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Freshworks

HQ San Mateo, USFounded 2010publicWebsite @Freshworks
Composite score
45.2
rank #30 · cuts

#30 Cut. Headcount up 3% over the last 90 days.

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Headcount
7.9k
+0.9%
90d change
+3.0%
Funding events (90d)
0
Layoff events (90d)
0

headcount + trends: LinkedIn-tracked weekly series · funding & layoff counts: through Jul 2026 (frozen) + live news extraction

Signals

source: PDL v25
Inferred revenue
$500M-$1B
PDL estimate
Revenue / employee
$95k
midpoint ÷ headcount
12-month turnover
14.5%
within typical band
Average tenure
3.2 yrs
long — sticky culture
Time since last raise
—
no rounds on record

Hiring flow · Freshworks

source: PDL v25

Headcount by role

12-month growth · PDL v25
Engineering
1,809
-4%
Support
735
-1%
Sales
462
+5%
Product
420
-4%
Analyst
339
0%
Marketing
219
+3%
Operations
217
+1%
Human Resources
192
-1%
Other
547
—

In the news

relevance ≥ 6 · last 180 days
No recent mentions across our tracked sources.
Machine-readablesignals RSSJSON APIAPI & MCP docs

Events

Layoff · 5.4% (321 roles)
Departures in 2024-11: 429 vs 6-mo baseline of 108 (3.97× spike). Derived from PDL.
2y ago

Score history

2026-10-19
45.2
rank #30
2026-10-12
41.0
rank #33
2026-10-05
48.3
rank #29
2026-09-28
30.9
rank #33
2026-09-21
31.7
rank #33
2026-09-14
29.6
rank #32
2026-09-07
27.7
rank #32
2026-08-31
28.5
rank #37
2026-08-24
32.3
rank #34
2026-08-17
30.8
rank #31
2026-08-10
15.3
rank #34
2026-08-03
18.7
rank #34