OTIOSE/THE DISPOSABLE INDEX/Zepto

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

Layoffs & Culture at Zepto

Finance

THE NUMBERS

-300 EMPTOTAL DISCARDED

0.2%WORKFORCE IMPACT

THE SCALE

REDUCED BY 0.2%

PEAK WORKFORCE (EST.)180,300 EMP

CURRENT WORKFORCE180,000 EMP

HISTORY

-300 EMP(2025.10)

"Cost efficiency drive"

💀 TRANSLATION: Wall Street appeasement mechanism.
🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):🔴Recruiting & Talent Acquisition (90%) ─ Reason: Hiring freeze, growth delusion evaporated.
🔴Program & Project Management (85%) ─ Reason: Overhead, redundant layers eliminated.
🔴Product Marketing / Growth (80%) ─ Reason: Underperforming campaigns, budget cuts.
☢️ CORPORATE BS LEVEL:
90%

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UNDISCLOSED(2022.07)

"Economic downturn"

💀 TRANSLATION: Blaming the economy because blaming our strategy would get the CEO fired.
🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):🔴Recruiting & HR (90%) ─ Reason: Hyper-growth engine stalled, roles superfluous.
🔴Marketing & Growth (80%) ─ Reason: Discretionary spending cut, ROI questioned.
🟡Junior Software Engineers (70%) ─ Reason: Cheaper talent elsewhere, core team retained.
🤡 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:
85%

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Zepto has eliminated a total of 300 positions across 2 workforce events.

Layoffs & Culture at Zepto

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