating marketing, cost cut.
🔴Product Management (non-core) (85%) ─ Reason: Unprofitable product lines pruned.
🤡 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:
85%

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UNDISCLOSED(2022.12)

"Broader market downturn"

💀 TRANSLATION: Blaming the economy because blaming our strategy would get the CEO fired.
🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):🔴Recruiting & HR (95%) ─ Reason: Hyper-growth illusions end, hiring freezes.
🔴Sales & Marketing (85%) ─ Reason: Market contraction, sales targets missed.
🟡Project/Program Management (75%) ─ Reason: Bloated growth-era coordination, now redundant.
☢️ CORPORATE BS LEVEL:
90%

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-100 EMP(2022.03)

"Lower costs"

🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):🔴Recruiting & Talent Acquisition (90%) ─ Reason: Growth stopped, hiring overhead redundant.
🔴Sales Development Representatives (SDRs) (80%) ─ Reason: Inefficient customer acquisition, aggressive growth over.
🟡Product (Non-Core) & QA (75%) ─ Reason: Non-revenue projects, R&D cost-cutting.
🧊 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:
25%

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Thinkific has eliminated a total of 176 positions across 3 workforce events.

Layoffs & Culture at Thinkific

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