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

Layoffs & Culture at Waze

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THE NUMBERS

-30 EMPTOTAL DISCARDED
0.0%WORKFORCE IMPACT

THE SCALE

REDUCED BY 0.0%
PEAK WORKFORCE (EST.)180,030 EMP
CURRENT WORKFORCE180,000 EMP

HISTORY

UNDISCLOSED(2023.06)

"Merging mapping products"

🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):
  • 🔴
    Product Management (85%) ─ Reason: Redundant product strategy; Google Maps absorbs.
  • 🔴
    Marketing & Communications (80%) ─ Reason: Brand subsumed, marketing overhead cut.
  • 🟡
    Business Development / Partnerships (75%) ─ Reason: Synergy implies partnership redundancy; big tech scales.
🤡 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:
88%
-30 EMP(2020.09)

"Drops in advertising revenue"

🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):
  • 🔴
    Advertising Sales / Ad Operations (95%) ─ Reason: Direct ad revenue decline, immediate cost.
  • 🔴
    Marketing / Growth (90%) ─ Reason: Marketing budget cuts, reduced user acquisition.
  • 🔴
    Recruiting & HR (85%) ─ Reason: Company contraction, reduced hiring volume.
🤡 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:
85%

Waze has eliminated a total of 30 positions across 2 workforce events.

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