Geotab, the fleet telematics company based in Oakville, Ontario, laid off about 350 employees in late October, according to posts from people who say they work there. That would be roughly 10% of its workforce. Geotab has not publicly confirmed the cuts, their size or the reason for them.
What the reports say
A post on Blind, the anonymous workplace forum, dated Oct. 28, says Geotab "laid off around 350 employees today, roughly 10% of its workforce." The poster describes themself as an intern at Geotab and says some of their teammates were affected. Blind lists the post on its Geotab layoffs page, which it says was last updated Oct. 29.
That post is the only source for the 350 figure that Telematics Insider could find. Other posts online repeat it rather than add independent confirmation.
What has not been confirmed
As of Oct. 30, Geotab had not published a statement confirming how many people were let go, which offices were affected, or whether it filed a mass termination notice in Ontario, according to a guide for affected employees from Toronto employment law firm Mirza Legal. The firm says no headcount had been confirmed by the company or by mainstream press, and it does not repeat any figure.
Under Ontario's Employment Standards Act, a mass termination notice applies when 50 or more employees are let go at one establishment within four weeks. Mirza Legal notes that a reduction of 10% or less of an establishment's workforce can be exempt unless part of the business was permanently closed.
