OTIOSE/THE DISPOSABLE INDEX/Zomato

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

Layoffs & Culture at Zomato

Food

THE NUMBERS

-1,220 EMPTOTAL DISCARDED

0.7%WORKFORCE IMPACT

THE SCALE

REDUCED BY 0.7%

PEAK WORKFORCE (EST.)181,220 EMP

CURRENT WORKFORCE180,000 EMP

HISTORY

-600 EMP(2025.04)

"Automation, quick commerce wars"

🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):🔴Customer Support (85%) ─ Reason: Automation targets repetitive, high-volume tasks.
🔴Recruiting & HR (80%) ─ Reason: Hiring stops; recruiters become redundant.
🟡Operations Management (70%) ─ Reason: Leaner 'quick commerce' operations, delayering.
🤡 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:
80%

📰 VIEW SOURCE →

-100 EMP(2022.11)

"Workforce adjustment or organizational change."

🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):🔴Recruiting & Talent Acquisition (95%) ─ Reason: Hiring stops, growth illusion ends.
🔴Junior Operations / Support Roles (85%) ─ Reason: Easily automated, offshored, or consolidated.
🟡Middle Management / Project Managers (75%) ─ Reason: Bloated structure, low strategic value.
🤷 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:N/A

📰 VIEW SOURCE →

UNDISCLOSED(2020.10)

"Workforce adjustment or organizational change."

🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):🔴Restaurant Relationship Managers (Dine-in) (90%) ─ Reason: Dine-in segment obsolete, delivery focus.
🔴Offline Marketing & Events (85%) ─ Reason: Physical marketing vanished, digital shift.
🔴Sales (New Restaurant Onboarding) (80%) ─ Reason: Restaurant market saturation, new sales slow.
🤷 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:N/A

📰 VIEW SOURCE →

-520 EMP(2020.05)

"Declines in food delivery activity"

🩸 LIKELY CASUALTIES (AI ESTIMATE):🔴Customer Support (90%) ─ Reason: Lower order volume, reduced support necessity.
🔴Delivery Operations (85%) ─ Reason: Decreased activity, excess logistical oversight.
🔴Sales & Account Management (80%) ─ Reason: Stagnant market, slowed partner acquisition.
🤡 CORPORATE BS LEVEL:
85%

📰 VIEW SOURCE →

Zomato has eliminated a total of 1,220 positions across 4 workforce events.

Layoffs & Culture at Zomato

THE NUMBERS

THE SCALE

HISTORY

Other Big Tech Layoffs